***5 Stars
I read this for my library’s book club, but I’d already seen the movie it was based on. The storyline followed the movie closely. I only noticed a minor deviation in a scene that didn’t appear in the book.
Hannah, a woodworker, was married to Owen, a tech guy, for two years. They lived on a houseboat in Sausilito, California with Owen’s daughter, Bailey, from his first marriage to a woman he said died in a car accident when Bailey was four years old. When Owen disappears suddenly and a high school student brings Hannah a note from him saying “Protect Her,” Hannah sets out to find out what is going on and what the note means.
Learning that Owen’s partner in his company has been arrested and the firm is all over the news, she fears that Owen was involved in something illegal. But trusting her heart and love for Owen, she follows leads to Austin, Texas with Bailey after a man from the Sheriff’s Department there visits her.
As the truth about Owen and Bailey’s past and family emerge, Hannah is faced with a tough decision, one that will change her life forever.
I recommend this book for those who enjoy thrillers and mysteries with twists and books turned into movies.
I'm a retired librarian and the award-winning author of the Cobble Cove, Buttercup Bend, and SOUP THE SUPERNATURAL KITTEN cozy mystery series and other novels, short stories, poems, articles, and a novella. My books include CLOUDY RAINBOW, REASON TO DIE, SEA SCOPE, MEMORY MAKERS, TIME'S RELATIVE, MEOWS AND PURRS, MEMORIES AND MEOWS, A MIXED BAG OF CAT TAILS, and A MYSTERY BOX OF CAT TAILS.
My Cobble Cove cozy mystery series published by Solstice Publishing consist of 6 books: A STONE'S THROW, BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, WRITTEN IN STONE, LOVE ON THE ROCKS, NO GRAVESTONE UNTURNED, and ROCK A BYE BYE BABY. My standalone short story collection featuring the Cobble Cove characters is SNEAKY'S SUPERNATURAL MYSTERY AND OTHER COBBLE COVE STORIES. My Buttercup Bend series published by Next Chapter Publishing includes THE CASE OF THE CAT CRAZY LADY, THE CASE OF THE PARROT LOVING PROFESSOR, THE CASE OF THE LLAMA RAISING LIBRARIAN, THE CASE OF THE WHALE WATCHING WEDDING PLANNER, THE CASE OF THE REPTILE RESCUING RESCEPTIONIST, and the forthcoming CASE OF THE BULLFIGHTING BUILDER.
I've also written a paranormal romance, CLOUDY RAINBOW, and short stories of various genres published as eBooks and in anthologies published by the Red Penguin Collection. My poetry appears in the Nassau County Voices in Verse and the Bard's Annual. My latest book is SUITCASE STORIES, a collection of mostly mystery short stories. My forthcoming standalone gothic mystery is LOOKING FOR LUCY.
I'm a member of Sisters-in-Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Cat Writers' Association. I live in South Carolina with my husband, daughter, and 3 cats.
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***5 Stars
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