Thanks to NetGalley, Ballantine Books, and Carla Buckley for the opportunity to read and review this book - this is the first book I've read by this author and very much enjoyed it - tough to put down.
There are 2 intersecting story lines - Sara is in the Witness Protection Program and is relocated to the Outer Banks. She is placed in an apartment in a run-down complex near the beach called Paradise. Her next-door neighbors are a family with 2 children - 12-year-old Cassie and 6-year-old Boon. There are definitely issues going on with this family - the mom had been charged for leaving Boon in the car and now she has disappeared again, leaving Whit to try and work and figure out how to control the kids. When a hurricane bears down on the island, Sara is trying to escape and makes a sudden decision to take both of the kids with her.
This was a tense drama and I had a hard time putting it down. I would have liked to see a little more info about Sara's background but you got enough glimpses to put everything into place. That ending? Both unexpected and a tad unsatisfying - I wanted to know more! But this is a great thrill ride of a book.
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