This engaging novel had it all, from romance to mystery, with suspense galore as strong character development and solid plot points made for an enjoyable reading experience!

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS.

The book opens with Special Agent McCoy and Agent Greene of the FBI searching desperately for a woman and child, they've just discovered the woman is using the alias Felicity Spencer.
Why are they looking for this woman and do they want to save her or is it just the flash drive she carries they're after.
It then switches to ex-Special Forces Capt. Duke Wilcox who's being dragged from his totalled truck, drunk and injured. His old college roommate Dr Sunil Samant offers him accommodation while he recovers.
Then it's Alisha Raj in India who's life changes in one day when she leaves her job and her lover.
So all the major characters are in play.
Sunil is lured to India by his widowed mother who desperately wants grandchildren and at thirty-two he's not showing any signs his life is heading in that direction so she decides to give him a push.
His mothers health is failing and so he sighs and reluctantly agrees to meet a prospective bride, the bride in question turns out to be Alisha who is equally thrilled to be paraded in front of yet another man wanting a wife.
It turns out Sunil and Alisha are perfect for each other, he wants his mothers last days to be happy and Alisha needs to escape her life, if only for a little while and so they come an agreement.
Sunil and Alisha head back to America and the Blue House in Bishop where Duke is staying.
I liked Alisha instantly she's strong and determined and bad taste in men appeared to be her only real flaw. She's instantly attracted to Duke and while she lies to him about her class being over subscribed we're given the impression she does it to help him. Duke has been advised by his counselor to write his thoughts and his story but with a bad hand writing is out of the question Alisha offers to write it for him but....
She's also been given an assignment to write a story with strong emotional elements but since she doesn't want to write about her own heartbreak and Duke is tragedy personified she plans to write his story.
I struggled to get past this, it's a huge betrayal and I couldn't believe she was planning to do this let alone actually go through with it and rightly or wrongly it changed my opinion of her.
Sunil is one of the nicest people you could ever meet he opens his home so freely and it's difficult to not like him.
Duke is struggling with his life and trying to come to terms with his wife's betrayal and therefore we're not catching him at his best.
Alisha, while I initially liked her the fact that she abused the trust Duke put in her I found she grated on me.
Felicity, when she enters their lives is just annoying. I know this may seem harsh after all she didn't choose is life but then who did. Duke didn't choose to have a failed mission in Afghanistan or have his wife cheat on him. Alisha didn't choose to have her lover marry someone else and free a drug dealer. Sunil didn't choose to not be able to love who he wants.
My point is all these characters find themselves together in this house and on the whole they try to make the best of it but Felicity's moaning especially when she's camping with Alisha just got on my last nerve.
This was one of my issues with this book I didn't particularly like any of the characters, Sunil like I said was difficult not to like but he's a little weak for me I prefer a stronger man and I thought initially Duke would fit the bill but he didn't.
While this is an entertaining read, for me anyway it never lived up to its early promise the story was okay but being honest it wasn't as good as I'd expected.

I voluntarily read a review copy kindly provided by NetGalley and Pikko's House