There was potential – Sheila DeChantal

Luke Driskell was not looking to fall in love after losing his first wife – but fall in love he did. Finding kind-hearted, modest Ashley and her daughter Joy felt like a gift. When Ashley finally agreed to marry Luke, he felt like he had won the jackpot. While Luke could afford the big home and luxuries, all Ashley wanted was a quiet low low-key life and he was more than happy to provide.

When a fire happens at a local daycare and Ashley rushes in to help bring out the children, she becomes an overnight hero. And just as quickly as she appears on everyone’s radar through TV, Radio, and Social Media –

she is gone.

Luke wakes up to discover both Ashley and Joy are gone without a trace. And when he discovers a hidden stash of fake IDs that belong to Ashley with different hairstyles and names, Luke has to wonder – who did he really marry? And who or what is she running from?

As it is every year, I get to a point where I get behind in reviews. Here I am again 🙂

While this book seemed to have everything you would want in a good psychological thriller/mystery… it sadly falls short.

Reviewing this one with my book club The Bookies, we overall felt while a quick and easy read that held our attention, it came off as unbelievable… too stretched and with no real WHOA moment (IMO). My rating overall out on a 5 was a 2.75…. the Book Clubs average was about the same – a little higher in some cases and a little lower.

With any good Book Club read it’s nice to be able to find questions online that can fuel the conversation, sadly, there were none and our group conversation lagged in finding things to really discuss about the book.

As seen above, we did make the best of it by some of us dressing in disguise with false identities inspired by the book.