Kindle Edition, 210 pages
Publication: June 28th 2019
Source: I received a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are my own and were voluntarily given.
He’s a burned spy with one last chance in the field to recover his
life and fortune. She’s a divorced teacher on a mission to rediscover
her lost self.
Understated billionaire and intelligence operative, Birch Cardon is searching to know who burned him and destroyed his career at the CIA. Another agency, the shady Entity, has offered him a second chance. If he fulfills a series of missions for them, they’ll not only unlock his accounts, they’ll give him his life back.
Or so they say.
Spies never know whom to trust.
With one last mission to fulfill, Birch jumps at the chance to head back to his college town of Getaway Bay to prevent the kidnapping of a diplomat’s daughter. Working undercover at a bakery, he’s going to save the girl and himself in one fell swoop.
High school English teacher and former cheerleader at Birch’s university, Arden Pike is fresh off a bad divorce after her dead marriage finally buried itself. Because her counselor friend encouraged her to head to a place where she remembers being the Real Arden, she returns to Getaway Bay.
However, her choice of old friends to reconnect with is a huge mistake. Her party-gal pal leaves Arden high and dry—with no phone, no ID, and no access to her hotel room. Arden is stranded.
Then, Arden shows up in Birch’s bake shop desperately hoping to meet her missing flaky friend. He can’t believe his eyes. Could the girl of his college-years dreams who dumped him hardcore possibly be his contact for this mission?
When he signed up for this job, what this burned billionaire didn’t know was that his second chance wouldn’t be just at salvaging his career—but at reclaiming love with the girl who got away.
Understated billionaire and intelligence operative, Birch Cardon is searching to know who burned him and destroyed his career at the CIA. Another agency, the shady Entity, has offered him a second chance. If he fulfills a series of missions for them, they’ll not only unlock his accounts, they’ll give him his life back.
Or so they say.
Spies never know whom to trust.
With one last mission to fulfill, Birch jumps at the chance to head back to his college town of Getaway Bay to prevent the kidnapping of a diplomat’s daughter. Working undercover at a bakery, he’s going to save the girl and himself in one fell swoop.
High school English teacher and former cheerleader at Birch’s university, Arden Pike is fresh off a bad divorce after her dead marriage finally buried itself. Because her counselor friend encouraged her to head to a place where she remembers being the Real Arden, she returns to Getaway Bay.
However, her choice of old friends to reconnect with is a huge mistake. Her party-gal pal leaves Arden high and dry—with no phone, no ID, and no access to her hotel room. Arden is stranded.
Then, Arden shows up in Birch’s bake shop desperately hoping to meet her missing flaky friend. He can’t believe his eyes. Could the girl of his college-years dreams who dumped him hardcore possibly be his contact for this mission?
When he signed up for this job, what this burned billionaire didn’t know was that his second chance wouldn’t be just at salvaging his career—but at reclaiming love with the girl who got away.
My Review: 4 StarsI love Jennifer Griffith's books and this one was no exception. Birch and Arden have a slightly different story, as there is an element of suspense that flavors the swoony romance with a hint of danger.Birch and Arden reconnect in a surprising way and I love a second chance romance, especially with "the one who got away." Birch has sacrificed much in his life to save the world and it comes at a high cost. Arden is trying to find herself again after her divorce and their immediate connection is spontaneously rekindled in a bakery. Birch and Arden had a deep connection based on intellect, Shakespeare, Donne, and other poetry and words and they are able to pick right up where they left off. I was intrigued with their association and ability to finish each other's quotes. They are each quirky, yet complementary to one another's character, and I enjoyed watching their connection deepen as they spent time trying to figure out a solution to their sticky situation.I love Hawaii and really appreciated the unique aspect to the setting. While the plot is sticky and slightly suspenseful, it's not intense. Being trapped in a situation with someone attractive definitely made their predicament entertaining and bearable and I loved the swoon.Content: mild romance (some innuendo, kissing); mild peril/danger
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