While exploring a shipwreck in the Cayman Islands, Scottish dive master Roddy Henderson discovers a hidden underwater listening device and unwittingly places himself in the crosshairs of a ruthless Albanian crime boss–an elusive master of disguise who has evaded capture for decades. Now Roddy may be the only person who can identify him.
MI6 auditor Everly Pattinson’s mother is dying of ALS, and though Everly longs to spend every possible moment with her, the medical expenses require Everly to accept an overseas project assessing suspicious bank activity in the Caymans. Following a hunch, she takes an unauthorized risk and is caught and expelled from the island without a chance to say goodbye to Roddy, the handsome dive instructor she has fallen for. Eager to reestablish her tarnished reputation with MI6, Everly poses as a plus-one for a high-ranking British Intelligence official.
After narrowly surviving an attempt on his life, Roddy retreats to his native Scotland. There, at a glittering social event, he unexpectedly runs into Everly, on the arm of someone else–someone Roddy knows. Before she can explain, the Albanian crime boss walks through the door.
Convinced Everly deceived him from the beginning, Roddy wants nothing more to do with her. When the killer threatens the people he loves, Roddy must team up with Everly and MI6. Hunting a master of deception forces him to confront not only a deadly enemy, but also the painful past that drove him from Scotland–and the possibility that trusting Everly could either heal his deepest wounds or destroy him for good.
Review:
Roddy Henderson seems to be a Cayman Islands kind of guy with his own diving business and a laid-back attitude. Everly Pattison has arrived on the island to do a bank audit and some undercover investigative work. Neither Roddy or Everly are what they seem, which only adds to the intrigue. I loved the scuba diving excursions that Roddy and Everly went on and wished I was there too!
This was an exciting story of danger, romance, and seeing Roddy’s family and the people of the estate defeat a powerful enemy and bring him to justice.
Tropes and Tidbits:
secret identity
OCD rep
forced proximity
Scotland
nephew Sammy
humor
MI6
plot twists
This is part of the Roxburg Scions series and can be read as a standalone. It was fun to see Roddy’s sisters and their families as part of the story. I highly recommend reading this if you enjoy clean romantic suspense.
I received this book from the author. I was not required to write a positive review, and all opinions are my own.
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