In the aftermath of her husband’s life-altering mistake, Tiana Williams grapples with lingering resentment while working full-time and raising their toddler. But when Jay becomes a person of interest in the kidnapping of ten-year-old Zoe Miller, Tiana is torn between trusting her husband and believing the growing pile of evidence. After she gets dragged further into the mystery and discovers her connection to the missing girl, the shaky ground beneath her crumbles.
With the odds stacked against him, Jay does everything in his power to prove his innocence. Racing against the clock, he must uncover the truth about Zoe’s kidnapping before he loses everything he loves—including his freedom.
During a sweltering heat wave and a raging California wildfire, Tiana and Jay will stop at nothing to find Zoe, even if it means tearing apart their marriage and risking their own lives in the process.
My Rating:
My Review:
This tale was packed with teeth-grinding and ire-producing family drama in all directions as well as tense plot lines of suspense including a hideous child kidnapping under peculiar circumstances. The details were intricate and I began to feel the tediousness and fatigue of the oppressive heat and the smell of polluted air from the nearby out-of-control wildfire that essentially became a secondary character in the story. The human characters were complicated, well-textured, and not always likable yet realistically flawed and authentic. I despised most of them except for the hapless yet well-meaning Jay, he was more of a victim than the kidnapped child.
Alessandra Harris doesn’t shy away from controversial topics and writes novels that reflect the diversity of her world. She loves stories that break your heart but leave you smiling at the end, so that’s exactly what she writes: made-up stories about almost-real people.
She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and four children and is the organizer of San Jose Novel Writers, a group of eclectic writers offering fellowship, support, and tips on all forms of writing.
Alessandra’s debut novel, Blaming the Wind, was published by Red Adept Publishing in 2016, followed by Everything She Lost in 2018.