Claire is running away from her perfect life. Married to man from a rich and famous family with his own political aspirations, Claire knows the importance of looking perfect all the time. But behind the scenes, her husband is controlling, and has a volatile temper and now she suspects that he is hiding a dark and terrifying  secret. For months Claire has been plotting how to leave and today is her chance to disapear.

Eva is at the airport hoping to leave everything behind. Someone once told her that the best way to do that is to find someone who is willing to switch tickets and their identity with you. But how will she find someone who will be wiling to do that? As she watches the door to the airport she spots a woman who looks haunted, talking one her phone. “I have to get away,” the woman says, and Eva thinks she might have found someone who would be willing to switch identities with her.

Claire, is unsure how to proceed. Her carefully planned escape is not going as planned and she realizes that her husband will quickly see through the back up plan she had to devise on the spur of the moment. Then a young woman approaches her and proposes they help each other.  Once Claire hears the woman’s plan she seizes the moment and agrees to switch identities, clothing, handbags, keys and gives the other woman her ticket to Puerto Rico while she uses the woman’s ticket to Oakland. In that moment it seemed like an answer to prayer.

The next morning, however, Claire sees on the news that the plane she was suppose to be on had crashed and there seemed to be no survivors. While watching the broadcast however, she sees a woman walking behind the reporter in a bright pink sweater just like Claire had been wearing when she switched with Eva. Could Eva still be alive? 

As Claire tries to fit into Eva’s life in Oakland, she realizes that Eva was also running from something. Claire notices that the apartment building where Eva lives is under surveillance and someone seems to be following her as well. Who was Eva and what had she been doing?

As the investigation into the crash continues, media reports of Claire’s death begin to emerge and the swirl of media begins, with Claire’s husband giving a tear filled press conference. But Claire knows that he will never be satisfied until he knows for certain that she is dead, for she knows too much and is threat.  As Claire tries to thread the needle between Eva”s life and her past, she must also find the courage and strength to find her true self and build a life of her own.

This was a truly engrossing and fun read! Filled with lots of clever plot twists, it keep your interest to the very end. A great summer/beach read! 

Brenda’s Rating: ****(4 Out of 5 Stars)

Recommend this book to: Marian, Lauren and Sharon

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