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This was a fast paced and at times action pact story. Sarah Downing is a transplant to Canada after being emitted to the American Witness protection plan after she testified against Jimmy, her brutal ex husband. 10 years have passed and Jimmy is released from prison and wanting to find out where his ex wife is.
Sarah has changed her name and appearance and is now an art restorer in Kingston, Ontario ,and who is working on a painting she believes to be an original. Her boss knows this as well and has other plans for the piece of art, so the drama begins.
This story takes you on a whirlwind ride, as she tries to outsmart her ex, find a safe place for the painting, and herself and keep the people she loves from being hurt along the way.
There is a good connection between a lot of the characters, even a budding romance. Sarah is drawn to art and often will refer a scene she is looking at to a painter and piece of art.
This I enjoyed as I always look them up to see what she was seeing and learn about a new artist to me as well.
This was a fun story with a lot of twist and turns.
I would like to thank NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the ARC of this book.

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Sarah Downing is currently restoring a painting, one that she is fairly certain is an original, She is more than distracted, however, as she can't keep her mind off the impending prison release of her ex-husband, Jimmy; he swore that he would one day kill her, Meanwhile, Sarah hopes to convince the painting’s owner, Simon Wolfe, to invest more funds into the restoration project to further the proof of its provenance.

Things begin to move swiftly as Jimmy has found her, although Sarah has been a part of the Witness Protection Program for over a decade. Meanwhile, Sarah discovers something shocking about her bosses, and that is connected to her current job at hand. She then flees from Jimmy, all the while desperately trying to get the painting back into the hands of Simon. Sarah and Simon felt sparks from the beginning, but the element of danger was just too high to do anything about it.

As a reader, it was quite easy to see that for Sarah to get her life back, there could only be one outcome. Despite being a rather slow read, the mystery in which Sarah's past and present become tightly interwoven was quite intriguing.

Many thanks to BooksGoSocial and to NetGalley for this book to review.

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