Ava McKenzie is a creature of habit. Life is passing her by and she has nothing to show for it. She's had the same job since she started college, she orders the same dish every time she goes to her favorite restaurant, and only reads books from authors she knows. There is nothing new or surprising in her life... until her best friend marries a man from London. When her newlywed friend asks her to house-sit while she honeymoons, Ava jumps at the chance. She thinks this could be the very thing she needs to shake up her life. Ava throws herself head first into her new lifestyle; she wants to try everything, go everywhere, and never get stuck in a rut again. Of course, offing a man in a car garage hadn't been one of the things on her list to try.
Owen Walker spends every day in a new place with a new case. As one of the most renowned assassins in the world, he has his choice of marks--and he's never failed in a mission. When a new hit takes him back to his hometown, he looks forward to spending time somewhere familiar. What he isn't expecting is to help an attractive, confused American woman find out how she's ended up on a hit man's list.
As Ava and Owen dodge bullets, will they be able to escape their undeniable attraction to each other? Or will all of that chemistry blow up in a shower of hot and dangerous sparks?
This book is meant to be set in England with the main character from America. Only at times, I felt like was English. At the start of the book she called the train station, the tube, but then towards the end it was train station, not the tube. Confused? Yes.
There were other similar scenes like this where her words would be mixed. I also felt it to be more American then English. A part from the description of the weather, I didn't picture England in my mind. I don't know what exactly it was, but it's just how I felt. Not that it bothered me any, I just wanted to inform people before they read it.
Now, the story line however is bloody brilliant, I couldn't put it down. I loved the banter that went back and forth between all characters and found myself laughing most the time. I also loved Ava's reaction to Owen being shot. Classic.
The story is a journey about Ava moving to house sit for her bestfriend. She gets mistaken for someone else and has a hit put out on her. Owen, ever the hero you need when you have an Assassin out to kill you helps Ava escape them and to sort out what has been going on. It goes from there to the ending.... which, I will say ended abruptly. There was not much given us for answers, or what was going to happen next. There wasn't even a cliffhanger for us to be gushing over. It happened out of nowhere, so the ending is a huge disappointment, so I am hoping there is a next one and that will clear it up for us.
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