THE HIDING SEASON by Ava Glass

5 stars

This new novel from Ava Glass breaks from her fantastic Emma Makepeace series to an edge-of-your-seat thriller, that had me up until 1 am last night breathlessly finishing it!

Maya Landry, a 38-year-0ld freelance writer and former teacher in Michigan, has hit rock bottom as her husband of 20 years leaves her abruptly for his new, young, sexy assistant and also cuts her off financially. Alienated from her unsympathetic parents and ashamed to face her friends, she takes off randomly to Bozeman, Montana to regroup. Struggling to find a job, she finally lands one with a real estate management company that oversees a private, remote, gated community with a ski area with homes that start at $10 million. Lara’s job: drive an hour out of Bozeman each day to the remote mountain to do a rotating schedule of checking on the house and owner-asked basic upkeep.

One day, she changes up her usual rotating schedule to go to her least favorite mansion, to discover a dead man who’s been strangled to death. This starts off a cascading series of events where the crime syndicate behind the murder wants her dead, and she goes on the run with the help of an FBI agent, Riley Maguire, who’s been working years undercover as part of the syndicate.

The elusion and the chase create terrifying thrills, plus is there some romantic sparks between Maya and Riley?!

Just be prepared to stay up late to find out in this fantastic read!

Thanks to Ballantine | Bantam and Netgalley for an advance readers copy.

Stacy DeBroff

Stacy DeBroff, founder and CEO of Mom Central.com and social and digital consultancy, Influence Central, is a social media strategist, attorney, and best-selling parenting author. A sought-after expert for national media, she trend-spots regularly with national brands and speaks frequently to national and international audiences on a wide range of subjects, including influencer marketing, social media, entrepreneurship, and consumer trends. A passionate cook, gardener, reader, and tennis player, she adores this new chapter of post-college-age parenting.