Hiding In Sunshine (Book Review)

I was very excited when I was selected by Influenster to receive a complimentary copy of this new thriller written by father daughter writing team of John and Caitlyn Stuart. Here is my review of the book..

When the Brinkley family; Gavin, Lisa, and their two daughters Becky and Jessica move into their dream home in Concord, Massachusetts it seems like they finally have it all. Gavin Brinkley; a cyber security expert, has been become quite successful professionally. Despite his professional success, Gavin and Lisa live a very low-key unassuming lifestyle. The Brinkley's idyllic life gets quickly turned upside down after a home break-in and Gavin experiences an episode with a terrifying tail-gater. After the FBI warns Gavin and Lisa that their family is in grave danger, the family quickly leaves Concord and starts a new life in the Witness Protection Program.

This story follows the Brinkley's new life where they must rely solely on each other to get through the harrowing days of life on the run. This is an edge-of-your seat thriller that had me hooked from the first page. Once I started reading, I could not put the book down (I finished it in only a day and a half). This story delves deep into the seedy underworld of cyber terrorism which is fascinating and scary at the same time. I enjoyed reading this compelling tale that kept me guessing until the very last pages of the novel.

Influenster also hosted a Twitter Question and Answer session with the authors on January 29, 2013 which I was fortunate enough to attend. The two authors offered some interesting insight into the book, how the plot was developed, and even mentioned that they were already working on a second novel together. If you are interested you can follow @JandCStuart on twitter and read the questions and answers posted at the twitter event.

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Here is the link to the book on amazon.com if you are interested in purchasing this book..

http://www.amazon.com/Hiding-Sunshine-John-Stuart/dp/1477283315/ref=cm_cr-mr-title


From the back of the book..


Living lives of quiet affluence in a historic, suburban Boston town, Gavin and Lisa Brinkley had no idea how quickly and decisively their lives, and those of their two young daughters, could be upended. A series of events - a mysterious break-in at their home, some menacing tailgating on the highway from Boston, a startling visit from an F.B.I. agent warning of an imminent kidnapping attempt - leads to the family's abrupt uprooting from its comfortable existence into a terrifying new existence on the run, under new identities. This taut thriller by a father-daughter team follows the eleven-year odyssey of an American family on the run, in hiding through the mountain states of the American west, where survival skills and living off the grid are paramount, but so are friendship, cooperation, and resilience. The enemy, always lurking just out of sight, is a foreign cyber-criminal enterprise that launches breathtaking assaults on the American banking system and physical infrastructure, but the Brinkleys also know that the threat is deeply personal, reaching ever closer to them from the shadows of the past. At the same time, Gavin and Lisa discover the perils of wandering too close to the edges of the dark side, in the murky world of cyber-security. A compelling story of suspense and treachery, HIDING IN SUNSHINE is also a celebration of a family's abiding love and courage -- and a young girl's faith in the triumph of the truth.