Skimmed through starting at 50% mark. It’s mostly a wholesome romance, but with so much humming and hawing about whether to accept invites, show interest, reveal huge clues as they investigate together. It was frustrating me. The premise was interesting to start but it dragged on by mid point and the Big Bad way of handling things at the end was too cartoony and convenient to allow for rescuing, veering off into cheesy popcorn thriller territory. I also found it hugely predictable and that made it feel even more drawn out as the same clues were being waved around for the reader while the main character was oblivious. 

Not a bad book though, and if you like will-they-or-won’t-they romances and meet cutes, and cozy mysteries with a heaping side of corruption and rich, conservative, gun-toting Americans behaving badly, you may find this a more enjoyable read than I did.