Elusive by Sara Rosett

Well, this is a cute little series of books. Book one, Elusive, was the best one, I thought, but they were all entertaining.

Here's the Amazon summary: "If you enjoy Elizabeth Peter’s Vicky Bliss series or Romancing the Stone, Elusive has the same mix of mystery, international travel, and light romance.

Zoe Hunter loves living on the edge. Free-spirited and spontaneous, she’s built a life stringing together various freelance gigs that keep her bank account barely in the black.

But when her ex, Jack, goes missing along with several million dollars from his business and the FBI zeros in on her as a person of interest, Zoe’s life goes from delightfully unpredictable to downright frightening.

Plunged into a world of fake identities, deception, and murder, she’s afraid to trust anyone. Zoe impulsively skips town in a search for answers that takes her from Las Vegas to Italy, but instead of tracking down answers, she only uncovers more questions.

Who was Jack? Is he dead or did he fake his disappearance? And, what was he mixed up in—art theft, the mafia, espionage, or all three?"

I love romantic adventure--Elizabeth Peters, Mary Stewart, Helen MacInnes...those are the classic romantic adventure authors that I like best. So I'm always excited when I find books that are reminiscent of these. 

Now, this series isn't quite as sharp as any of the books from the authors above, but it's still pretty darn cute.  I found the writing good enough to be engaging and the main characters drawn well enough so I really liked them. The stories were free of bad language and sex too, and I always appreciate that. The books were fun and quick to read and if you like romantic adventure, you'll probably enjoy them!