Analyzing Belle Ami's Escape

Layla can't wait to take a free, week long vacation to Dubai with her Saudi boyfriend, Zamir, to meet his parents. Her protective father has told her not to go, but she knows everything will be fine. Zamir said so and he's the son of a financial advisor to the House of Saud, so he's used to trips like this. But when Layla finds herself in the wrong place, at the wrong time she's going to have to rely on the help of an Iranian deep-cover agent instead and get of Iran alive. Cyrus finds himself suddenly having to change focus from Iran's nuclear development to getting a red haired American out of the country. This means exposing himself as a mole after years of working his way up to a position as the attache' to Iran's Deputy Director of Oghab2.

The plot of Escape by Belle Ami was an interesting mix of romance, espionage and Iran's nuclear development. There are relevant facts in the books about recent agreements and decisions about the United States relationship with Iran regarding their nuclear program as well as detailed descriptions of how someone might hide a secret facility. I was really drawn into the story at those parts due to how they translated to real life. There …show more content…
The book made me feel an urgency to get moving, much like the characters were doing. The story flipped between the nuclear program sub-plot and the romance at a good pace so that I could tell what was going on without forgetting about certain characters or situations. I read the first ten chapters of the book really fast because of the flow and I wanted to know what happened next. I usually don't read books from the romance genre, but I enjoyed reading this one. I would recommend this book for people who already enjoy romance, but want to add some action/adventure to their reading because there are explicit love scenes, so I'm not sure people who don't already enjoy romance would enjoy that