The opening chapter enticed me, but about one third of the way through the book, it became a struggle to continue. This is one of those books that I know is supposed to be funny in a way reminiscent of the old television show,Get Smart, but the humor never tickled my funny bone.

Elizabeth known as Treflee and Ty Miller are already engaged when he is approached by Emmett Nelson, the National Clandestine Service chief. Ty isn’t about to give up Treflee, even though Emmett likes his agents single. Needing a man with Ty’s talents, Emment concedes. For years Ty and Treflee live idyllic lives. No boring 9 to 5 with all its mundane drudgery for these two. Ty is living the perfect life and sensible, composed Treflee lives vicariously through his adventures. No worries about their sex life getting stale either, because their hot, steamy reunion sex is explosive. But suddenly Treflee changes and she starts talking about having a baby. She complains that Ty has all the fun while she does all the work and that he just needs to grow up. Before he really knows what hits him, she has filed for divorce. If there is anything that Emmett hates more than a married agent it is a divorced one, so Ty has orders to fix it.

Not that Ty needs orders because his life is empty without Treflee, but he has a job to do first. His fellow agent George Hsu was killed by FUK Ching Chinese crime gang on the orders of RIOT (Revolutionary International Organization of Terrorists). RIOT has plans to start a war between the United States and China and they have turned Hal Rogers, an important CIA analyst. Hal plans to sell RIOT a top secret Pinpoint Project. So Ty is in Hawaii, working undercover as a bell hop when his ex-wife arrives with a group of women.

Treflee has no interest in a vacation, but after her cousin Carrie dumps her ex-fiancé a week before the wedding, Treflee feels she needs to be there for her even though Carrie is not an emotional, maudlin ex-fiancee. Since the bridal party is unable to get any type of refund on their airfare or Carrie on her destination Hawaiian wedding, she insists that her bridesmaids accompany her so they can have a blowout time. Treflee sure didn’t expect to see her “lying, spying, ran-out-on-her husband” who even has the gall to flirt with the other women in the bridal party right in front of her. If only she had her divorce papers with her.

After being in the wrong place at the wrong time (searching her husband’s room) Treflee is attacked by an intruder which puts her right in the middle of Ty’s spy business. Treflee and Ty must stay one step ahead of RIOT and the FUK Ching. But that is not the only danger. One of the bridesmaids has dibs on Ty, and she is not going to let anyone stand in her way.

The characters’ predicament as they escape one peril after another is unique at first, but quickly becomes repetitious. Run into a spy, escape, run into another dangerous scenario, escape. Treflee dances back and forth with her repugnance and fascination toward Ty. He is a horrible husband, but he is so sexy – and you know the rest.

While many romantic comedy books are short on characterization, this lack stood out more for me with this one since I didn’t find the book humorous either. Add into this mix a disappearing, weak conflict based on lack of communication and this book became laborious.

If you find humor in the repetition of the acronyms RIOT and Fuk Ching, then you might enjoy this book. Otherwise, I recommend giving this a pass.