From goodreads: From the author of the New York Times bestseller On the Island.
What if the life you wanted, and the woman you fell in love with, belonged to someone else?
Chris and Claire Canton’s marriage is on life support. Downsized during the recession and out of work for a year, Chris copes by retreating to a dark place where no one can reach him, not even Claire. When he’s offered a position that will keep him away from home four nights a week, he dismisses Claire’s concern that time apart could be the one thing their fragile union can’t weather. Their suburban life may look idyllic on the outside, but Claire has never felt so disconnected from Chris, or so lonely.
Local police officer Daniel Rush used to have it all, but now he goes home to an empty house every night. He pulls Claire over during a routine traffic stop, and they run into each other again at the 4th of July parade. When Claire is hired to do some graphic design work for the police department, her friendship with Daniel grows, and soon they’re spending hours together.
Claire loves the way Daniel makes her feel, and the way his face lights up when she walks into the room. Daniel knows that Claire’s marital status means their relationship will never be anything other than platonic. But it doesn’t take long before Claire and Daniel are in way over their heads, and skating close to the line that Claire has sworn she’ll never cross.
Covet left me disappointed and I’m not sure that there’s any other way I can say it. It’s written extremely well and the premise of the story pulled me in with the blurb alone but it fell short of all my expectations.
This is the story of a neglected wife, Claire and the background of how she became neglected is a compelling one. She is starved for the attention of her husband, Chris but unfortunately, life happens and that will put a strain on anyone’s marriage. And so it begins, the tale of how this marriage is in jeopardy of crumbling…I’m still hanging onto the story because I’m hooked and how can you not be, right? There are all these little details about suburban life that felt completely unnecessary to me because I wanted the focus to be on Claire and Chris, not Claire, Chris and the entire neighborhood! Now, I’m barely hanging on…
As Claire and Chris begin to drift apart, we meet Daniel. Enter handsome police officer. At this point, I’m thinking things will get super interesting. Nope, sure didn’t. While the “friendship” they develop is sweet…I’m not sure that I bought it. I’m not saying that I wanted Claire to cheat but again, I was waiting for the drama. I wanted the other shoe to drop in a thunderous way but it didn’t. And I wanted Chris to fight, really fight and man-up to the fact he was the reason for Claire’s loneliness.
The ending wrapped up a little too neatly for me with regards to Daniel. Chris and Claire I understand but the story surrounding Daniel felt rushed and incomplete. I wanted more, I needed more but I was left feeling completely unsatisfied.
I know it might seem as though I’m picking apart this book and that’s not my intention but I wanted to love this book like everyone else and I unfortunately I didn’t. Will I read more books by Tracey Garvis-Graves…ABSOLUTELY!!! I adored On the Island (#1) and Uncharted (#1.5)…I’m still very much a fan! 
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