I have to admit, I am not one for reading thrillers so when Gaylon Greer's The Price of Sanctuary arrived at my doorstep it took me a few days to get up the courage to begin to read it. Once into the first few pages though I was very glad I decided to give it a try.

The story focuses on illegal immigrant Shelby Le Cervoisier who is on the run from both American and Haitian authorities. Her situation wouldn't be nearly as volatile if she hadn't actually killed a few men and her trip back to the States would not be nearly so important if her seven year-old sister wasn't waiting for her in Florida.

Shelby knew better than to think her sister was safe with a fellow agent. She was fairly certain this was a set-up to erase her as the only witness to the murder of a very important man in Haiti.

Unfortunately Shelby was right. The agent who had been watching her sister Carmen was out to get her. Escape was their only option. But what would she do then? She had few friends in the States and little money. Somehow she'd have to find a way to make a living since going back to Haiti was impossible.

Safely away from Florida, Shelby begins to formulate a plan only to discover that there is a contract on her head, perhaps even more than one. Someone out there wants her dead so she can't talk. But more important than her own life was that of her sister. Somehow she must protect Carmen and keep her in the States. To allow her to be deported to Haiti would be to sign her into a life of prostitution – or worse.

Take a sexy as all get out female spy who wears sharp heeled shoes, is very deadly with any weapon and her hands, and not a slouch in the brain department either. Then add the guy who is a brilliant former football scientist with integrity, a nosy family that want grandkids, Black Ops, stolen classified high tech plans that could kill people, kidnapping, and enough sex to rival The Joy Of Sex book on ideas, and you have The Spy Who Wants Me .

Elle Gray and Dr. Beau Ruston can barely control lust from when they first lay eyes on one another. Both are telling lies to do their job, and finally give in to lust, lots of lust. Assuring one another, "It's just sex" between two gun shy folks here. Then there is sex between Elle Gray's brother and his paramour from ten years ago.

Now a book with so much going on can work. Unfortunately in this one, I found myself distracted and tired while reading it, keeping track of all the things and divergent paths the story was taking. The characters were in some ways too pat perfect and flat for me to relate to. The best scenes were when Elle Gray was relating to her blusterous nosy family. That brought out the most touchable side of Elle Gray. Dr. Beau Ruston tended to come off as a horny Apollo hunk of a man, and while everyone talked about his brilliance, I did not see any evidence of it – unless his ability in bed was to show that?

Beneath the sea lies a dark and terrible secret and it is one that could forever change the world. The race is on to find it and some will stop at nothing to get there first. This is the premise of Mark of the Devil, a new thriller by author William Kerr.

Mark of the Devil starts with hero Matt Berkeley deciding to help his friend, Steve Park. They need to spot the exact location of a storm-sunk barge off the coast of Florida. The Coast Guard wants it located and flagged as a shipping hazard. Matt goes diving to ascertain the position of the sunken vessel. He discovers a strange object sticking up out of the sand. Oddly, it looks as if something large lies buried there, beneath the barge itself.

The two men determine they are seeing a snorkel, and that it probably belongs to an old submarine, possibly one belonging to the Nazis of World War II. Together, they decide it is worth investigating further. But others, with secret interests, also now determine the same thing. And these others have power and influence on their side. A lot of it! They aren't afraid to use it. What's more, they'll go to any lengths to steal the secret that lies buried beneath the sea. Matt and Steve now discover they are caught up in something far bigger than they could ever have possibly imagined. What once seemed a simple diving job now is suddenly a quest, one that is a matter of life and death.

One of the most spectacular places I’ve ever visited was Yellowstone National Park. As a geology student, I couldn’t get enough of the scenery and unusual opportunities for learning about geothermal activity. A large portion of Julie Korzenko’s scientific thriller Devil’s Gold is set in this unique location.

Cassidy Lowell worked for ZEBRA for a number of years, but this was the first time she let the end of an assignment get to her. Her studies and reports on the Niger Delta’s ecological status following energy development by New World Petroleum were hardly finished, but being carried out under fire over the shoulder of a Black Stripe rescuer gave her the idea that someone really didn’t want her to finish her studies.

Reassigned to research a declining wolf population back home in Yellowstone National Park should have been like a vacation to her. Having grown up in the region, she was both happy and sad to be back. The scenery was as amazing as ever, but with her parents dead, most of her personal ties were gone.

While studying the research on the wolves in the area, Cassidy and her lead biologist Jake Anderson found a lot more than they bargained for. Dead bodies – of both humans and wolves – had begun to stack up and someone was out there following Cassidy in the shadows.

When The Women’s Murder Club television series was cancelled I was seriously upset because I loved the characters in this series. The television series was based on James Patterson’s book series of the same name. As a big fan of both his Alex Cross and Women’s Murder Club novels I was glad to see that one of these great series was brought to the television screen. So I jumped on the newest edition of this series to hit paperback.

The 6thTarget opens with a horrifying attack on a local ferryboat that leaves four people dead and Claire Washburn struggling for her life. Lt. Lindsay Boxer is heading the hunt to track down the killer. Lucky for her the whole attack was caught on film. So it’s only a matter of time before they put the madman behind bars but keeping him there is another thing. The killer turns out to be a homeless man who, when he sees Lindsay on TV asking for clues about the shooter, he turns himself in at her house. Assistant DA Yuki Castellano has to take the case to trial after her boss’s heart attack. Unfortunately the killer goes free due to mental defect.

Meanwhile, children are being taken and their nannies are being murdered. No ransom has been demanded and other than the mysterious instructions telling the parents not to contact the police, there is no clue as to the fate of the children. Lindsay and her new partner Rich Conklin track these five-year-old prodigies in music and mathematics unraveling the twisted scheme of child trafficking through a nanny agency. The agency travels from city to city opening and closing as the children are taken, and with "different" owners.

Ever since time began, man has been pitting himself against Mother Nature, from brutal weather, and the ocean to staggering mountain peaks. Often it is a matter of survival, but in more recent times, pitting yourself against the very best the natural world has to offer to prove your own mettle.

Brian Ullmann’s newest novel, Darwin’s Race, captures the spirit of those alpha males and females who scale the mountains, shoot the rapids, and transverse the frozen tundra because they can. A reality television producer ups the ante by challenging teams to climb the unconquerable Kuk Sur, offering a million dollar prize, knowing many could be hurt or even killed in the process. He names the contest Darwin’s Race, knowing only the fittest will survive.

Conner Michaels, world-renowned mountain climber and eco-challenge winner, does not even want to go near the Kuk Sur, which was the last mountain he climbed, and the same mountain that stole his younger brother from him. Scarred by the tragedy, he remains deep in seclusion associating with no one until the exotic Malika appears on his doorstep clutching his brother’s cap and hinting that by climbing Kuk Sur he might find out more of what happened to his brother, or even recover the body. It is a long shot, but one he has to take.

Need a cure for boredom? The Rx is: take six very rich, good looking women, mix in the fact that they are top chick vigilantes: A group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, because in general, the legal authorities are inadequate. In this case, the community is big, like, "earth-sized" big. The whole green earth., mix in Sin City (aka Las Vegas) and some sex, and you have Final Justice by Fern Michaels.

I have never read Fern Michaels until now. I have seen her name for years in supermarket book rows, pharmacy reading racks and the like. I just never really thought about picking up a romantic thriller. I tend to lean towards more bookish fantasy thrillers with aliens. The title, however, caught my eye. I will say first off, I wish I'd read the first eleven books before reading this one. The reason is that there is so much history between the characters that I got lost between some of the interplay that someone with more familiarity with the characters would have been able to follow more easily. As it was I felt very much like I was in a glass cube trying to figure out the who and why of what was going on.

The purpose of genre is to give the customer some basic idea of the fiction or nonfiction category the book falls in. This makes it easier for them to find it on the bookshelf. From there it's usually the fight of the well-known author, or for that rare reader, inquisitive enough to traverse new territory, it might be the arresting cover, or the concise blurb inside the cover or on the back of the book. In the adult fiction category, there are your three basic genres: romance, mystery, and science fiction.

Science Fiction is primarily the genre of ideas. In Matt Browne's series The Perennial Project, his focus is on the movement of mankind to the stars. The first book, The Future Happens Twice explores the how and why we get to the stars. Why we go, is simply because to not do so, mankind will become extinct. Earth and the solar system can not last forever.

There is nothing that makes a story seem more real than if it's based on a true event. That is what drew me to read Chernobyl Murders by Michael Beres.

In keeping with his title, Mr. Beres writes with such an eastern European flavor, I had no problem imagining being in Kiev in the Ukraine. Some of his prose is quite lyrical.

The story begins many years after the dreadful nuclear power plant accident that shocked the world, and then in chapter two, the author takes us back to 1986 when, only months prior to the accident, one of the workers at the power plant meets with his brother at a family retreat. In the safety of the wine cellar, Mihaly Horvath reveals his fears to Lazlo, a detective for the Kiev Militia, about what he thinks is happening at the nuclear facility.

I picked up A Study in Red: The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper, the cover hinting at the dark secrets contained between the covers. But, the cover didn’t warn of the depth of travel into the mind of a madman.

Brian L. Porter’s words grab the reader and won’t let go as he describes Robert Cavendish’s reading of the secret journal of the notorious Jack the Ripper. The man’s life changed as he discovered an ancestor’s place in Jack’s life, the workings of The Ripper’s mind, and the terror the mad man invoked.

This book is not one I could sit and read at one time. I would read a section, shiver, and lay the book aside. I had to return to its pages, though. I could not stay away. Part by part I delved into the horror that Porter portrayed in his novel. I can’t say I enjoyed the book, because the uneasy feelings it left in my mind were not enjoyable, but the book held my attention.

If one could live forever, what would one do? This has been a source of fiction and philosophy since our own brains first conceived the thought. For many, insanity, or power-hungry corruption seems to be the end results. Basically, to have immortality is a kind of hell no one really wants.

As a reader of Science Fiction and all the subgenre glory of the genre, I am amazed that so little has been written about an immortal that does not go crazy or power hungry.

What do you get when you have an environmentalist possibly on the take, federal agents authorized to commit murder, a mob widow who may know something, but can’t remember or even say it because of a stroke? Add to this unusual mix, health care scams, crooked politics and a rehab center nicknamed Hell in the Woods. Of course, the only place all this craziness could happen is in Florida. The only person who could pen it is Michael Berres in his latest thriller, Final Stroke.

The astrological sign of Scorpio has long been associated with intrigue, strong emotions and renewal. It is also considered by many to be the sexiest icon in the zodiac. Authors Jenna Howard and Deanna Lee have drawn upon these qualities for Scorpio, their contribution to the Zodiac Series from Liquid Silver Books.

She Was A Showgirl by Deanna Lee
Lola Bridges used to work as a showgirl at the Zodiac Hotel & Casino where her life was fun and carefree. This was before witnessing her former boss, mobster Phil Moretti, carry out two brutal murders. For the past year Lola has been on the run as she knows Moretti has her on a hit list. During this time Lola has relied on her own cunning and the skills learned from her policeman father to evade Moretti. She has also stayed under the sights of the police because she feels they cannot protect her.

A current theory is all wars are about hunger for power, or money, or both. Unfortunately, in this eternal struggle, innocent people suffer, and sometimes the same innocent by-standers make all the difference in making the struggle survivable. It follows that all crimes are about money and power. What is crime, but a war on a smaller scale? J.H. Bogran explores this lust for power and money in his novel, Treasure Hunt.

I responded to The Boss's request for a review on this book because I need to show that I am eager, hardworking, brave, reverent, and wise. This earnest, well-meant gesture sent me on quite a trip as I read Full Circle.

On a whim, Brie Donovan calls the number Billy Gage had written in her yearbook years ago and makes a date with him to meet in room 13 of Ruby's Hideaway. After marathon sex during the night and into the morning, Brie decides the sex is the best she has had, but they have nothing else in common. Billy decides Brie is his woman, but she is still in love with Nick Drake, her first love.