Name: Shiver
ISBN: 9781451678673

Karen Robards

Repossessing cars to support her small son after being abandoned on the harsh streets of East St. Louis, young single mother Samantha Jones discovers a dying man in the trunk of a car who takes her hostage and forces her to help him reach his protectors. By the best-selling author of Sleepwalker. 75,000 first printing.

Shiver

Lynn Braden

Shiver was well written, but the story was fairly average. Sam repossess cars at night to support herself and her four year old son. While on a run, she accidentally stumbles on "Marco," who has been left in the trunk of a car she is repossessing. When his attackers find her, she is thrown in with Marco to be killed later. Marco is actually Danny, an undercover FBI agent. Not knowing who Marco really is, Sam still attempts to help him escape. Too much of this story was spent with inner monologues and time spent in safe houses. There wasn't enough action, plot, or character development for a story of this length. Definitely a disappointment from author, Karen Robards, who usually does a better job with romantic suspense.