Delicious Desires Are Brought to Life in the Novel "Shiver" by Mark (Izzy Schurr

The novel "Shiver" is a three star first class romantic thriller which thrusts evil upon the wholesome at heart, casting the emotions of love and lust into a theater of tension and joyous wonder.

Author Karen Robards has written more than 40 New York Times best sellers, why "Shiver" released in December is not one of them is a mystery to me. "Shiver" illustrates human natures thirst for success, yearning for love and desire for passionate pleasures.

Samantha Jones is a 23-year-old single mom working the mean streets of her town as a tow-truck driver. Jones is a repo woman who repossesses autos to support herself and her four-year-old son Tyler. While taking back a BMW she finds 32-year-old Daniel Panterro in the trunk with a gun shot wound in the thigh. Within seconds of encountering Panterro, Jones is knocked unconscious by an unsavory thug and thrown in the trunk with Panterro.

Panterro is in the witness protection program and has been found by the nefarious soul he crossed, Army Veith. Veith and his hoodlum crew are taking Jones and Panterro to the outskirts of town to kill them both. Jones was simple in the wrong place at the wrong time. This all happens in the first 18 pages of the book.

Jones and Panterro manage to escape from the killers. Conflict continues to mount when Veith and his men find Jone's house with the intent to kidnap her son Tyler. Jones, her son and Panterro manage to get in the protective custody of the FBI.

Is someone in the FBI tipping off Veith to help kill Panterro? Can Panterro get into a serious relationship with Jones, thus putting her and her sons life is jeopardy? Who and how many innocent people are killed by Veith and his gangsters? What twists are harbored in this story? Read the book if you want to find out.

The middle of the novel tends to be sluggish and boring until the sexual tension of Jones and Panterro kicks in. The simple facts are there. Panterro is an intelligent, suave and buff gentleman. Jones is tough yet sensitive, smart and a natural beauty with hips that sway in the dirty dreams of men. The emotional and physical attraction these two feel for each other is "Romeo and Juliet" style all the way. Panterro knows if he makes Jones his lover, Veith and his depraved crew will kill her and her son given any chance.

To experience cerebral and physical love the two must overcome a sea of obstacles as big as the national debt. "Shiver" is romantic without being hokey and action packed without being ridiculous.