He is the most terrifying of killers: ruthless, cunning, charismatic. And he has the means to get whatever he wants. And what Rico Chavez wants most is Elena Kyler--and he wants her dead. Trained as an assassin, Elena didn’t need anyone to survive. But now she finds herself on the run from one dangerous man and turning for help to another.

Sean Galen was a man without illusions. He knew it was only desperation that caused Elena to accept his help--a mother’s desperation to save her young son from a psychopath father who would raise their son in his own chilling image. And yet he was determined to get this woman who had never been able to trust anyone or anything in her whole life to accept him as her ally. But both Galen and Elena know that Chavez’s power and wealth mean there is no place they can be safe and no one they can trust--not even each other. Already Chavez’s assassins and connections to those in the highest positions of power have turned this into a war with no rules.

With two shocking acts of brutal violence, Chavez shows he will stop at nothing and that nothing will stop him. Soon a trail of horrifying murders will follow Galen and Elena across country to a last stand and a shattering showdown. For Chavez is a master of control and he wants more than just to take Elena’s life. He wants her alive long enough to see him destroy every reason she has for living. He wants her to turn against everything and everyone she ever believed in. He wants her to commit the ultimate act of betrayal. And by the time he is through, he wants her to beg him to take the only thing she’ll have left to give: her life.

I was a fan of the character Sean Galen from Johansen's earlier books so I was excited to see him appear as a main character. The book was a little grim (I can do without torture scenes :-0), but was an interesting read.

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Sent book to Hawaii-Bookworm! Hope you enjoy reading it. I'm a bit jealous and wish I could have mailed myself to Hawaii too. :-)

Aloha RCloriH. I received NO ONE TO TRUST by Iris Johansen today! It arrived over the ocean safe and sound and sits happily on the top of Mount TBR. Thank you for the RABCK and I am excited to read my first book by Johansen. Happy Bookcrossing!

This is the first Iris Johansen book that I've read. From the first page, it was fast-paced, thrilling and filled with excitement and suspense. I was swept into the heroine's adventure and viewed with eyes-wide-open the nature of the Columbian cartel's chase. A good suspense novel. I would recommend it and will be looking out for more Iris Johansen novels.

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Released at Manoa Laundry