Ruthless businesswoman, gifted programmer…devoted mother. To protect her son there are no rules, just his safety.Simone Johnson is a gifted programmer, a ruthless businesswoman, and a devoted mother.When someone steals her code and threatens her son, there’s nothing she won’t do to keep him safe.She’s blackmailed governments, brokered deals with criminals, but to protect her son from a killer … criminals, but to protect her son from a killer she’ll face her biggest challenge yet, asking her ex-husband to help protect the son he never knew he had.
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Wasn’t sure what to expect when I first chose this book but I really liked it. Being a series starter it had a lot more going on than I expected. The dark web, double crosses, hacking, secrets to name a few. Just when you think you have it all figured out think again. So if you are looking for a book with an awesome female lead and a story line full of mystery, suspense, and action this is it.
I usually don’t ready books such as this one, but I REALLY ENJOYED IT. At first I was a little confused when reading the first chapter but then after reading more, I understood where it fit it. So much going on but I was drawn into the story and wasn’t confused during any of it. There is everything from spies, crooked business men, theft of millions of dollars and the length 4 people will go to protect/save a child. Emotions run from anger to excitement, , there are underhand dealings that go bad, and threats ranging to violence, to blackmail. Don’t worry about violence. The places that there are fight scenes , I feel that they fit into that part of the storyline. So I rather give it a higher rating but since there are only 5 available I give it that.
“Recieving a text from a death person… wow… nice way to start a story! Turning from romantic novels to a thriller was weird lol. I’ve been reading just about love and suddenly this new one. Not gonna lie, even though the whole kidnapped son was intriguing, it wasn’t enough for me to be completely hooked up in the story. Yeah, it wasn’t so easily to involve in the story as a hopeless romantic, well, it took me some time but ended up liking the story.”
I really enjoys this fast paced mystery thriller. Secrets come to life when she has to ask her ex husband for help after her son is threatened and he doesn’t know he even had a child. Great twists and turns, you will not what to put this down.
Sanctuary of Lies: To Save her Child, Rules will be Broken by Chad Bishop is a wonderful story to read. This is a wonderful story to rad by a brand new author for me and it starts a brand new series too. I am so in love with this series I can not wait to continue reading this story.
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She would and will do anything to keep her son safe no matter what she needs to do. So when someone takes her code and threatened her son she will break the law. Even if it means going to her ex husband who does not even know about his son. Now that could go so badly. What will he do? Will he help? See how it will go
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This is a fast-paced and edge of your seat thriller that will get your attention from page one and keep you intrigued throughout. It was very difficult to put this book down. Twists and turns kept me guessing and I was surprized but satisfied at the incredible ending.
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Sanctuary of lies is an intriguing book that kept me turning the pages to see how the craziness ends. Although the plot involving the world of the dark web, hacking and boutique companies is beyond my comprehension, the author spun an interesting story line. The twists and turns, the different characters perspectives and the jump from past to present was an awesome way to present the unfolding events. I all ready recommended this story to the boys in my life. The strong female characters would make it an excellent read for women who love suspenseful novels. Looking forward to reading more by this author.
4 out of 5 stars
This is the first book in a new series . What would you do if you are a devoted mother and also gifted programmer. When a hacker steals the code she wrote and decides to steal a plane . She is threatened and now has to keep her son safe. She has blackmailed and done deals with criminals . The biggest challenge she has to do is as her ex to help keep her son safe. The son he didn’t even know he had. But is the sanctuary the best place to be.
This is a edge of your seat thriller . The characters are well written and complex. Simone is one tough cookie . You really don’t want to come up against her . She is strong and smart and will do anything short of murder to keep her son safe . Jack is well sometimes he is trying to do the right thing . He is just trying to keep his son safe . His girlfriend Isabella is a fun . The best character is Justice the pit bull. she is fun and loves everyone but will protect if ones that she loves is being hurt. There are characters that you think you can trust but you really don’t know if they are good or bad . You will like the characters and also hate them at the same time
This is an edge of your seat thriller . You will get sucked into the mystery . The author throws us into the middle of a huge scare and takes us on a thrill ride . There is a little bit of jumping around between characters and few times I got lost when he did that Over all truly enjoyed this story and loved the intrigue and the twists and turns kept me reading all the way through. So if you want a good read for the winter reading list . check it out . Its a good start to a new series .
—3.5 Stars—
This book has a lot going on! Everything from hijacked planes, scary dark web auctions, gigantic sums of money, even bigger secrets, double crosses, and so much more!
This book is book one in the Chest of Secrets Book Series.
I have always found the “Dark web” topic quite intriguing and was very excited to read this book and see the author’s take on it!
Unfortunately, I found this book to be a bit jumpy and boring at times. It took me a couple weeks to finally finish reading it as I found myself easily setting it down and getting distracted.
I really liked the concept of the book and was intrigued by the storyline and the characters.
This book is full of mystery, suspense, intrigue, and action.
There are quite a few twists and turns that you probably won’t see coming! Along with many double crosses that make it difficult at times to identify the good guys from the bad guys.
This book is written with several flashbacks and time jumps that make it sometimes unclear what exactly is happening or even how that particular scene contributes to the main story or the plot.
This book is written in multiple POVs and unfortunately it only added to the confusion and distraction.
This book tends to go a bit back and forth on the pace levels. It takes off and so much excitement is happening, but then backs off, and slows way down. Then it’ll speed back up and gets OMG! and then it’s right back to slow. This pattern just continues to repeat pretty much through the whole book. Sadly, this yo-yo effect made the book somewhat hard to finish. Which is depressing since there is so much mystery and intrigue to this story that it should have been a glued to the book read!
All in all, there were just a few hang-ups for me, but overall, I still enjoyed reading this book and would still recommend it. There is a great storyline and awesome characters that do make this book an interesting modern-day thriller!
**Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book and have voluntarily provided an honest, and unbiased review in accordance with FTC regulations.**