Have you every wanted to run away? Change your life? Escape from the chains that bind you? Walk away and start over? How far would you go to get your happy ending?

Adrienne and Gabriel met at the gala and it was an instant attraction. The problem, he is taken. I loved when they first met and made up stories about others at the party. My friends and I used to do the same thing when we were…out. It was fun, imaging the possibilities.

Adrienne’s husband, Dustin, and his friend, Jarrett, stole millions of dollars. Gabriel finds out about it and decides to take the money for himself. Himself and his pregnant girlfriend, Cindy. He wants the money to give his family a life. And, he takes Adrienne along for the ride. At first, she is an unwilling participant, but it doesn’t long for her to see an opportunity to recreate herself.

Driving through Mexico, on the deserted roads, Adrenne finds herself in dangerous and unanticipated situations. She finds a strength she never knew she possessed. She may never be able to let down all the defenses she built up and I wonder…

“I was never a kid. I had to fend for myself…”

It’s interesting when an author adds a bit extra into a character, like Cindy being pregnant and Adrienne having a life or death health condition.

I can only imagine the tension in the household. Two women who want the same man. One man with a single goal, to give his family the best life possible. Can the women become friends? Can they all have what they desire? That is what kept me reading. Of course, I wondered if the American authorities would care enough to follow them to Mexico, if the Mecali’s would care enough to come after them, if they could avoid Dustin and Jarrett, who want the money that Gabriel took from them.

Then, we have a surprise guest, a retired secret agent.

I loved the premise, ditch your old life and create a new one. Just…think…of all the possibilities. Shed your old life, create a new one. Take a bad situation and make it work for you. From ennui, to despair, to…happiness (?). All things are possible.

Even though I never felt any mind blowing moments, I enjoyed the ride.

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A very good and well written book. It’s a very interesting thriller, it will have you stuck to the pages to see what will happen next. I recommend this book to anyone that likes thriller books.

A good story with plenty of twists and turns. Reminds me a bit of Dave Barry or Carl Hiassen in spots. ( )

Author Cheri Krueger puts a whole new twist on the ‘housewife-ready-for-a-change’ trope in The Abduction of Adrienne Berg. This 5-star ride will rock you on your heels!

At an evening fundraiser, Adrienne can’t ignore the instant primal magnetism after meeting Gabriel, a pilot with her husband’s business. The unexpected twist is that the attraction persists, even after Gabriel kidnaps her as part of a multimillion-dollar heist involving her deceitful husband. As secrets unravel and loyalties shift, Adrienne transforms from hostage to partner-in-crime, navigating a treacherous escape across Mexico's rugged terrain.

Here's Cheri Krueger’s genius: she creates a fallible character who makes choices the reader probably wouldn’t. But that same reader wants to glow with the same passion as Adrienne. They want to meld into her new idyllic Mexican village (Krueger brings San Sebastián del Oeste to life!) By the last forty pages, they’re holding their breath--rooting for Adrienne to seize the happiness she might not deserve, but definitely earns. What a tale! ( )