She went looking for paradise. She found hell. The breathtaking scenery of La Costa del Balsamo masks terror for American tourist Charity Chalmers. The best-selling novelist is in El Salvador to find inspiration for her next book. Cocooned in the luxury of the five-star Plaza Hotel, she thinks she is in paradise.But, in a country caught in the vice-like grip of gang crime, danger stalks her every move in this fast-paced journey from paradise to hell. Where beauty cloaks evil, there is No Mercy… From the lap of luxury to the slums of San Salvador to the hills off La Ruta de Las Flores, one man – the one who has always loved her – is on her kidnappers’ trail. He is determined to prove the FBI wrong and find her alive.A highly-rated read from the author of Hired Hands and You Can’t Stop Me.