When a reckless affair destroys her marriage, heartbroken Isobel flees to California wanting nothing more than to rebuild her life. Pursued by two men with secrets to hide, struggling Hollywood actor Ryan and mysterious millionaire Lance, when she is arrested on the Mexican border she must again confront a world of deception and betrayal. Set in the idyllic surroundings of Coronado Island, but against the backdrop of the dark side of life along the America-Mexico border, When the Siren Cries is a sensual romantic thriller. The story plunges Isobel into an alien world in which she is embroiled in drugs and guns, crime and violence, uncertain of who, if anyone, she can trust. "Fast paced and very readable" - Coronado Eagle & Journal. "If humourotica is a genre then Tom Barry is its king" - Book Connoisseur. "It's exciting to find a writer who tells life like it is" - Stephanie J. Hale ('Millionaire Women, Millionaire You').