Review: Secrets and Sins: Chayot: A Secrets and Sins novel (Secrets and Sins #4) by Naima Simone

[Eva Millien]

Blurb:

Six months after concert pianist Aslyn Jericho survives an attack at the hands of an obsessed fan, she is still trying to resume a normal life, despite the paralyzing fears that have stolen her ability to play and perform. Enter her gorgeous and mysterious neighbor with news that threatens to send her spiraling back into her nightmares. Her stalker has returned. And he wants Aslyn. 

Months after security specialist Chayot Gray’s darkest secret was exposed to the world, he’s struggling to cope with the fallout. Shame and guilt threaten to consume him, and he longs for the anonymous, numb existence he’s known for two decades. Then he discovers a masked figure lurking outside his neighbor’s home. The pain-filled shadows darkening Aslyn’s eyes call to him, and her loveliness stirs a desire he didn’t know existed. Now Chay must conquer his inner-demons in order to save her from a madman determined to finish the job he started...

My Review:

A man must conquer his inner-demons in order to save a woman from a madman determined to destroy her in this riveting romantic suspense. When a obsessed stalker targets concert pianist, Aslyn Jericho, she turns to her neighbor and security specialist, Chayot Gray whose shame and guilt threaten to consume him.

This fast paced and smooth flowing plot keeps reader’s shivering in suspense with intrigue and romance.  The author describes the story with well written scenes and details that capture the imagination and the well orchestrated suspense and drama draw the reader deeper into the story.  The strong compelling characters are easily related to and grab the reader’s attention from the very beginning.

Chemistry radiates lots of heat from every page between Aslyn and Chayot and the sex scenes burn with a vibrant fiery intensity that scorches the reader.  The relationship is full emotional turmoil and it will take these two wounded souls to save each other from the darkness. Aslyn and Chayot both capture the heart as they try to overcome their traumatic pasts and survive the danger that stalks them now. And the reader can’t help but get emotionally caught up in the story and cheer for Aslyn as fights to get over her fear and return to playing the piano and of course Chayot and his friends have captivated readers from the beginning of the series and it warms the reader’s heart that Chayot finally gets his chance at happily ever after.

Spine tingling tension builds throughout the story as the danger escalates keeping the reader on the edge and the author surprises the reader with some twists and turns.  The story is exciting, entertaining and filled with passion (I loved the piano scene…sizzling) and I had to keep turning the pages until I was finished.

5 STARS 4 FLAMES

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Entangled Ingnite, August 4 2014, 290 pages, ebook

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About Naima Simone:

I was born the daughter of a sharecropper…okay, maybe not. But, I am the daughter of a pastor from whom I inherited my love of romance. The man can preach a mean Song of Solomon! (There’s that plug, Daddy! You can pay me later!)

Although my first book starred a cucumber named Fred, my first romance came several years later in the seventh grade when I wrote myself as a heroine opposite Ralph Tresvant from New Edition. Through the power of my pen and imagination, Ralph took one look across a crowded stadium, met my dark, mysterious gaze, fell passionately in love and serenaded me in front of millions of fans. Out of all the girls in the world, he chose me! And, of course we lived happily ever after—once we had the inevitable fight, aka black moment, and made up with a passionate declaration of love and fidelity. This same story reincarnated itself many times over the years: with Donnie Wahlberg from New Kids on the Block, Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington, and as recently as last night, Vin Diesel.

Though the characters have changed, my love of love has endured. Shaping the lives of the unique men and women who experience the first, hungry bites of lust, the dizzying heights of passion and the tender, healing heat of love— nothing compares to it. Except maybe discovering new material for love scenes with my husband, the head of Research & Development!

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