Night Secrets: A Novel by Cherry Adair (2008)

I liked CA's White Heat and The Mercenary but this time I was struggling to finish reading the book.
To me it felt like it was written in a very short time just to put it out there.
And I repeat: It FELT that way TO ME. Of course I can't speak for the author on how long it took to get it done.
The storyline could've been exciting but Adair didn't manage to draw my interest and at times I found it utterly boring.
The attempts at suspense didn't satisfy me either.
I won't read the other parts of the series. ( )

On the Fence with Cherry Adair

I just finished Night Secrets by Cherry Adair. I'm really torn on how I feel about it.

I loved--loved--her nonparanormal romance books (Out of Sight, In Too Deep, Hide and Seek, etc.). They're action packed, with dynamic characters and hot romances. I'm also a big fan of paranormal romances, in general. However, the combination of Adair with paranormal isn't as spectacular as I might have imagined.

The problem might be a rather simple one: her characters were already fantastical enough without having paranormal powers. All the men, and some of the women, are T-FLAC operatives, who are the badass of the badass when it comes to military/fighting situations. They're the elite of the elite and able to perform feats that are nigh inhuman. Which was fine and lovely when it was a regular romance and everyone was using their guns, fists, and knives on the tangos. At least everyone was fighting in a world that followed the normal rules of physics.

However, combine all that badass with the ability to teleport (self and objects), mind control, memory wipes, and a plethora of other paranormal powers, and it becomes overkill. I mean, the normal romances already have characters who manage to have sex atop a running camel in the middle of the desert, at night, in between fights; they have underground bunkers with cabin fronts and elevators in the middle of a forest; and every T-FLAC can shoot seven tangos dead before one can shoot at him, a shot that merely nicks some nonmandatory limb. Wasn't that fantastical enough?

I've read two of Adair's paranormal romances now, this one and Edge of Danger. I feel the same about both. However, this one has an added gross factor. I'm not fond of violence and romance combined (though perhaps I need to take a second look at that, since I liked all the other Adair books...), and for the most part, Adair keeps the two separate--meaning there's some distance on page between the characters in bloody action and their sex. However, there's one scene, one horribly suspenseful scene after which any person would be needing intense therapy and a long, screaming run in terror away from the scene of the incident before they'd be calm enough for tender sex. Not these main characters, though. The female lead was in a state of terror for at least an hour--pure, unadulterated terror--and less than five minutes after she's rescued, they're softly touching each other, ignoring all her wounds.

Or maybe my aversion comes from the fact that this is the first book in a long time that I almost stopped reading merely on gross factor (not the sex, but the action, which was centered around black market organ transplants). Some of the scenes...haunting.

So I'm on the fence. Do I buy another Adair book? ( )

"Night Secrets" is Cherry Adair's latest sexy, nail-biting, page-turner of a book. It's book two in her 'Night' trilogy about three dark and dangerous T-FLAC/psi ops wizards who find love in the midst of danger and bullets.

Sydney is a writer struggling to make a comeback. She's currently about to finish her latest book on plastic surgery and is in Brazil recovering from the breast implants her publishing company required to make her book more authentic. The clinic is top-notch and Sydney is surrounded by the ultra-rich and famous when the peace is disturbed by helicopters and men in black with serious-looking guns doing a door-to-door search. Sydney's not worried, after all she's here alo...what the heck? Where did Mr. Tall, Dark, and Naked come from?

Lucas is a T-FLAC/psi wizard whose powers are on the fritz. When his invisibility powers fail he transports himself to the nearest cottage. It doesn't matter if it's occupied, he'll just use his handy powers to influence the minds of whoever may be there. He just needs a place to hide til he recovers from both the gunshot and the power drain. Whoa! Did he luck out or what? 'His' cottage is occupied by a gorgeous, brown-haired, stacked chick! Uh, oh...his 'influence' won't work on her, but on the plus side, she can amp his powers up to unbelievable levels!

Terrorists, blackmail, organ theft, shootouts, and magicouts? with smoking hot sex thrown in as icing on the cake. If you like magic, suspense, and hot romance, don't miss "Night Secrets" by Cherry Adair. You may want to start with the first in the series "Night Fall", and "Night Shadow" is the final and it's already out! ( )