Review: A good start to a new series!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2014
This is the first of The Serafina: Sin City series, a spin-off of the Red Stone Security series.Sierra is the head chef at the Serafino Casino in Las Vegas. She has been attracted to Hayden since they met but she thinks he only sees her as a friend and she’s embarrassed to admit to a man like him that she is still a virgin. She is hurt when a co-worker tells her that Hayden has a date not realizing that it is their standing “friend” date.Hayden works security at the Serafino Casino, a job he took after leaving the service. It took him a while to transition back to civilian life after being a Navy Seal and one of the things that helped him was Sierra’s friendship and the way she never let him get away with things. He is ten years older than her and feels he doesn’t deserve her so he has kept his desires a secret from her.Someone is stalking Sierra and she is attacked in the parking garage. When Hayden finds out he rushes to her side and nothing will stop him from protecting her and finally making her his. This bear of a man was enraged that someone would dare to hurt Sierra yet so tender with her and for the first time she saw a side of him that she had never seen before, what made him a Navy Seal.This is the story of two friends that had hidden their attraction to each other moving into lovers amidst suspense as casino security tries to track down the stalker who attacked an employee and hacked their security systems. The H is a true alpha male, strong and protective of what he feels is his and the h is a spunky woman who tries to hold on to the control of her life yet who is also a vulnerable woman on a personal level. This was an enjoyable sexy read of novella length.The narration was excellent; this narrator really brought this story to life with meaningful pauses and the emotions he brought to the words. The words were clear, well-paced and easy to follow. The use of different voices for the different characters brought a depth to the reading. The only thing that would have made this better would be having a male narrator for male voices and/or male POV’s and a female for the female voices and/or female POV’s.I received a complimentary copy from the author for an honest review.