Review: Emotional ride
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 16, 2014
This is the third novella in the Secrets and Shadows series. I have loved all of them, but I think this is my favorite.Chris and Guy have known each other since they were children. It was established in Break For Me that Guy is head over heels for Chris. And that Chris is oblivious to Guy's feelings. We find out in Long For Me the pair has crossed the sex line in the past, but decided to just be friends. At least, Chris decided... When the line gets crossed again, after a memorial service for Chris's mom, emotion and longing can't be contained.Classic Walker. Passion, anger, fear, lust and love all swirl into a vortex of feelings that once unleashed, can't be contained any longer. Guy's mental dialogue was so believable, so angst ridden...I was captivated. He wants Chris so badly, but is afraid of losing her forever if she realizes he wants to be much more than friends.Chris's longing for her mom, her lingering doubt that she isn't smart, and is more than a little crazy, made my heart hurt for her. (She's neither, by the way. She has ADHD, depression and dyslexia.) She has experienced so much loss, she is afraid to go after her dreams. Chris is also terrified of losing Guy.Guy and Chris had the benefit of an age old friendship. Their genuine affection for each other made their smexy times that much hotter.I don't know how she does it, but Shiloh Walker can use a minimum of words to convey an entire mood, or a character's motivation. Her writing is stunningly evocative, and captures the reader from the first word to the last.I am loving this series, and I am looking forward to the full length novels.Bottom line - Anything by Shiloh Walker, or her alter ego, J.C. Daniels, is time and money extremely well spent. If you have never read anything by this author, do yourself a favor and rectify that fact immediately.