Review: ‘Secrets at Midnight’ by Nalini Singh
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Secrets at Midnight
by Nalini SinghSeries: Psy-Changeling #12.5
Published by Intermex on November 25, 2014
SubGenres: Paranormal Romance
Format: Paperback
Pages: 100
Source: Purchased
Audience: 18+/Adult
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Bastien Smith is frustrated. A changeling male should be able to track his mate anywhere—through fire and hail, snow and rain. But he keeps finding and losing her scent in the city streets, ever since he first became aware of it two weeks earlier, when the elusive fragrance awakened the leopard within him...
Then Bastien is suddenly confronted with his prey. Kirby is an all-too-human woman who wants Bastien just as much as he wants her. But he can’t deny what his body and senses are telling him: there is a raging chaos inside of Kirby that he doesn’t understand, secrets that whisper awake at midnight and cause her terrible pain. If they’re to have any chance of forever, then he must solve the mystery that is Kirby...
Secrets at Midnight originally appeared in Night Shift.
INCLUDES A TEASER FOR ALLEGIANCE OF HONOR
(I read the novella in Night Shift)
I’m working my way through Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series, including the novellas and extras. Secrets at Midnight is a novella set immediately after Heart of Obsidian. The story centers on Bastian Smith, a changeling searching for his elusive mate. He meets Kirby, who believes she is human, but Bastian suspects otherwise and is determined to help her uncover her true identity.
Despite being short, this story provided meaningful insights into Bastian and introduced Kirby well. The instant connection between them felt believable, given the story’s fated mate premise. I appreciated Bastian’s commitment to helping Kirby discover her true nature and how Kirby adapted after learning her identity. Her interaction with Bastian’s family, particularly Mercy, was a highlight. Once Kirby learns the truth, she adjusts quickly, and Bastian and Kirby achieve their happy ending.
Overall, I give this novella four stars and recommend reading it along with the other novellas, so you can get additional stories in the series that are just as enjoyable as the full-length novels. I look forward to reading the rest of this series, since I’m determined to catch up on it.
What to Expect:
✔️Paranormal Romance
✔️Shifter Romance
✔️Fated Mates
About Nalini Singh
I've been writing as long as I can remember and all of my stories always held a thread of romance (even when I was writing about a prince who could shoot lasers out of his eyes). I love creating unique characters, love giving them happy endings and I even love the voices in my head. There's no other job I would rather be doing. In September 2002, when I got the call that Silhouette Desire wanted to buy my first book, Desert Warrior, it was a dream come true. I hope to continue living the dream until I keel over of old age on my keyboard.
I was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. I also spent three years living and working in Japan, during which time I took the chance to travel around Asia. I’m back in New Zealand now, but I’m always plotting new trips. If you’d like to see some of my travel snapshots, have a look at the Travel Diary page (updated every month).
So far, I've worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, a bank temp and an English teacher and not necessarily in that order. Some might call that inconsistency but I call it grist for the writer's mill.
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