“Luca….”She whispers my name at night, filling my dreams with her haunting beauty. Her tormented amber eyes beg me for something I don’t understand, and her agonizing pain becomes my own.For years, she’s come to me, calling my name.For years, I’ve never known who she was.Until now….
The Sinister Silhouette
By alexgrayson
What would you do if you turn a corner and come face to face with the man/woman of you’ve been dreaming about?
I’d sure as hell freak out, because the dreams were so vivid, you could hear them calling to you, whispering your name. Luca is a tattoo artist from the wrong side of tracks. The other world is rich , affluent, privileged world of Jules. But hearts tug and names are whispered and the crazy chemistry just pulls them together.
The strangest thing happens and the story becomes so intriguing, you’d have to read twice to make sense of their jumble of a life. Some things were a tad unbelievable, but the suspense and whodunit keeps you on the edge
For the past six years, Luca Hendrix has been having vivid dreams of a woman with amber eyes. A woman he does not know and has never seen before. She keeps asking for his help and for him to come to her. Luca is frustrated and does not know what to do, but yet he can feel her pain along with a fierce connection to her and it is driving him crazy. When he accidentally stumbles upon a woman, the same woman from his dreams it sets off a chain of events that has the potential to change so many lives, but will that change be for the better or the worse? Or perhaps maybe a little bit of both?
Alex Grayson has done it once again. She has totally wrecked me with her newest release, The Sinister Silhouette. If you have been following my blog for some time, I am sure you have heard me gushing about Alex Grayson before. Her book, Awaken Me, is one of my favorite reads this year and I wasn’t sure if she could ever top that story, but I am happy to say she blew me out of the water with The Sinister Silhouette. Alex Grayson has a knack for taking you down an emotional rollercoaster that will leave you completely breathless. You can see she has such a passion for writing and its evident in her stories. I don’t even need to read a back book blurb. If the book has Alex Grayson’s name on it, It will be mine and I will savor every glorious moment reading it.
I felt myself drawn to the hero and heroine and I felt that they both really came to life for me. They were so well thought out and you could feel every emotion and heartbreak they went through as the story unfolds. One of my favorite characters happened to be Luca’s niece, Aria. I find children sometimes to be underdeveloped in a story or just completely annoying, but Aria was so sweet you couldn’t help but want to hug and hold her. Luca, our hero, is so perfect and so sweet and tender, but yet has a side that you do not want to mess with. He loves hard and if you mess with his family, you better watch your back.
The plot takes you on many shocking twists and turns and at times it is downright dark. Layer by layer secrets are revealed and lives are changed. The plot slowly builds at an even pace and you know something bad has happened and although you may sort of figure it out, believe me it takes another turn that will leave you gasping and realizing how brilliant this story really is.
The Sinister Silhouette will captivate you and make you gasp at the same time. It is so well written and emotional that it will make you cry. Yes, even I cried, which seems to be a natural occurrence when I am reading a story by Alex Grayson. She brings a lot of heart to her stories and you can see the love she pours into her writing. This is another five star read for me and the second book this year by Alex Grayson that has made my top books of the year list. If you have never read anything before by Alex Grayson, you are truly missing out on a phenomenal author. I urge you to pick up the Sinister Silhouette and lose yourself in her capable hands. You will not be disappointed.
The first book I read by this author blew me away. So I went for a second book and I was not only blown away but sucked in at tornado speed, spun and left reeling. This 6 star story has it all. Suspense, romance at it’s best, protective male and some supernatural of some sort.
Luca has been dreaming about a women for years, not knowing who she was until by chance he finds her. That’s all I’m going to say. This is the kind of story that needs to be experienced without spoilers.
I devoured this story because it’s highly addicting and it consumed me to the point that I had a difficult to put it down for very long. A story that played with my mind. I didn’t know who to trust and who not to. Full of twists in the storyline. A plot well executed.
I love romance stories and this one didn’t lack any either. A protective male that will do anything to protect the ones he loves. This story was perfectly executed to the point that I was left speechless. Bottomline is this is a must read.
Standalone told in a dual POV with an HEA. Trust you need to read this book.
The Sinister Silhouette
By Alex Grayson
5 stars
Reviewed on behalf of 3 Degrees of Fiction Book Blog
Holy hell what did I just read? Talk about a book sucking you in and not letting you out until the very last word and even then I’m not so sure I’ve been let out! This was an outstanding piece of writing from Alex Grayson! I am lucky to have read books by her before and knew I would be in for something good but my god I didn’t know it would be this good. I tried so hard to guess what was going to happen, I knew what I wanted to happen but with so many plot twists along the way I just gave up trying to guess and went along for the ride. And what a ride it was, plot twists galore, characters you love, hate and something in between, a storyline like nothing I have read before and absolutely incredible writing! I honestly could not put this book down at all! All of the characters had something about them whether I liked them or hated them! They were just amazingly thought out and planned.
If there is a book you one click this year it has got to be this one! One of the best books that I have read in a very long time!
As always, Alex Grayson has written an amazing story. To be honest, it took a little for me to get really into the story because I thought, with the start, this was going to be something paranormal. However, once we find the true story, it was much more enjoyable. I loved the story and the characters. This is something I would highly recommend, but for an older audience.
Alex does it agian! This book blew me away. It kept me guess and turning pages.
Well written, full of suspense, and raw emotion this book is the full package.
I loved Luca and Jules. I felt real emotions for these characters and the things thrown at them. The pull between them is undeniable and the pain of being apart is brutal.
I thought I knew where it was headed a few times then Alex threw me for another loop! I was on the edge of my seat through this whole book and couldn’t put it down!
It’s been almost 24 hours since I finished this book and I’m still not sure I have adequate words to describe just how much I loved this book. Alex Grayson never disappoints and I swear she gets better and better with each new book. The Sinister Silhouette is unlike anything I have ever read! My heart nearly stopped so many time I lost count. Luca’s and Jules’ story is one of pain, suffering, confusion, heartache, desire, want, need, and love reaching beyond time and space. It’s tragic and beautiful and so amazingly perfect. I cried, laughed, felt heartbroken for their suffering and jubilant at their triumphs. I wanted to crawl into the book and strangle Theo myself! The picture Mrs. Grayson paints with her words is so vivid, so beautifully done, you can’t help but feel like you’re apart of the story as it unfolds. I was sad to see it end as I am with every book she writes!
Five gritty stars! It is dark, dangerous, suspenseful, delicious and oh so good! It will shake your being from top to bottom.
For hell sake! Alex Grayson is not only the princess of Dark Romance; she is also the queen of the Romantic Suspense genre. The Sinister Silhouette is a massive masterpiece. It is wonderfully dark, gritty, nail-biting read! Shipwreck to the heart, puts your soul to heels, while a thunderstorm hits your emotions. No one writes a suspenseful book like Alex Grayson! Her books always have me at the edge of my sit. I can’t imagine a greater pleasure than reading her books. They always remind me why books are better than any movie. It is amazing how she catches you in her web of delightful suspense, the kind of suspense that gives you goosebumps. It is simply perfect!
I can’t describe all the feelings and emotions I experienced while reading this book. It took me a while to figure out what to write for this review because there aren’t enough words to describe how much I loved and enjoyed this book. It gave me everything and more. I’m obsessed with this book and the strong and damaged characters. The pace of this book moves quickly and will keep you on the edge of your seat. “Evil twin” will have another meaning to you after reading this book.
Jules and Luca’s story left me speechless. Lucas is just my type of hero. He is immensely protective (just a diplomatic way to say possessive lol), sinful and hot AF! His dreams are hunted by a woman he has never seen before. He feels her pain and torment. He is attracted to her but is she real or just a dream? Jules will turn upside down his world. She is forbidden but the attraction is lethal. How can you care so much for someone you don’t know? Someone sinister is stalking in the darkness. Its weapon are the pain and the lies.
Jules is a beautiful and strong heroine. She plunged into the depths of darkness. A monster hurt her. She lost everything. An evil silhouette tormentes her. She is alone altough she will feel safe in the arms of the man that supposed hurt her. Remembering will be painful but her soul needs to be free from all the pain and misery.
The storyline will fulfil every one of your bookish needs: it is full of twists, sizzling chemistry, intriguing mystery that just give you the feels from beginning to end. The narrative will pull you into a web of mystery filled with a lot of surprises that will take your breath away. I couldn’t put it back until I was done with it. The story between the pages of this book played with my mind. Trust me when I say that you NEED this book in your life.
Five stars are not enough to rate this masterpiece. It deserves millions. The best read of 2018 so far! Alex Grayson never disappoints me. Each book of her is better than the last. Her writing is clean and intense and my own kind of drug.
This book is a roller coaster ride! I thoroughly enjoyed it and it’s definitely one of my favorites now.
It started off with me thinking this was going to be some paranormal shit. The dreams that Luca had were very paranormal-like and I was about to get angry, cause that’s not what I signed up for.
However, I kept going and I found out that there really is something sinister happening in the lives of Luca and Jules. Though it was easy to figure out the twist, it didn’t make it any less exciting to read. Both Luca and Jules have lost a short fragment of time in their memories, so they rely on everybody else around them to fill in the blanks. I kept waiting for them to remember, but that didn’t happen until about 75/80% in.
This book is longer, taking me close to three days to read, but I loved every single word of it. This is my first Alex Grayson novel and I will definitely be reading more of her.
Definite trigger warning to scenes of attempted rape.
If you like the darker side of romance, this is a good book to read!
This book was crazy in the story line. The book started I was thinking I need where this was going to go. I was so wrong in the best way. I didn’t see the twist coming but once it happened I thought back and could see the signs of the twist. Throughtout this book I had so meny emotions towards these characters and some really changed by the end. I only gave this book a 4 because I felt like I needed a better hook at the beginning of the story. I would recommend this book forsure.
Wow!!! What an edge of your seat, dark emotional, twisted story! Alex Grayson knocked it out of the park with this book. I didn’t know what to expect ams those twists and turns left me like, WTF???? I refuse to spoil thous book for anyone. Sinister Silhouette is a must read! A book that will hook you from the start! It’s also a favorite book of mine I’ve read this year. If dark, twisted, Omg moments are a must for your, then this book is a must read!!!
The more I read this author the more I love her books.This story evoked so many emotions in me one minute I was scared the next nervous the next cringing and the whole time sitting on the seat of my pants to see what will happen next.
This story had a great cast of characters and I have to say I loved Luca and his family as the were just awesome.The story had so many twists and turns that it made it totally engrossing and definitely a page turner.I loved how Luca had a tattoo shop and was and artist I love when a character has a craft and the fact that his shop was filled with interesting characters as well as his sister Ella who really livened things up quite a bit.”I just loved her sense of humor!’
I always pick a favorite character and mine is Luca .I loved him from the onset and fell in love with him after his interaction with his niece .So many sweet moments…
Jules was another character that you had to admired as she constantly kept getting dealt a raw deal but, each and every time it just made her a stronger person.One of the things I loved about her the most is how she listened to her instincts and paid attention to those gut feelings of hers when it came to Theo as she sensed right from the very beginning something was off with him but with Luca she felt safe even learning all about him.
This story had a complicated plot and a ton of heartbreak,secrets,betrayals creating a really dark story but as the story progressed it brought happiness and second chances at rediscovering the love you once shared with the one you loved.For me it was a great story all around even with the content because all along you knew there was just so much more to the story and couldn’t wait for it all unfold as you knew in you heart Luca had to be innocent in this sinister plot .
A gripping story from beginning to end and we loved it and highly recommend it to all.
5 stars from us
5 Big Stars!! Alex Grayson has done it again! The Sinister Silhouette is a story that once you start reading you will not want to put it down!! It is dark, combined with twists and turns, and will bring you to tears. I thought I had an idea of what might be going on, but the reality was even more heartbreaking than I imagined.
This book is about two beautiful souls that are so strongly connected that not even years of deceit and tragedy can break their connection.
I’ve read every one of Alex’s books, her stories are not your “Typical” romances. Her writing skills make you feel things you didn’t realize you like feeling. She pushes you to emotional depths where you love to hate her. She’ll rip your heart out but still gives you romance. There’s always a layer of ‘darkness’ that’s alluring and makes you understand the unimaginable.
This book is difficult to do a review on without giving away any spoilers because I feel you really need to go into it blind to fully experience the varying emotions the author so eloquently wrote.
In The Sinister Silhouette, she does it again. For the past 6 years, Luca has been haunted by nightmares of a woman calling out to him for help. Never being able to see who she is, where she is, or why she needs help. “These tiny sparks of light float right in front of me, all around me, almost like glowing specks of dust.”
The dreams become more frequent and more intense. Eventually turning into a silhouette with long dark hair, natural beauty, and the most intense amber eyes. He desperately tries to get her to give him answers.
“Luca….”She whispers my name at night, filling my dreams with her haunting beauty. Her tormented amber eyes beg me for something I don’t understand, and her agonizing pain becomes my own. For years she’s come to me, calling my name. For years, I’ve never known who she was.
Until now….
His sister is attacked, when he’s leaving Ella’s hospital room, he passes by a room with a woman lying peacefully in the bed. For reasons he’s not sure of, he’s pulled into her room to take a look at her. When he sees her face, he is frozen in shock. She’s the woman from his dreams, but yet he’s never met her. Why would she be coming to him? He finds out she’s been comatose for almost 7 years. He continues to visit her at night compelled to try to provide her with some companionship.
Jules miraculously wakes from her coma, and the first person she sees is Luca. She hysterically screams out uncontrollably in fear of him. Doctors are forced to sedate her. She has no memory of anything that happened before her accident or what caused her coma. She learns that she’s married to a man named Theo. Due to a bit warped circumstances she is often in the presence of Luca. And as much as she feared him initially, he provides her with a feeling of safety.
There is an undeniable chemistry between Luca & Jules. But she’s married, he’s the cause of her fearfulness, not to mention the people they’d hurt if they ever acted on their attraction for one another. When is allowing yourself to be with the one whom is your soul mate ok? At who’s expense is that decision the right one?
Alex has yet again knocked it out of the park with this latest book.
The Sinister Silhouette, was a gripping, all consuming book which will have you hooked from beginning to end.
It’s dark. It’s mysterious. And it’s absolutely beautiful in every single way.
Although I guessed what way the story was going quite early on, it didn’t deter me away. It still packed a punch when we uncovered the truths.
An absolutely fantastic read by Alex, and one that I would definitely recommend.
I can’t wait to find out what’s next!!
Favorite Quotes:
If any man other than Theo threatened me like that, I’d drop him faster than a whore drops her panties when she sees a hundred-dollar bill.
I’m terrified, hopeful, and anxious all at the same time, and there’s no hope of the trio of feelings going away anytime soon.
She beams a smile at me and it fills my heart with so much love I can feel the seams stretching to accommodate it all.
My Review:
This was a long and slowly developing yet intriguing story, and in the end, it was more than worth every word. Oh my, what a dark and tangled web of deceit had been woven! I had my suspicions early and some proved correct, but I didn’t foresee all the warped tricks and abhorrent twists and turns. Written in my favorite dual POV, I was quickly hooked into the premise and was kept on edge by this clever and devious author’s well-crafted and emotive tale. My cold heart was squeezed by the abhorrent regrets, uncertainty, nightmares, and dangers that Luca and Jules were experiencing, but thankfully, my coronary muscle was sufficiently reinflated with the more than satisfying HEA conclusion. This was only my second time to read the wily words of the cunning Alex Grayson, but I fear I have become enamored and hopelessly addicted.
“The Sinister Silhouette” By Alex Grayson is a spine chilling, romantic suspense read. It is one of those reads that will have you exanimating every word because this is one serious mindf&ck read. This book sucked me in from the start for once I started read I couldn’t put this book down. You take fear, love, thrill, obsession, and romance all mixed up to form one heck of a great read. It is a dark romance but its one that is done just perfectly, twisted and tied up in a nice bow. The main characters Luca, Theo and Jules are amazing. Really the secondary characters are pretty awesome as well. This one of those books that you have to keep the lights on while reading and everything just ends in an epic ending. I enjoyed how the author kept me guessing and the huge twist in this story had me cheering. This is seriously a great read-I guess I would have liked to know alittle more about why the villain went to the lengths they did. I felt that part was rushed but overall, amazing story.
My Rating: 4.5 stars *****
“I received an advanced copy of this book from the author at no cost to me.”
Wow! I don’t even know where to begin with this review! This book is not like anything I have read before! Truly unique storyline. Luca and Jules are awesome characters! This story has twists and turns galore! Very well written! I am not going to say much more because I don’t want to give anything away! If you are looking for something that’s a little different (in the very best way), you need to grab this! You won’t be disappointed!
This was so good! Luca is definitely one of my favorite heroes! A strong and dominant tattoo artist, he is plagued by dreams of this woman calling to him. When Luca meets Jules, let’s just say, it’s surprising. So many twists and turns. The Luca and Jules take awhile to get together, but when they did, the sparks flew. I was kept on edge wondering what will happen next. I couldn’t out it down! This is definitely a book you will want to get your greedy little hands on.
This is my favourite book this year, so far. If I could give it more stars I would.
From the start I sucked into the story and struggled to put my kindle down. Even when I wasn’t reading, I couldn’t stop thinking about this book…SO BLOODY GOOD!!
Luca has dreamt of a mysterious lady for years. When he visits his sister in hospital, he comes across the lady from his dreams. She’s in a coma and from the moment he sees her, he can’t stay away. He can think of nothing else…
Who is the lady from Luca’s dreams?