Friday Fiction Feature: Son of Secrets

This week’s Friday Fiction Feature is Son of Secrets by N J Simmonds

Thank you, Lorraine, for featuring me today! Son of Secrets is the second book of my sweeping fantasy trilogy ‘The Indigo Chronicles’. Set in London and Spain it spans two thousand years of past lives, romance and adventure. For fans of The Time Travellers Wife, The Da Vinci Code and Outlander, my series is about two star-crossed lovers who have to fight fate to be together…but with an esoteric twist.

When Ella meets Zac in the first book, The Path Keeper, she knows there’s something different about him. As the book continues, we realise Zac isn’t your average guy, in fact he’s met Ella before. More than once…and in more than one lifetime. Son of Secrets (which was released 28^th May 2020) jumps ahead three years after The Path Keeper, and we see a bereft Ella struggling to cope and unsure whether Zac will ever return to her. It was important to me, after putting Ella through so much in book one, that we see the effects of that. It was also interesting to see Zac’s physical and emotional transformation, and observe how the couple fought their own demons in order to fight their destiny. Will Zac do the right thing and leave the only woman he’s ever loved in the arms of fate? Or will he listen to his heart and risk everything to get her back?

Be warned - this series takes readers to some very dark places. Although Son of Secrets is predominantly a love story set against the backdrop of humanity’s battle against fate and destiny, the themes of belonging, family and injustice are also present in both the main storyline and every character’s own struggle. There are also past life flashbacks to Tuscany 5BC, and the Dutch witch hunts of 1613 – it’s not for the faint of heart.

And then there’s Luci. Hinted at in book one, Zac’s mother is a character you don’t often see in literature…and you definitely don’t forget in a hurry.

‘Never mistake a strong woman for an evil one,’ Luci says to Ella’s step-brother, Sebastian. But is Luci just a femme fatale and a woman scorned? Or is she every mother who has had her child taken from her and will do anything to get them back – even if it takes two millennia?

With Luci you see the struggles of women across the ages. Through a series of flashbacks, and her involvement in Zac’s life and Ella’s past lives, we see a woman who has suffered. If you were both immortal and invincible, how far would you go to get your revenge?

But Son of Secrets isn’t all darkness. It’s a love story with more than one love interest. It’s a twist on pre-ordained beliefs and truths we should all question, and it’s a fantastical ride through history.

I really do hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it. The third book in the series, CHILDREN OF SHADOWS, is out May 2021.

Author bio and social media links
N J Simmonds is the author of fantasy series The Indigo Chronicles – she also writes Manga comics and is one half of Caedis Knight. Her stories are magical, historical and full of complex women, page-turning twists and plenty of romance. Originally from London, she now lives with her family in the Netherlands. 

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/NJSimmondsTPK
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53058769-son-of-secrets

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