4.5 Stars 
 "They call him The Slayer for a reason" 
 From the very first scenes between Chuito and Alaine, I was hooked on this story. These two characters couldn't be more different--he's a gangster and a professional MMA fighter and she's a law student raised in an ultra conservative home. She's white, he's Puerto Rican. They've been in love with each other for the five years they've lived as neighbors, and the chemistry between them is just off the charts. In those five years, Chu has been adamant in not bringing Alaine into this life of crime. But there's no denying the feelings are there, and it was Chu and Alaine that had me staying up very late on a work night to read The Slayer. 
 The heat between Chu and Alaine burned up the pages of this book. Chu is a true "bad boy", with his gang tats and underworld connections he'll never get away from, but Alaine doesn't care. She sees him, knows him, loves him unconditionally. Their love scenes were truly about love more sex and they were some of the hottest scenes I have read so far this year. I'm not just hooked on this story, but on this author, for being able to write such emotive scenes. The opening scene between Chu and Alaine is worth the price of this book alone. 
 There's a lot more to the story than just Chu and Alaine getting together. Chu still has strong ties to his past life of crime, and there's all sorts of gangster involvement that made for a tension-filled conclusion to the story. He's got a good friend in Tino and I liked that about the story. I want more Tino and Nova now. 
 So overall, this was a very satisfying read for me. I hadn't read this author before, and I'm really glad I did. My only criticism of The Slayer is that I thought the middle was a bit slow for me and could have been tightened up a bit, but it was really the love story between Chu and Alaine that had me turning the pages. 
 The Slayer can be read as a standalone, but I will definitely be going back to check out The Viper, the first book in this series. 
 ARC provided for review. 
 This review also appears on my blog at: 
 http://redhotbluereads.blogspot.com/2015/04/review-excerpt-giveawaythe-slayer.html