Carnal Secrets is book 3 in The Phoenix Pack series. It is centered around Shaya and Nick as Nick attempts to claim Shaya as his mate after she has left her pack to hide from him so she can try to start a new life after being devastated when Nick refused to claim her before. 
 I feel like Carnal Secrets was toned down a bit. Both the intimate scenes and the fight scenes. Especially the thing toward the end where it is said, "This might hurt a bit". That is something that I, and I'm sure other readers, would like to see details for. I want to picture what was done, not guess. That was a huge part of the book, one of the biggest, and we missed out on it. 
 Shaya and Nick's story was good. I enjoyed reading it. In fact, I couldn't put it down. I stayed up until 3:30 am and only got 3 hours of sleep. No regrets at all. I'm super happy with how Carnal Secrets ended too. I don't want to give much away but the plot twists were good and not totally predictable. We got to see appearances from all of the Phoenix Pack and meet new shifters as well. I really love The Phoenix Pack series and will definitely be continuing on. 
 Overall, I give Carnal Secrets 3.75 stars. It was a great story but a bit too muted for what I was expecting based on the prior books and what I felt was needed to really make this story stand out.