Bound By Secrets
For Yolanda, promises were a shield. For Chris, secrets were an arsenal. But for Faith, the truth was a death sentence. Bound by a single, unbreakable vow, their fates collide as the boundary between allegiance and treason fades. Deep in the heart of Gaborone, every deception and hidden truth tightens the noose. When the tension peaks, someone will have to cut the cord—no matter the devastating price.
- Yolanda - Lawyer
- Chris - Yolanda's boyfriend
- Karabo - Yolanda’s son
- Sharon - Yolanda’s daughter
- Joyce - Yolanda’s aunt
- Faith - Chris’s ex-wife
- Naledi - Yolanda’s friend
- Kate - Yolanda’s friend
- Yolanda and Chris start dating.
- Faith shows up to Yolanda’s house looking for Chris.
- Chris says Faith is his ex and she’s an unstable stalker.
- Faith starts stalking Yolanda and the children.
- Yolanda and Chris report Faith to the police, and she is taken to a psychiatric hospital.
- Faith and Chris were stealing money and running credit card scams in London, and when things went bad, Chris bailed and left Faith to deal with the fallout.
- Yolanda learns that Chris is wanted by Interpol.
- Faith tells Yolanda where to find proof of Chris’s crimes.
- Chris can tell Yolanda is pulling away from him, and he figures Faith told her the truth.
- Chris goes to Faith and threatens to hurt her son.
- Faith calls and asks Yolanda to keep her son safe.
- Yolanda hands all the evidence of Chris’s crimes to the police.
- Chris kidnaps the children.
- Chris gives Yolanda instructions to meet him somewhere, then picks her up and drives her to an abandoned warehouse where the children are tied up.
- The next morning, police follow Yolanda to the warehouse via a tracking app Joyce put on her phone.
- Chris threatens to detonate a bomb if police enter the warehouse.
- Faith shows up, stabs Chris, and tells Yolanda to take the children and run.
- The bomb goes off and Faith and Chris die.
- Yolanda adopts Faith’s son.
Bound by Secrets by Keotshepile Ncube is a quick read with lots of tension. The writing is decent, and as I was reading, I kept thinking that this sounds like a newer author, but they definitely have potential. The storyline is interesting and sets up an intriguing premise right out of the gate.
That being said, the execution struggled a bit for me. There is almost no character development, which is noticeable right from the start even for such a short book, and as the story progressed into the second half, it got very repetitive. Despite those character and pacing issues, it managed to pull off a good ending. Overall, a quick read with some solid ideas from a promising author.
- Stalking
- Arson
- Death
- Kidnapping
Publisher: House of Elarion
ISBN: 9789996877636
Publication Date: February 3, 2026
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.
