Showing posts with label Everything I Left Unsaid series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Everything I Left Unsaid series. Show all posts

Friday, 4 December 2015

Review - The Truth About Him by M. O'Keefe


Title: The Truth About Him
Series: Everything I Left Unsaid #2
Author: M. O’Keefe
Release Date: November 24, 2015


For fans of Christina Lauren and Jodi Ellen Malpas comes the next novel in M. O’Keefe’s breathtakingly sexy series about a woman called into a journey of the heart, body, and soul.

We played our roles, told each other lies.

But now Dylan is no longer just a mysterious deep voice on the other end of the line. We’re face-to-face and our relationship is very, very real.

We still have secrets—but so much is crystal clear:

The thrilling danger.

The raw, naked desire.

The need to keep feeling the way he makes me feel. Forever.

Dylan is putting up walls, trying to keep me safe, but he can’t shut me out. He has seen my darkness and rescued me. Now it’s my turn, if only he will let me.







Oh, so satisfying conclusion…

This is the follow up story to Everything I Left Unsaid so you definitely want to read that first if you haven’t. Left in a cliffhanger that had me on the edge of my seat, I could not wait to dive into this sequel. Annie and Dylan had stumbled on each other over the anonymity, and random chance, of a misplaced phone. Little did they know, that quirk of fate was going to have such an impact on both their lives…

There were a lot of obstacles between these two and some of their own making. They each came with baggage, a lot of it, and things were only going to get more complicated. A lot, lot more complicated. Family, friends, betrayal, and love dog every step along the way as Annie and Dylan try to work things out between them. 

I really liked this duet of stories as the best and worst in human nature is revealed in all its messy good and evil. Despite all that Annie has been through, her need to nurture and care for those she calls friends never wavers, even when it puts her at odds with Dylan. And Dylan, despite all he has gone through, the pain he has endured, still needs to protect those he calls family. Sad at times but oh, so satisfying…

There were some unusual twists I wasn’t expecting and not all my questions were answered so I wonder if there is going to be more in store for Dylan’s family. I hope so….

And among all the drama and strife… This made me snort-laugh out loud.

“I think I got pity-fingered. And she did not like it.” 
~ Review by Diane




M. O’Keefe can remember the exact moment her love of romance began—in seventh grade, when Mrs. Nelson handed her a worn paperback copy of The Thorn Birds. Writing as Molly O’Keefe, she has won two RITA awards and three RT Reviewers’ Choice Awards. She lives in Toronto, Canada, with her husband and two kids.



Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Review - Everything I Left Unsaid by M. O'Keefe


Title: Everything I Left Unsaid
Series: Everything I Left Unsaid #1
Author: M. O’Keefe
Release Date: October 13, 2015


Fans of Jodi Ellen Malpas, K. Bromberg, and Joanna Wylde will be unable to resist this sexy, deeply intimate tale of a woman running from her past, and the darkly mysterious man who sets her free. 

I didn’t think answering someone else’s cellphone would change my life. But the stranger with the low, deep voice on the other end of the line tempted me, awakened my body, set me on fire. He was looking for someone else. Instead he found me.

And I found a hot, secret world where I felt alive for the first time.

His name was Dylan, and, strangely, he made me feel safe. Desired. Compelled. Every dark thing he asked me to do, I did. Without question. I longed to meet him, but we were both keeping secrets. And mine were dangerous. If I took the first step, if I got closer to Dylan—emotionally, physically—then I wouldn’t be hiding anymore. I would be exposed, with nothing left to surrender but the truth. And my truth could hurt us both.






Phone sex like you’ve never heard before…

Annie found a refuge tucked away among others who quietly held their own secrets. She had what she needed for the moment—a roof over her head, a job and…peace. For the first time in a long time there was no fear but time to take stock in a place where there were no expectations. Who knew that a misplaced phone would lead to so much more…? Who was Dylan and why did he strike a chord so deeply within Annie?

“But a ten-minute conversation with a stranger and he was hard as steel. His body primed. Ready. Craving more.”

And that electricity went both ways as that initial conversation led to personal sharing and revelations that strengthened the connection. Annie was a mystery, and so was Dylan, so as they revealed more to each other I learnt more about them as well. And really began to like them as Annie emerged as a caring woman who, despite struggling herself, looked outside of herself and her circumstances to see and feel for those around her. 

Dylan was harder to read, though equally intriguing, as the reason for his self-imposed exile was so unclear. And they weren’t the only interesting characters in this story, as Annie’s neighbors provided support and additional drama to the mix.

A romance that revels in sexual awakening and the need we all have for human companionship and love…. While it made me smile in spots, this engaging story had an edge of melancholy about it. It didn’t dwell in a reality of black and white but rather in the more painful realm of grey. The grey that most of us live in as we struggle through some days while also finding those blissful moments of joy. Ending in a cliffhanger that had me on the edge of my seat, I can’t wait to find out what happens next! 
~ Review by Diane




M. O’Keefe can remember the exact moment her love of romance began—in seventh grade, when Mrs. Nelson handed her a worn paperback copy of The Thorn Birds. Writing as Molly O’Keefe, she has won two RITA awards and three RT Reviewers’ Choice Awards. She lives in Toronto, Canada, with her husband and two kids.