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Keep Me - @saracatebooks

Sylvie Devereaux is impulsive and quick tempered. She has made a catalogue of poor decisions, but marrying an impossibly handsome and infuriating Scottish man she has only met once? Yeah, that’s up with the best of them. She must stay married to Killian for one year in exchange for a cool $10 million. All she needs to do is tolerate this rude and frustrating man who has a propensity for debauchery and a predilection for raunchy house parties. Breaking the contract will bring dire consequences, ones Sylvie isn’t prepared to manage.

The enigmatic Killian Barclay agrees to the marriage, but he has his own reasons for doing so. He doesn’t plan on falling for the angry, whip-smart American who he can’t help but find maddeningly beautiful and alluring. As their connection builds and the tension reaches a climax (😏), will the terms of the contract break them?

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Killian Barclay! What a gorgeous, tortured, loving brute of a man. He made me so angry at the beginning - so rude and so unnecessarily awful to Sylvie. Then when you least expected it, he changed and I melted. I adore when a grump switches to being lovable (but only for her).

This story had everything. Two excellent leads who needed their wounds healing and who found unexpected solace in each other. Gorgeous locations of Scotland and NYC. Super steamy spice (check your trigger warnings before reading). Troublesome family and meddling and scheming. It was so enjoyable that I read it within 8 hours, couldn’t put it down.

I can’t wait for this to be released so I can share it with my other friends who adore this genre. Thank you to NetGalley and Sara Cate for the opportunity to read this e-ARC ahead of release.

Woosh! Sara cate at it again with stories full of spice and substance. I hope the series continues with the other siblings which would carry through the same themes as her other books. As a Scot myself. I did cringe at some parts and I hate the name sylvie but all in all this book was an easy quick read giving me a taste for more Sara cate novels! Thanks NetGalley for letting me read and review.


P.s. no one in Scotland in the 21st century would call someone a Hag as an insult and cow is just horrible. Could he not think of better words that started as an insult but became endearing? Still 4 stars but just an extra note after I reviews elsewhere.

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Keep Me was a read that snuck in with interest, built to obsessive page turning and then sucker-punched me in the gut with a wave of feels so that I'm thinking of it now the pages are closed. The plot was strong but it was the two characters of Sylvie and Killian that reeled me in tight.

Sylvie was the entitled, brattish (I thought) Manhatten woman with famous parents and Killian was a brooding, mooding Scottish laird with a manor. Both were misunderstood and I encourage you to read this, as peeling back the layers of their characters and past was the best element of this book.

The story had chemistry that smacked you in the face and it had some sprinkings of spice but when it sprinkled, it was intense. The sex seemed inevitable, the connection was uncertain.

I don't want to explain too much about this story but it's my first from this author and I am feeling a sense of longing for these characters again. I don't know what is in store with this series but I will be rolling up for book two.

Thank you to Sourcebooks for the review copy.

Tropes: enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks UK for the ARC

Another great, steamy novel from Sara Cate. She is a master in not only smut, but plot. All her novels are fantastic and this is up to par! A broody Scot and a marriage of convenience is the perfect mash for this new spicy hit.