Need You Now by Molly O'Keefe
Release Date: September 9, 2019
Need You Now, an all-new standalone contemporary romance by Molly O’Keefe.
MARCO
I have loved Rosa since I met her in high school English, even though the odds have always been stacked against us. She is the child of criminals, resigned to a bleak future. I’m the heir to a successful construction company and am not afraid to go after what I want.
And I want Rosa. Always and forever.
ROSA
I broke the law to make sure Marco got custody of our daughter, and I paid the price. But now that I’m out of jail, I’m terrified my ugly past might bleed into our daughter’s future.
The only way to ensure that doesn’t happen is staying far away from both of them.
But Marco isn’t letting me run from him. Not again.
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Review:
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Need You Now is Molly O'Keefe 's newest stand-alone novel! The blurb sums up the story pretty well, but it leaves some of the dark elements of the story out, in order for the reader to find them and understand the situation our characters went through better. The genre of the book is second-chance romance, with a child been involved.
In case you are wondering (and I am sure many of you are), both characters were celibate during their separation. Rosa didn't have many opportunities considering that she spent almost all the time they were apart in prison, but Marco was out and he didn't do something with another woman.
I was prepared for an emotional book and I had tissues close, but I didn't even reached the point of tears. I was rooting for Rosa to have her family back, but that was it. It took me a while to understand her motives and her reasoning for staying away when she wanted to be with her family and she goes to explain in detail her thoughts and emotions late into the story.
I don't think that we needed so many details about the past. Some chapters are dedicated to showing us what happened then and the rest of the book is showing us what's happening in the present. I wanted to see more of Rosa and her daughter together. She missed so much time with her and I wanted to see the two of them enjoying their lives. I feel like we need a novella to complete the story.
The characters from The Debt Series are also appearing in this story. It's not much, Rosa's past was tied to them and their appearance was justified and I guess if you have read the series, also welcome. Everything we need to know about them is explained, so the readers who are not familiar with the other series won't be confused or feel left out.
Overall, I liked the book. It was interesting and it kept me engrossed. While I was writing this review, I felt like I the words were indicating that I should lower my rating, but honestly, I don't believe that the book deserves less than 4 stars from me.
Review:
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Need You Now is Molly O'Keefe 's newest stand-alone novel! The blurb sums up the story pretty well, but it leaves some of the dark elements of the story out, in order for the reader to find them and understand the situation our characters went through better. The genre of the book is second-chance romance, with a child been involved.
In case you are wondering (and I am sure many of you are), both characters were celibate during their separation. Rosa didn't have many opportunities considering that she spent almost all the time they were apart in prison, but Marco was out and he didn't do something with another woman.
I was prepared for an emotional book and I had tissues close, but I didn't even reached the point of tears. I was rooting for Rosa to have her family back, but that was it. It took me a while to understand her motives and her reasoning for staying away when she wanted to be with her family and she goes to explain in detail her thoughts and emotions late into the story.
I don't think that we needed so many details about the past. Some chapters are dedicated to showing us what happened then and the rest of the book is showing us what's happening in the present. I wanted to see more of Rosa and her daughter together. She missed so much time with her and I wanted to see the two of them enjoying their lives. I feel like we need a novella to complete the story.
The characters from The Debt Series are also appearing in this story. It's not much, Rosa's past was tied to them and their appearance was justified and I guess if you have read the series, also welcome. Everything we need to know about them is explained, so the readers who are not familiar with the other series won't be confused or feel left out.
Overall, I liked the book. It was interesting and it kept me engrossed. While I was writing this review, I felt like I the words were indicating that I should lower my rating, but honestly, I don't believe that the book deserves less than 4 stars from me.
Excerpt:
He looked at me across the room and slowly shook his head. “I don’t want to love you,” he said.
“I know.”
“Half the time I hate you.”
“I know.”
He looked away from me, his hands in fists, and I could feel the tension across the room, the fragile control he had on himself. How he was barely holding on. And I knew that he would never hurt me. The thing he was trying to stop himself from doing was touch me.
“I’m leaving,” he said and crossed the room in three angry steps. Everything in me told me to get out of the way. To let him go. But I didn’t. I stood right in front of the door in my gold vest and hot pants.
His face was flushed. “Get out of my way,” he said, and my mouth was full, my throat closed, and I shook my head. “Don’t make me,” he said. “Don’t make me touch you.”
It was exactly what I was doing, because I would take his touch any way I could get it.
“Fuck, Rosa,” he groaned. “Fuck you.”
And he put his hands around my arms and pulled me up and into his body so my breasts touched his chest, and between my legs I felt the hard pressure of him. I gasped and he turned. I expected him to let me go. I expected him to shove me away but he didn’t. Oh god, he didn’t. He lifted me off my feet and took two steps forward, pushing me
against the wall. Not gently. But not rough. And then he leaned against me, his entire body against mine. And I was electrified. Every inch of my skin burned where it touched his.
I burned so hot I burned right through all the years. All the pain fell away and it was just us. Marco and me and the desire so pure it kept changing the course of both our lives.
He held himself so still, so carefully, and he was going to walk away. I knew he was. He would walk away and this moment would never happen again.
“Please,” I begged, because it was all I had left. No more pride. No more distance. I was only need.
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Molly O’Keefe is the USA Today Bestselling author of over 50 contemporary romances. She lives in Toronto Ontario with her husband, two kids and rescue dog.
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