BURN DOWN THE NIGHT is book three in the salacious
Everything I Left Unsaid series by M. O'Keefe, the
erotica alter ego of romance author Molly O'Keefe. These
books are gritty and grindingly dirty and book crack-
addictive. I can't sing O'Keefe's praises enough.
The series is written in alternating first person, so we
get to see inside the heads of both the hero and the
heroine. Joan and Max are not good people. They've both
done some pretty bad things, and it's mind-blowing to me
how O'Keefe still gets me to like and understand them, even
as I abhor what they're doing now. Their journey to escape
their many poor life choices is invigorating and freeing,
and oh-so-fraught with sexual tension.
Joan is trying to rescue her sister from the meth-
cooking cult that Joan got them tangled up with in the
first place. She's willing to use anything she has,
including her body. She'll even sacrifice her tremendous
attitude and pride to do whatever she has to in order to
free her little sis. Given her background and her drive,
there is no line she will not cross in her quest, and
knowing that ratchets my suspense even higher. Joan ends
up kidnapping Max, the motorcycle president who was at a
drug deal gone wrong where Joan tried to strong arm the
cult leader into freeing her sister. Readers of the prior
books in the series will already be familiar with Max, but
this book is completely self contained, and newbies to the
series will be able to dive right in. I feel pretty
confident you'll have to go back and grab the first two books
to read if you start here, though!
Joan and Max vie for who can be on top in their power
dynamic, as they each try to maneuver the other into doing
what is selfishly best for themselves. Their mutual
seductions are just another way to try to play each other
while getting themselves off, but somehow a bond forms
between them, even as they each try to fight it. What
starts out as a quest for justice for Joan and for revenge
for Max brings them so much more than they expected. The
sex is raw and earthy, and oh-so-erotic. If you're looking
for a book to rev your motor, this definitely qualifies.
What makes it even more pleasing to me, though, is the
emotional connection these two tortured souls find. Their
Happily Ever After is hard-won, and thus all the more
powerful. O'Keefe delivers a wallop with BURN DOWN THE
NIGHT, with angst and seduction and love twisted up in an
utterly captivating read.
The only thing that matters to me is rescuing my sister from
the drug-cooking cult that once enslaved us both. I’ve run
cons my whole life, and I’ll use my body to get whatever I
need. Max Daniels is the last connection I have to that
world, the one person reckless enough to get involved.
Besides, now that his brothers have turned on him, he needs
me too.
The deal was supposed to be simple: a place to hide in
exchange for rescuing my sister. Now he’s my prisoner.
Totally at my mercy. But I’m the one captivated. Enthralled.
Doing everything he asks of me until I’m not sure who’s in
control.
We both crave the heat. The more it hurts, the better. But
what if Max wants a different life now, to leave the game .
. . to love me? I thought I knew better than to get burned.
Now I’m in too deep to pull away. And the crazy thing is . .
. I don’t want to.
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