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KEEPING IT TOGETHERBrody Brown has always been responsible for others. After his parents’ deaths, he gave up a promising artistic career to care for his younger brother and sister. Now, with his siblings grown, Brody owns his own business, has a nice house, makes a decent living, and he’s finally on his own.
Elise Sorenson has come to Seattle with her young daughter to find peace. After years as a world-famous ballerina—and just as many years in a marriage gone bad—she’s show more looking for neither love nor attention. But she finds both when a handsome, honest man befriends her with no strings attached.
More than friends, Brody and Elise discover in each other what they need—wild, physical passion without commitment. But it’ll take a shadow from Elise’s past to make them look beyond what they need—to what they truly desire. show less
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Pretty close to a perfect romance. Elise and Brody are great leads. Both are funny, smart, good looking, charming, hardworking small business owners, and good parents. The book had drama that comes from life and not from ridiculous secrets. Seattle, a city I love, is featured being very Seattleish. This would be a 5 star but for Dane's inability to write good evil-doers. Raven is a silly soap opera tramp and the villainous ex-in-laws were cartoonish. Otherwise I am completely feeling the love.
I hate writing bad reviews. I am from the school of thought that if you can't say something nice you shouldn't say anything at all and yet here I am...
This book was a huge disappointment to me. I am a fan of Lauren Dane I have read a variety of her other books. I read the first book in this series and liked it and the rest of the series has been on my 'To Read' list for a while. I hesitated because they were priced pretty high but I finally got this one and was excited to finally read it.
Like I said it was a huge disappointment. The story drug on forever with nothing happening and would skip big chuncks of time it was almost like the story was just some filler between sex scenes. A few days go by... sex scene... a few weeks... sex show more scene... a few months... sex scene. The sex scenes were graphic, which I expected, but they were not sexy. They were as boring and mechanical as the rest of the book.
The romance was not good, it was a constant stream of internal dialog about how the characters felt but they never expressed it to each other.
The ONLY thing I liked about this book was the characters. As individuals they were all great characters but the couple never developed a good 'couple' relationship.
I am not sure I can bring myself to read the rest of the series. If you read Laid Bare and liked it and fell in love with the Browns, don't read this one thinking it'll be just as good. Just tell your self Brody fell in love and lived happily ever after, no matter what you think up it will be a better story. show less
This book was a huge disappointment to me. I am a fan of Lauren Dane I have read a variety of her other books. I read the first book in this series and liked it and the rest of the series has been on my 'To Read' list for a while. I hesitated because they were priced pretty high but I finally got this one and was excited to finally read it.
Like I said it was a huge disappointment. The story drug on forever with nothing happening and would skip big chuncks of time it was almost like the story was just some filler between sex scenes. A few days go by... sex scene... a few weeks... sex show more scene... a few months... sex scene. The sex scenes were graphic, which I expected, but they were not sexy. They were as boring and mechanical as the rest of the book.
The romance was not good, it was a constant stream of internal dialog about how the characters felt but they never expressed it to each other.
The ONLY thing I liked about this book was the characters. As individuals they were all great characters but the couple never developed a good 'couple' relationship.
I am not sure I can bring myself to read the rest of the series. If you read Laid Bare and liked it and fell in love with the Browns, don't read this one thinking it'll be just as good. Just tell your self Brody fell in love and lived happily ever after, no matter what you think up it will be a better story. show less
I hate writing bad reviews. I am from the school of thought that if you can't say something nice you shouldn't say anything at all and yet here I am...
This book was a huge disappointment to me. I am a fan of Lauren Dane I have read a variety of her other books. I read the first book in this series and liked it and the rest of the series has been on my 'To Read' list for a while. I hesitated because they were priced pretty high but I finally got this one and was excited to finally read it.
Like I said it was a huge disappointment. The story drug on forever with nothing happening and would skip big chuncks of time it was almost like the story was just some filler between sex scenes. A few days go by... sex scene... a few weeks... sex show more scene... a few months... sex scene. The sex scenes were graphic, which I expected, but they were not sexy. They were as boring and mechanical as the rest of the book.
The romance was not good, it was a constant stream of internal dialog about how the characters felt but they never expressed it to each other.
The ONLY thing I liked about this book was the characters. As individuals they were all great characters but the couple never developed a good 'couple' relationship.
I am not sure I can bring myself to read the rest of the series. If you read Laid Bare and liked it and fell in love with the Browns, don't read this one thinking it'll be just as good. Just tell your self Brody fell in love and lived happily ever after, no matter what you think up it will be a better story. show less
This book was a huge disappointment to me. I am a fan of Lauren Dane I have read a variety of her other books. I read the first book in this series and liked it and the rest of the series has been on my 'To Read' list for a while. I hesitated because they were priced pretty high but I finally got this one and was excited to finally read it.
Like I said it was a huge disappointment. The story drug on forever with nothing happening and would skip big chuncks of time it was almost like the story was just some filler between sex scenes. A few days go by... sex scene... a few weeks... sex show more scene... a few months... sex scene. The sex scenes were graphic, which I expected, but they were not sexy. They were as boring and mechanical as the rest of the book.
The romance was not good, it was a constant stream of internal dialog about how the characters felt but they never expressed it to each other.
The ONLY thing I liked about this book was the characters. As individuals they were all great characters but the couple never developed a good 'couple' relationship.
I am not sure I can bring myself to read the rest of the series. If you read Laid Bare and liked it and fell in love with the Browns, don't read this one thinking it'll be just as good. Just tell your self Brody fell in love and lived happily ever after, no matter what you think up it will be a better story. show less
I hate writing bad reviews. I am from the school of thought that if you can't say something nice you shouldn't say anything at all and yet here I am...
This book was a huge disappointment to me. I am a fan of Lauren Dane I have read a variety of her other books. I read the first book in this series and liked it and the rest of the series has been on my 'To Read' list for a while. I hesitated because they were priced pretty high but I finally got this one and was excited to finally read it.
Like I said it was a huge disappointment. The story drug on forever with nothing happening and would skip big chuncks of time it was almost like the story was just some filler between sex scenes. A few days go by... sex scene... a few weeks... sex show more scene... a few months... sex scene. The sex scenes were graphic, which I expected, but they were not sexy. They were as boring and mechanical as the rest of the book.
The romance was not good, it was a constant stream of internal dialog about how the characters felt but they never expressed it to each other.
The ONLY thing I liked about this book was the characters. As individuals they were all great characters but the couple never developed a good 'couple' relationship.
I am not sure I can bring myself to read the rest of the series. If you read Laid Bare and liked it and fell in love with the Browns, don't read this one thinking it'll be just as good. Just tell your self Brody fell in love and lived happily ever after, no matter what you think up it will be a better story. show less
This book was a huge disappointment to me. I am a fan of Lauren Dane I have read a variety of her other books. I read the first book in this series and liked it and the rest of the series has been on my 'To Read' list for a while. I hesitated because they were priced pretty high but I finally got this one and was excited to finally read it.
Like I said it was a huge disappointment. The story drug on forever with nothing happening and would skip big chuncks of time it was almost like the story was just some filler between sex scenes. A few days go by... sex scene... a few weeks... sex show more scene... a few months... sex scene. The sex scenes were graphic, which I expected, but they were not sexy. They were as boring and mechanical as the rest of the book.
The romance was not good, it was a constant stream of internal dialog about how the characters felt but they never expressed it to each other.
The ONLY thing I liked about this book was the characters. As individuals they were all great characters but the couple never developed a good 'couple' relationship.
I am not sure I can bring myself to read the rest of the series. If you read Laid Bare and liked it and fell in love with the Browns, don't read this one thinking it'll be just as good. Just tell your self Brody fell in love and lived happily ever after, no matter what you think up it will be a better story. show less
I hate writing bad reviews. I am from the school of thought that if you can't say something nice you shouldn't say anything at all and yet here I am...
This book was a huge disappointment to me. I am a fan of Lauren Dane I have read a variety of her other books. I read the first book in this series and liked it and the rest of the series has been on my 'To Read' list for a while. I hesitated because they were priced pretty high but I finally got this one and was excited to finally read it.
Like I said it was a huge disappointment. The story drug on forever with nothing happening and would skip big chuncks of time it was almost like the story was just some filler between sex scenes. A few days go by... sex scene... a few weeks... sex show more scene... a few months... sex scene. The sex scenes were graphic, which I expected, but they were not sexy. They were as boring and mechanical as the rest of the book.
The romance was not good, it was a constant stream of internal dialog about how the characters felt but they never expressed it to each other.
The ONLY thing I liked about this book was the characters. As individuals they were all great characters but the couple never developed a good 'couple' relationship.
I am not sure I can bring myself to read the rest of the series. If you read Laid Bare and liked it and fell in love with the Browns, don't read this one thinking it'll be just as good. Just tell your self Brody fell in love and lived happily ever after, no matter what you think up it will be a better story. show less
This book was a huge disappointment to me. I am a fan of Lauren Dane I have read a variety of her other books. I read the first book in this series and liked it and the rest of the series has been on my 'To Read' list for a while. I hesitated because they were priced pretty high but I finally got this one and was excited to finally read it.
Like I said it was a huge disappointment. The story drug on forever with nothing happening and would skip big chuncks of time it was almost like the story was just some filler between sex scenes. A few days go by... sex scene... a few weeks... sex show more scene... a few months... sex scene. The sex scenes were graphic, which I expected, but they were not sexy. They were as boring and mechanical as the rest of the book.
The romance was not good, it was a constant stream of internal dialog about how the characters felt but they never expressed it to each other.
The ONLY thing I liked about this book was the characters. As individuals they were all great characters but the couple never developed a good 'couple' relationship.
I am not sure I can bring myself to read the rest of the series. If you read Laid Bare and liked it and fell in love with the Browns, don't read this one thinking it'll be just as good. Just tell your self Brody fell in love and lived happily ever after, no matter what you think up it will be a better story. show less
I hate writing bad reviews. I am from the school of thought that if you can't say something nice you shouldn't say anything at all and yet here I am...
This book was a huge disappointment to me. I am a fan of Lauren Dane I have read a variety of her other books. I read the first book in this series and liked it and the rest of the series has been on my 'To Read' list for a while. I hesitated because they were priced pretty high but I finally got this one and was excited to finally read it.
Like I said it was a huge disappointment. The story drug on forever with nothing happening and would skip big chuncks of time it was almost like the story was just some filler between sex scenes. A few days go by... sex scene... a few weeks... sex show more scene... a few months... sex scene. The sex scenes were graphic, which I expected, but they were not sexy. They were as boring and mechanical as the rest of the book.
The romance was not good, it was a constant stream of internal dialog about how the characters felt but they never expressed it to each other.
The ONLY thing I liked about this book was the characters. As individuals they were all great characters but the couple never developed a good 'couple' relationship.
I am not sure I can bring myself to read the rest of the series. If you read Laid Bare and liked it and fell in love with the Browns, don't read this one thinking it'll be just as good. Just tell your self Brody fell in love and lived happily ever after, no matter what you think up it will be a better story. show less
This book was a huge disappointment to me. I am a fan of Lauren Dane I have read a variety of her other books. I read the first book in this series and liked it and the rest of the series has been on my 'To Read' list for a while. I hesitated because they were priced pretty high but I finally got this one and was excited to finally read it.
Like I said it was a huge disappointment. The story drug on forever with nothing happening and would skip big chuncks of time it was almost like the story was just some filler between sex scenes. A few days go by... sex scene... a few weeks... sex show more scene... a few months... sex scene. The sex scenes were graphic, which I expected, but they were not sexy. They were as boring and mechanical as the rest of the book.
The romance was not good, it was a constant stream of internal dialog about how the characters felt but they never expressed it to each other.
The ONLY thing I liked about this book was the characters. As individuals they were all great characters but the couple never developed a good 'couple' relationship.
I am not sure I can bring myself to read the rest of the series. If you read Laid Bare and liked it and fell in love with the Browns, don't read this one thinking it'll be just as good. Just tell your self Brody fell in love and lived happily ever after, no matter what you think up it will be a better story. show less
(This review applies to books 1, 2, and 3 in this series)
This Brown Siblings series is a little more risque than Dane’s Chase Brothers series. While the Chase Brothers books are mostly conventional romance with some explicit sex, these books are closer to erotica. Lots of sex, with forays into S&M, and in the first one, a MMF relationship. But, hiding behind all the sex is a decent story, where the characters have deeper issues to deal with than who’s going to be on top this time. I think Dane is my new go-to author if I’m looking for this type of book.
This Brown Siblings series is a little more risque than Dane’s Chase Brothers series. While the Chase Brothers books are mostly conventional romance with some explicit sex, these books are closer to erotica. Lots of sex, with forays into S&M, and in the first one, a MMF relationship. But, hiding behind all the sex is a decent story, where the characters have deeper issues to deal with than who’s going to be on top this time. I think Dane is my new go-to author if I’m looking for this type of book.
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