So for the first 75% of this book i didn't like it at all. I liked Tiffany as she was trying to what was right for kids. But then she started taking the money from Blake and I just didnt like the story. But then the chapter with Blake and Tiffany and the hotel and the book change and it got better. Both Blake and Tiffany became better people and I wanted more of those 2. So over all it was okay I will give it an okay review on amazon when it goes live.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I read Bad Neighbor a few months ago and there was a preview for Wait For It at the end of the book. It sounded angsty and intense, so I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. When it came available, I jumped on it, even though I hadn't read the previous 3 books in the series. This book can definitely be read as a stand-alone. I want to go back and read the others, but I didn't feel like I was missing anything significant by not having done so yet.

The story opens with Blake paying Tiffany off in order to keep her and her 3 kids away from his mom and sister. Tiffany is married to Blake's bad seed brother and Blake has spent his whole life covering for Phil and cleaning up his messes. He doesn't know Tiffany at all, but he assumes she's just like Phil and/or is lying about her kids, so he feels no compunction in trying to keep her away from his family. Tiffany is only 25. She made a lot of mistakes when she was younger and fell in with Phil, but she is a fierce mom and is trying hard to get herself and her kids out of a bad situation, plus, she doesn't trust anyone from Phil's family, so she takes the money. A year later, Phil is still hounding her, so she goes to a friend for help and runs into Blake again, but this time, he quickly comes to see that she's a good person just trying to make the best of a bad situation and they begin to grow closer.

I loved Tiffany and liked Blake. Both were shaped by their families and former circumstances and both are very guarded, with high walls that they've built to protect their emotions. It's intense and heartbreaking to watch them warily begin to open up to each other. If I had any criticism at all of the book, it's that Blake seemed to undergo a pretty quick transition from jerk to nice guy as the book went on. Given the strong opening, and the way he was introduced, I thought it would take longer for him to accept Tiffany and what was happening between them. On the other hand, I loved Tiffany right from the start and her character arc and growth seemed more consistent and organic throughout the book. I also felt that the ending was pretty abrupt. Still, I really enjoyed the book and I'm looking forward to catching up with the others in this series.

I LOVED this story!! Molly O'Keefe's characters are always complex and intriguing. Blake and Tiffany definitely fall in that description. Blake starts out as quite a jerk but by the end I absolutely loved him. Tiffany has definitely had it rough. She may have made mistakes in her life but she owns them and only wants what is best for her children When she hits rock bottom she finds that Blake may be the one person who can help her but can she trust him?

This is a must read. I highly recommend it.

Fourth book in the series of Everything I left Unsaid, Tiffany and Blake’s story focuses on all the pain and damage his brother, Phil, has caused for all of his family as he is also Tiffany’s estranged husband. Tiffany has made some poor choices in her life that affect not only her, but her three very young children. She finally had enough of Phil’s emotional and physical abuse and is now trying earnestly to put her life back together. Her brother-in-law, Blake, has spent his life trying to protect his family from first his father, and then Phil’s bad behavior. They are both much wounded people who come together in a clash of strong emotions and intense attraction.

Tiffany’s upbringing and emotionally distant parents made her ripe for being taken in by a man who seemed to be everything she ever dreamed of only to find out he was nothing good for her. Hers is a cautionary tale of letting a man take over and run her life as well as passing her traumas on to her children. Blake developed a hardened shell over his heart to deal with his family issues, and for him, money solves everything. He is cold, calculating, and full of anger until he starts to let Tiffany in the smallest corner of his bitter heart after they agree on a business deal of the erotic kind. They come together for all the wrong reasons in a fiery and passionate way.

Some of this story is very painful; it’s hard to watch someone who has made so many mistakes living a diminished life. Once she decides to no longer be a victim, Tiffany becomes a much more likeable character, and the heroine of her own story. Molly O’Keefe’s writing is always intense and often emotionally wringing. Readers who are fans of this series will enjoy this addition. It can be read as a stand-alone; however, Tiffany and Blake are part of the other books so reading them gives dimension and background to their story.

M. O'Keefe is simply amazing at what she does. She is a master at writing phenomenal sex and surprising stories. I have never read another like her and will grab at any book of hers I can get my hands on. Ever since I first read Everything Left Unsaid I have been desperate for Tiffany's book. I wanted it so bad but I was worried I had built up too much anticipation for it. But worry not, Wait For It was worth the wait. It went beyond anything I could have imagined and the build between Blake and Tiffany had me sweating and when they finally come together it was explosive. So much in the book surprised me and had me questioning the choices I would make if I was put in the scary (and at times exciting) situations that Tiffany was. This book is a top favorite for me and I hope you all give it a go.

A raw, edgy and gritty contemporary romance with all the feels

A year ago, Tiffany accepted her coldhearted brother-in-law’s money to get away from her husband and find her three kids’ a decent apartment. She’d rather eat nails than ask him for help again, but metaphorical nails won’t fill her kids’ bellies. Putting her pride aside, she reluctantly consents to Blake’s assistance even when it puts her in constant contact with him. Can she trust him? Can she ignore the attraction that’s developing between them?

When Blake Edwards first met his brother’s estranged wife in her trailer park home, he thought she was a liar only after money, but he sees her clearly now. He knows his brother abused her and he now perceives her strength and survivor’s heart. Having the opportunity to get to know her better now, he not only admires her, he wants her. Can he convince her he’s not the cruel and ruthless man she once met?

This is my first Molly O’Keefe story but it certainly won’t be the last. The writing is good, she writes characters that feel real and relateable because of their flaws and she gives the story a gritty texture that is addicting.

Wait For It has an acutely raw feel to it with Tiffany’s anguished life that has very little chance of having a happy ending. But she’s tough and pragmatic and her strength will not only help her, it’ll also touch Blake’s life with a light that will melt the cold layers he hides behind.

Although Tiffany broke through his walls and brought him to his knees, I felt there was much more to Blake’s emotional impediment I didn’t fully understand which kept me from completely falling for him. I did like that once he realized Tiffany filled his colorless life a rich vibrancy he was willing to give her time, space and just about anything in order to have a chance to be with her in any capacity.

Their relationship was certainly not an easy one, but as with the rest of this story the attraction between Blake and Tiffany was blistering hot and intense, and at times even sweet. I have so many highlights with Blake’s thoughts about her.

Knowing now that this book is part of a series I wish I would have started at the beginning as I sensed I would have savored this couple’s difficult journey to happiness much more even though I never felt lost in their story but I did feel the ending was a bit rushed, or perhaps it was just me wanting more.

Wait For It is book #4 in the Everything I left Unsaid series by Molly O’Keefe. It is an emotional standalone contemporary romance that had me flipping pages until the very end. Told from both points of view with a happy ending.

'Wait for It' by Molly O'Keefe is book Four in the "Everything I Left Unsaid" series. This is the story of Tiffany and Blake. I have not yet read the other books and I do feel that I would have enjoyed this book a little more if I had done so. Tiffany has been in an abusive husband for years along with her three kids. Tiffany's husband does have a rich brother that seems as cold as her husband. Blake has his own issue and at first does seem to try to just get rid of Tiffany and the kids via money. But when Tiffany runs into more trouble Blake goes forward with trying to actually help her. Although it is still in a mix up way and Tiffany does seem to jump at the mixed up offer. Both Tiffany and Blake have issues and seeing them slowly work them out and come together was exciting to watch. "My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read."

This is hard for me. I loved the other previous books in this series. Everything I Left Unsaid was a 4.5 star for me. And The Truth About Him was a 5 star for me. Burn Down The Night was also a
5 star for me. So I was really looking forward to reading Wait For It.
But I knew right away I was going to have a hard time with it.

I really couldn't wait for Blake and Tiffany's story!
I was feeling this book until about 45%. After that... Tiffany was starting to get to me. And to be really honest here. She got to me in the very beginning too. I was just trying to see past it all and see where her character was going with all her issues she was having.
But I was still invested in the story.

As I read on. I was really struggling with her character. I understand she had a hard life. She had to endure all of the awful things her husband did to her and their kids. She had to do what she had to do in order to make her and her kids life better.
But... in the process of doing that that. She became emotionally withdrawn. It was all about the fight with her. Always doing things by herself and never asking for help.
It was starting to become overkill. I felt she took things too far. Her character didn't show growth.
I had to sigh when I read what was going to be their first time together.
The no kissing and no touching rule. Ughhh
It was such a put off. Then came the money.

"The money keeps it business. Remember? It manages feelings and expectations."

After their other little tryst in her break room at work he gave her money and left. Tiffany felt like a prostitute to me.

“I want to kiss you.” She shook her head and I, frustrated by my own vulnerability, reached beside me, took a hundred dollar bill off the table, and put it in my pocket."

I lifted her skirt higher and then higher still until she put her hand over mine. Stopping me. “I want to see you,” I said. “No.” “Why?” “You paid for sex, Blake. That’s all.” “How much will it cost to see your body?” “More than you have.”

I was not feeling it with them. Which I was really sad about. This book felt way different from the other 3 books in this series. It felt like it lost some of it's steam. It also felt drawn out.
The ending also felt rushed. I also never felt Tiffany and Blake's love.

I wish I could say I loved this book as I did the other books in this series. But unfortunately this book fell flat for me.

Wait For It is the fourth in her Everything I left Unsaid series by Molly O'Keefe. We finally get Tiffany’s story as she leaves her abusive husband, Phil, for good. Blake Edwards is the last person she expects to help her, especially since he’s Tiffany’s brother-in-law. The same man who paid Tiffany to never contact him or his family again. Sometimes pride is a heavy dose to swallow. But with Tiffany’s case, she’ll swallow her pride and then some in order to protect her children.

And that’s what I love about Tiffany. She’s got grit and heart and she’s determined to make life better for her children and herself. When she unknowingly crashes her friend Annie’s party in order to ask for help, the last person she wants to see is Blake. Despite knowing the man has no soul, she can’t help but be drawn to him.

Someone walked in front of the door, a big man in a beautiful dark-brown leather coat and a black T-shirt underneath it, with curls that picked up the light, gilding him like some angel in a renaissance painting, and then he was gone…

Blake Edwards.

My hate was a wrecking ball against that big beautiful red-brick wall that held me up. My unadulterated loathing for that man took my wall down in one swing.

But Blake isn’t as heartless as we’re lead to believe. Once Blake learns how Phil abused Tiffany and terrorized his own kids, Blake stops at nothing to protect them. Though every cell in his body screams to claim her, he's determined to resist because Tiffany is off limits. At least the thought was valiant. But when she’s close, nothing will prevent him from taking what he wants.

She wanted me.

Tiffany. Wanted me.

I could smell it in the air. Taste it on my tongue like salt and a spice. It was unmistakable. But it was her endorphins and adrenaline—the result of the beating she’d very nearly given me, instead of authentic desire for me.

Which meant I should ignore it. I should send her on her way. We could go back to our weird pseudo-friendship…

I touched her hand and opened my mouth to tell her to leave, but the words didn’t come.

As Tiffany and Blake walk the tightrope between lust, fear, anger, and love, we begin to see Tiffany blossom and take ownership of her body and her desires, both professionally and personally. And Blake? He’s not such a rat-bastard after all. He can be quite romantic, actually.

He stopped and pressed a finger to each of the freckles I had on my thigh. And then with one finger, connected the dots of them, as if drawing a picture. He did it one way and then the other as we drove on, like time was nothing. Like he could touch my freckles all night if he wanted and it seemed like that was exactly what he wanted.

“Blake,” I breathed.

“Yes?”

I exhaled, a needy little moan, and his gaze left my leg and met mine. “What are you doing?” I asked.

“Touching you.”

“My leg?”

“You have constellations on your thigh, Tiffany,” he said with perhaps the sexiest smile I’d ever seen in real life. “I’m just studying them in case I get lost.”

Squee!! Right??

Yes, they’re technically sister and brother-in-law yet their relationship doesn’t have an ick factor. And that’s because we understand Tiffany’s past and how her relationship with Phil was never one of true love but of violence and terror. Once Phil is out of the picture, we want her to be with the right guy—which despite his claims of taking advantage of people and his inability to love— we know it’s Blake. Squee on, ladies...Squee on.

They say that money can buy you happiness and that it can also solve any problem that you have. That is certainly what Blake thought. He threw his money at all the problems in his life and expected it to solve any problem that came his way.

Problem is when that money is not enough. What do you do next? Now, he has to come with all the things that he’s been running from his whole life and face the world that his brother Phil left in his wake. Which includes an abused and worn out wife and three children.

Tiffany is a strong character and one that, while she may have had her mistakes, always did what she thought was right for her children. There are a few times when you will question her decisions (ie the boxing ring scene with her and Blake) but it’s a struggle to find that balance between being a mother and being a woman. I love watching her try and find that line especially with Blake who could not have been more out of his element.

Blake was a headache in his own. I never hated and loved a character so much. I can relate to that whole wanting to fix everything for those that you love, but the way he just threw his money at all his problems made me hate him. He devalued Tiffany and at times you wonder if he was any better than Phil. The only difference, as you learn throughout the book, is that Blake doesn’t do it maliciously. He thinks he’s protecting her rather then hurting her in the end and we get to watch him come to that conclusion.

The road for these two characters is a long and bumpy road but the end of the rainbow is a beautiful story that I would love to read again and again.

Loved this book! 5 stars all the way! I think this is one of the best of this series. Two broken people come together to heal one another. Tiffany is a mom who is fiercely protective of her kids. Blake is the partner who is least likely to win a humanitarian award. Yet he cannot help being drawn to Tiffany. Truly the best love story!

One of my favorite authors ever. As usual once you start one of her books you can't put the it down. Love her and loved the book.

I read a lot of good books. I don’t read as many great books. M. O’Keefe writes great books. I won a copy of Burn Down the Night. I had never read anything by O’Keefe. I loved that book so much, I pounced when I was offered Wait For It for review and it was everything I expected. I stayed up well into the wee morning hours to finish Wait For It because I just couldn’t put it down.

O’Keefe’s characters are gritty, not always likeable but so very real. Even Tiffany and Blake don’t like each other in the beginning. Their first meeting is not good. When Blake assumes the worst of Tiffany she lets him and takes the money he offers her to stay away from his family. She’s made so many bad choices and his nasty attitude are reasons enough for her to do something she’d had no intention or inclination to do. The reader sees the only the worst of Blake but it’s not as clear what Tiffany's character is.

O’Keefe doesn’t just, in a chapter or two, tell us Blake and Tiffany have hearts of gold and are really perfect together. No, she tortures us with small changes, real life reactions and stressful external influences so that it takes quite a while to get through everything and realize they really do deserve better from life. Getting to know these two is messy, hard and so worth the trip. I cried frequently for the unfairness of life and the horrible things humans often go through. O’Keefe is a master at exploring the obstacles put in our way and those we plant there ourselves in the attempt to protect our fragile hearts. After so much back and forth, good and bad, I was so happy to see not only Tiffany and Blake but her kids and his mother find happiness as a family. They’ve all earned it the hard way.

reviewed by Jem Stone

Wait For It (Everything I Left Unsaid #4) by Molly O'Keefe was raw, emotional and tugged on my heart strings more than once.

Tiffany, mother of three, and wife to a bastard of a guy - was one tough cookie. She lived with her kids in a trailer park, abused by her husband and father of her children and doing her best for her and her kids to survive.

Until one September night when Blake Edwards, estranged brother in law, offered her a respite. The pragmatic person that she was, she took it and was able to get her kids out of the trailer park and into a safer apartment. Unfortunately the respite didn't last long until their life spiraled down again and something had to give. So she did what had to be done and asked for help.

Help didn't turn out the way she hoped. Instead of her best friend Annie, Blake came to the rescue. Very quickly he realized that maybe Tiffany wasn't the con artist he thought her to be. When Blake started to get to know her he became more and more intrigued by Tiffany's touch shell and hard edges.

Blake himself hid behind layers of coldness and compartmentalization. He was emotional stunted and thought everything had a price, and if he could just pay people it would be easier for all of them - nobody would hope for more or get their feelings hurt.

Yeah, that only worked for so long.

Tiffany started to flip his ordered world upside down. She messed up his status quo and had his head spinning in no time. She mad Blake feel again. Everything he put neatly away in his orderly life was being messed up. Blake had to figure out what it was he wanted - more money or a family to love and call his own.







I really enjoyed this book. Especially Tiffany. She was such a tough nut to crack.

I ached for her.

There were scenes that made me want to cry for her. The way she felt like a robot, lifeless, sexless. She didn't feel desired and sexual release was non-exsistent. I literally hurt for her.

She felt so real and authentic.

Blake was a wonderful hero, a bit cold at times, but when he realized who Tiffany really was there was no going back for him. He gave her space, anything she needed. Blake was willing to compromise as long as he could be part of her life. I loved that about him.

The only thing I thought took away from the overall awesomeness of this book was the rushed ending.

Even so Tiffany had kids, she kept them away from Blake and his family due to not wanting them to get attached and hurt again. Because of that, Blake never really met her kids until the very last 10 %. I would have hoped for more time together, maybe another 50 pages of family time and building relationships etc. - anything that would give the kids more time to adjust to Blake in their life.

4 stars

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I wish I had known going into this story that it was the 4th book in the series. Although it's a stand alone novel because Tiffany was a major plot line character in the previous books, I really felt I was missing major aspects of her depth and importance enough so that I just couldn't finish this book. It just didn't grab me the way I wanted it to, however it's very well written and so I think if you're up to date on the series you're going to love this book. Thanks to Netgalley and Random House Publishing for the ARC in exchange for a honest review.

Apparently this is “Romance Week” on Goodreads, but since I was a victim of the Bowling Green Massacre Great Kindle Tragedy of 2017 (and also still addicted to the damn library challenge I already completed) I’m behind on my game. For those of you who know me, you know I don’t enjoy books in a series . . . . EXCEPT when the “series” is porn one like this where each novel works as a standalone and the only thing that makes them cohesive is a character might know another. The reason I have never read the first two books in this series is because it appears they are one continual storyline, and momma only got time for a few hunnit pages about any particular couple when it comes to her smut.

When I saw this was about a single mother of three, I was – well . . . . . I have my own children and I like them most of the time just fine, but I pretty much despise everyone else’s and don’t want to waste my ladyboner reading about dirty diapers and snotty noses. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut since 5 Stars from me is like a Yeti sighting and I had given the previous book the fully monty I was willing to roll the dice. Boy am I glad I did! No disappointment here . . . or not much.

Wait For It was about Tiffany, the aforementioned single mother of three. She married a real douchenozzle who knocked her around the local trailer park until she finally decided she had enough. She goes to her buddy for help (who appears to be the focus of Books 1 and 2) only to find herself crashing a Christmas party and confronted by the ex’s brother Blake. Thinking Tiffany is some white-trash gold-digger who might be presenting illegitimate bastard children off as his brother’s, Blake makes Tiffany a deal she can’t refuse - $10,000 to disappear before his mother sees what the cat dragged in. Tiffany isn’t willing to sell her soul to the devil for cheap, however, and tells him to make it $20G instead. Fast forward a year and the two crossing paths again. Blake sees Tiffany in a true light this go around – a hardworking mom willing to sacrifice anything to make a safe home for her children. But Blake has his own demons too and spends most of his time making sure Tiffany knows that he is not nice.

Unwilling to admit he might be developing feelings for his ex-sister-in-law, instead he offers her much needed cash to go to dinner with him. Not for sex, just dinner. Luckily Tiffany’s sister was there to point out . . . .

“You think I should feel like a whore?”

“You’re kind of living the definition, Tiff.”

And that’s why I love this series. I realize the plot was completely far-fetched, but the dialogue and the emotions rang so true. I also love O'Keefe's female leads. They are broken characters for sure, and this story could have easily went in a “50 Shades” direction where the magic penis was there to fix everything while creating yet another controlling sort of situation, but it didn't it didn't because TIFFANY WAS A B.O.S.S.

It took a looooooooooooooooooooooong time for these two to do the bibbity dibbity, but when they did that bitch took charge and oh my lort was it good. Sooooooooooo Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuud . . . . .

4 Stars because the ending was rushed in a HEA that was stupid.

ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you, NetGalley!

It is simmering, but not a full blown steamy and hot kind of romance story like the previous books of the series. Granted, both are quite hurt by a man, the guy who put them together in the first place is a mean and heartless bloke. Overall, it fell below her usual standards, there are holes in the story and the whole relationship needed a different angle.

But I shall let this one slide, even if I do not recommend it, I still think the series itself is pretty good.

I enjoyed this story, loved the characters and Molly O’Keefe’s writing style (despite my dislike of first person POV), with lots of showing and suggesting. I think the author’s portrayal of what a toxic and cruel person (Phil) can do to a family and its lingering effects (for example, in his own children) is powerful. Unlike other readers I wasn’t shocked with the payment detail - odd, ugly and immoral I admit - because it made sense in the story and was adequate to the hero’s profile.
There were a lot of sexual scenes that really didn’t interest me, but other readers might enjoy them. In this particular case, I felt that something was off with the heroine, that her boldness in sex contradicted her general characterization.
I liked the hero with all that coldness and detachment and I missed that such a fine writer as Molly O’Keefe wouldn’t bring more of Blake’s features to the narrative, because whenever she did it - that dimple (“That strange emotion hidden in the dimple of his smile”), the voice, the size - it was sensual and terrific. In the end, his conversion to a family man was too quick to be convincing.
The heroine is strong and feisty.
A cast of superb secondary characters: the hero’s family, the heroine’s kids and friends. Danny was a great character, but perhaps too mature for a six year old. But then there’s the fear and the hurt caused by his father and perhaps that’s understandable.
After reading “Wait for It”, I’ll be checking other books by this author and in this series.