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I listened to the audiobook and read it at the same time because I needed that Scottish accent. Lol The tension, the drama, the banter!!! I DEVOURED it. ⁣
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Sylvie got cut off from her parents and her ex-boyfriend cheated on her. When she got proposed to marry a grumpy Scottish man, she immediately agreed for 10 million. She just has to marry him for 1 year and they can divorce. But Sylvie and Killian do not get along at all. Always pushing each other's buttons. But the more time they spent together the more they start to understand each other. ⁣
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I'll be honest, I wasn't sure I was going to like Sylvie, but as I keep on reading, I feel so bad for her. And Killian!!! Oh man. I love when a playboy changes for a female. 😏 They're so kinky and I love it!!

This was not my favorite Sara Cate book for a variety of vague reasons that I'm having trouble putting into words. It just made me feel a little put off and I didn't really feel genuine emotion from or for these characters. From a writing style standpoint it works and flows, but the storyline just felt ridiculous to me and I didn't feel invested in the outcome. The audiobook narration also felt over the top with the accents so that may have also lessened my overall enjoyment.

This is an intense and emotional marriage-of-convenience romance brought to life by the outstanding narration of Kelli Tager and Will Watt. Sylvie and Killian's explosive chemistry and sharp banter evolve into a deeply moving connection as they confront their flaws and emotional scars. Cate’s portrayal of Killian’s anxiety adds depth, making his journey of vulnerability and healing especially impactful. The story’s transformation from enemies to lovers is beautifully crafted, with moments of heartbreak and hope that kept me hooked. Both narrators capture these complex characters' fiery passion and raw emotions, enhancing every twist and tender moment—a must-listen for fans of angsty, heartfelt romance.

Keep Me by Sara Cate is a deliciously spicy marriage of convenience romance between an American woman & the reclusive Scottish man she marries. The chemistry between the pair is an electric entity that cannot be tamed. I loved the fierceness & feistiness that occurred whenever they were in the same room together.

This is book #1 in the Sinful Manor series & what a fascinating start it is!

Keep Me is great for those looking to read…
🖤 Marriage of Convenience
🖤 Scottish Billionaire
🖤 Grumpy x Grumpy
🖤 Enemies to Lovers
🖤 Broody Hero
🖤 Forced Proximity

This is my first Sara Cate book but it won’t be my last! I did not expect to feel so many emotions. I love the surprisingly deep emotional connection & the intriguing personal histories their lives entailed. The spice was blush worthy & I loved reading their story.

I listened to the audiobook & it was such a fun listen. I enjoyed the Scottish accent moments the best. I listened at 2.5x speed & it was great for my ADHD brain.

If you are looking for a fascinating, fan your face spicy & wickedly fun marriage of convenience romance, I highly recommend Keep Me!

Massive thanks to NetGalley, Hambright PR,, Dreamscape Media, Libro FM & Sourcebooks Casa for the gifted copy, which I voluntarily read & reviewed.

Keep Me was fantastic. This is book 1 in the Sinful Manor series and I loved it. The saying 'there's a fine line between love and hate' was never more apparent than in this story.

This is Killian and Sophie's marriage of convenience tale and I was hooked from beginning to end.

The banter, the complex characters, the chemistry, the emotions, the angst, and the passion all came together to make this story such an engrossing one.

I loved seeing how the connection between these two strangers who were so hostile to each other at the start evolved. As the story progressed, their layers were peeled back and they found a real connection with each other.

This was such an enjoyable read and I can't wait for more in the series. I would definitely recommend this novel to romance lovers.

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I listened to the audiobook which was narrated by Kelli Tager and Will Watt. These two were fantastic. They gave the characters depth and emotions and their voices were perfectly suitable for the roles to which they were cast. Will's Scottish accent was on point and I was able to easily understand him without having to lower my listening speed. It was a pleasure listening to them narrate this novel.

I seriously love discovering new narrators! Especially if they are amazing and you can feel the emotions. I love a Sara cate book and will always devour it and i looove a good marriage of convenience. I feel like if I didn't listen to this one, I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much but I did still like it!

This was a quick paced story with humor and tension. I could've done with more character connection, it did seem like we flew through the story, but I liked it. I listened to the audible and the narration was fantastic!

Killian and Sylvie had plenty of steamy moments, but they also made me giggle. There was a good mesh with the side characters and I loved that Sylvie never cowered or hid who she was. She gave Killian a reason to be brave in his fearful moments and it made for a pretty great story.

What a special story, couple & book this is! I love Killian & Sylvie so much! I want to live in this world! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The story line hit on so many favorite tropes for me, I couldn’t get enough of these two! The narration was truly perfect too! I love Will Watt’s Scottish accent, it was so authentic and genuine and made me connect so much to the story.

Read if you love:

💍 Marriage of Convenience
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Grumpy X Grumpy
💍 Kinky Vibes
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Broody Billionaire
💍 Enemies to Lovers
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Forced Proximity

“Keep Me” by Sara Cate kicks off the Sinful Manor series, and wow, it does not hold back! It’s about Sylvie, a reckless writer who ends up fake-married to Killian, a grumpy recluse with a tragic backstory, after her nightmare parents cut her off. There’s $10 million at stake, so Sylvie just has to survive one year in Killian’s remote Scottish manor. No big deal, right?

Sylvie’s gone from spoiled and carefree to broke and desperate, so saying yes to a fake marriage for cash? Easy decision. The whole setup gives serious “Beauty and the Beast” vibes, but way spicier. Killian is a broody jerk with anger issues (and wow, he really commits to the role), but then you see these little vulnerable moments that make you swoon.

This book serves up all the good tropes: marriage of convenience, enemies-to-lovers, age gap, grumpy x grumpy, forced proximity, and two beautifully messy, broken characters. The banter between Sylvie and Killian is so sharp and hilarious—I loved that they were always butting heads. It made their chemistry and tension electric. Deep down, Killian’s just a guy desperate to be loved, and Sylvie’s someone who’s never been anyone’s priority. Their journey together? Perfection.

The romance? Amazing. The plot? Addictive. The smut? Absolutely top-tier. I devoured this.

🎧Audiobook Review
Will Watt nailed the Scottish accent (I mean, it was hot), and Kelli Tager was absolutely spot-on as Sylvie. The voice acting was so engaging, I couldn’t stop listening and finished this in one sitting.

Thank you @sourcebookscasa @dreamscape_media for a gifted copy of the audiobook. All opinions expressed are my own.

Sara Cate's Keep Me is masterfully written, weaving deeply rooted pain into a beautiful romance - the story rocked me to the core. Killian and Sylvie’s scintillating journey is soul shattering...the heart wrenching erotism all encompassing. I love how dark and edgy it got, but still so passionate and heartfelt.

Will Watt and Kelli Tager's performances were engaging, electric and mesmerizing. Bravo!

Oh this was fun.

Marriage of convenience
Scottish giant
I hate you so much
Kilts

Quite a dark romance and my first book from this author but I will be reading much, much more. Highly recommend the audio!!

4.5 stars! Not gonna lie, I really didn’t like either of these characters at the start of the book. But I believe in Sara Cate, so I didn’t let it deter me from reading this book. And to be fair, I listened to the audiobook, and Will Watt is one of my favorite Scottish narrators, and Kelli Tager did a fantastic job as well. And as anticipated, by this end, I absolutely was in love with this story, these characters are so perfect for each other, and I loved going on this journey with them.

The characters are flawed, and they are damaged and protecting themselves. Their emotional turmoil may stem from very different places, but they found a way to find each other through the mess of it all. And messy it was. Definitely a hate turned into love situation, and the circumstance surrounding their marriage of convenience were sketchy at best. But a little vulnerability goes a long way. Apparently so does a little hate s3x. I also appreciated that this wasn’t a cookie cutter or clean and easy way to address mental health issues. Killian is a severe case, and this wasn’t a “her love saved him” situation. And while, yes, she helped him find his direction, he still had to do the work. And Sylvie, with her own emotional baggage, is truly in no position to put herself out there as his savior, and she doesn’t really try, which I love. She’s there for him, he’s there for her, and in the end, it all comes together in a very real and beautiful way.

It’s a deeply emotional story with a lot of nuance and some intriguing roads traveled. The spectacular narration throws it to an even higher level, with depth and emotion that is visceral and wonderful. And, well, it’s Sara Cate, so you know the spice is spicing, and it is fantastic. 🌶🌶🌶🌶

I loved this one. It was filled with forced marriage with a scottish man... need I say more. I loved the audio book version of this one. The characters were so relatable, and I can't wait for more from this author.

Thank you Net Galley ARC

I listened to Keep Me by Sara Cate as an audiobook, and WOW—what an experience! 🎧🔥 The narrator’s accent was incredibly sexy, adding an irresistible layer to this already steamy romance. Every scene was brought to life with passion and intensity, making it impossible to hit pause.
This enemies-to-lovers story was executed perfectly. The tension between the characters was electric, and I found myself rooting for them at every turn. Their journey from clashing to finding their way to each other was full of heart, heat, and just the right amount of angst.
Sara Cate masterfully weaves a story that hooks you in and doesn’t let go until the very last word. If you’re a fan of steamy romance and well-done enemies-to-lovers tropes, Keep Me is a must-listen. Highly recommend!
Also, if you are aware of any brooding billionaire Scotsmen… Please comment 🥵❤️‍🔥
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Great audiobook version of the book. The alternating points of view between Sylvie and Killian were well done. Listeners will definitely be a fan of Killian Scottish accent.

This was a perfect #booktok steamy romance. Just enough sexy scenes and intrigue. It follows a standard romance plot-enemies to lovers, betrayal because of a secret, healing a growing in absence, HEA. I would definitely recommend this to romance fans.

Scotland is a gorgeous country and is the perfect setting for a romance with a grumpy recluse in an old, ancestral manor house. Add in a spitfire american woman as his love interest and I was sold. While on the surface, this story is an arranged marriage, it is so much more once you dive into the pages. Both characters have secrets in their pasts and families that don’t support them well. Keep Me is both a love story and a necessary unraveling of these secrets so that the characters can get their HEA. In audio, this story was excellently narrated by Will Watt and Kelli Tager in dual narration, portraying the characters with immense passion and excellent accent work. The story was so hard to put down and I found myself ignoring everyone in my house to keep listening. This enemies to lovers, arranged marriage, opposites attract, billionaire romance was a masterful story and a fantastic audiobook.

I was invested in both characters right from the start. Sylvie was easy for me to love as her life knocked her down again and again. I just wanted her to get a break and that came in the form of grumpy Killian, a man with deep wounds and a family who didn’t understand his grief. Their love story slowly unfolds within the walls of Barclay Manor going from enemies to friends to lovers as their walls come down and they discover who the other person truly is behind bravado and grumpiness. Both of them start out a little lost and I love stories where characters grow on the page. While it’s not quite as spicy as Sara’s other titles, Keep Me has intense passion, steam, and her flair for a story that keeps readers on their toes. I loved how the story developed and came together in the end. I really hope this becomes a series.

The narration was spot on! Loved the accents! Was more "book" than I had anticipated. It was plenty spicy (always a good thing) but there was a story behind it. I loved every word and couldn't stop listening! Will be looking for more books by Sara Cate!

4.5 I loved it. This was quite the Beauty and the Beast retelling except instead of a monster, he's a big Scottish brute who hasn't left his manor in 10 years. His family is worried, but not so worried they aren't willing to strike a deal with some rude lady in need of money that broke into his house, that he can't stand in order to take his house away. Was this story without flaws? No, but did it keep me on the edge of my seat and have me begging for me more? Absolutely.

Thank you to @Netgalley and the publishers for this ARC for an honest review. You can buy it at your local book store anywhere at this point. And the audible is even better.

5⭐️ 3.5🌶️

“My wife comes first”

And come first she did. Where the definition of “selfish” is concerned, Killian Barclay is so far away from it. This book is everything I needed it to be and then some. What a great fucking time I had.

All I want now is a broody man in a kilt, with a beard, a thick accent and a hunger for me so insatiable I’m the only thing he wants to eat.

OMFG ALL THE “MY WIFE” IN THIS WAS MY ENDING KAHAUSHEIWJSJWB. The chemistry was palpable from the very start. There’s no need for a meeting cute when you can meet someone the way Killian and Sylvie met. Sylvie is a pure baddie and Killian matched her energy every single second. Talk about enemies to lovers and you’ll find a picture of these two on the page. It was a little mean and a lot horny and the match of it all was such a perfect combination, it had my knees weak.

It was impossible to put down… specially when listening to the audiobook and the delicious accents the narrators did 🥵

Sara baby, you continue to rule my life 😮‍💨