***4 "Either-or..." stars***

I haven't read the previous two books of the "Everything I left unsaid" but it wasn't hard for me to catch up with the story since the two heroes must 've been secondary characters in the previous books... So this one can be read as a standalone...
Well, this story was a little bit crazy and fucked up, but so intriguing!!!
The characters were also fucked up, but so interesting and beautiful with all those imperfections...
I really enjoyed this extraordinary story... I just couldn't stop turning the pages!!!

"Mutual assured destruction. You and I have sex, get involved in that way…both us burn. Both of us. We’ll tear each other apart until there’s nothing left to walk away from."

Joan's life was a mess... She was making bad choices and now, she was paying for them...
Because of one of her bad choices, her sister was in the hands of a shitty drug lord, the one whom from Joan got away but couldn't find to return back for her sister...
Now, her plan has holes but she has no other choice...
After spending months working at a strip club in order to learn more, the time is running down and she is making rush decisions.... And some of them are to put two bombs in the club, but her plan doesn't work very well...
She left behind a mess and she was left with a blooded biker in her foot...
What she will do about that???

“But I’ve been the queen of crazy for the last few months. The last year, really. Who am I kidding? My entire life I’ve been at the epicenter of crazy. I am the hurricane’s eye.”

Max's life sucks... He was an MC president, and before a while time back, he decided to left everything back but something forced him to come back and he found himself in the middle of the mess that caused this fucking bitch and not only that, but his brothers tried to kill him cold blood...
Why did he returned back???

“I’ve been living a lie for months, waiting for the bullet in the back of my head. And it seems like maybe you’ve been living your own lie...
And I got no time anymore for shit that ain’t real. Revenge – that’s real. This thing between us – that’s so fucking real I can taste it. So, that’s all I want. And you want that too, don’t you?”

In the rush of the moment, Joan took with her Max and she drove them far away from there, somewhere that she could save his ass and with the hope that he will help her to find her sister, because of gratitude....
But the plan didn't work very well, as well!!! Max is refusing to take part in this madness, so Joan have to persuade him no matter what....
So, now Max is becoming her prisoner and she is his kidnapper!!!

"He was my last chance to get my sister. My last chance. And there nothing I wouldn’t do to save my sister."

"You kidnapping me?"
"Only a little."

Their relationship from the first moment was very strained...
They could kill one another, but at the same time, they were lusting over each other...
Their encounters were crazy like shit, but also very, very sexy!!!
They had so much chemistry, chemistry that they were refusing to acknowledge because they were scared shitless of what that will bring....
They had goals that didn't allow to the other to be a part of them...

“You want to fuck, let’s do it. Let’s burn down the fucking place. We got that in us…between us. But when it’s over…all I’ll leave you are bruises. Because that’s all I have to give you.”

Joan was a crazy bitch.... She was a tough nut to crack, but underneath she was soft as a butter...
Joan was afraid of life, because everything in her life was going south... She hadn't had big dreams and she wasn't trusting anyone....
She just wanted to take her sister back and in order to do it, she was capable to do crazy things and i respected her for that reason...
As for Max??? This guy scared her so much, because there was an unvisible connection with them... He was dangerous for her heart...

“We’d been fucking each other for months without touching. And the last few days had this thing between us strung so tightly it was amazing we could move. He was going to wreck me. Break me. And I’d never needed anything more.”

“You’ve got one speed, Joan. One setting. Annihilate. That’s it. Burn it all.”

Max was so furious with Joan who held him hostage... He didn't want to take part in her mess... He was having his own problems... and they were too many!!!
Max was a bad ass biker who had been betrayed by his own brothers, so he was only seeking for revenge... but that crazy woman didn't let him go and he was getting mad, even though that he was lusting over her for many months...
Max wanted to change this shitty life that he was living because he couldn't stand anymore to look behind his back all the damn time...

"Save your act for other people. The lies and the show – I don’t want it. I want you. Fucked up and crazy. I want you."

"With Joan—I wanted her to peel back her armor. Her skin. I wanted to see her beating heart. Her ragged soul.
Anything less than that was bullshit."

This couple was very intriguing and i couldn't get enough.... I liked how they were together, even though that their denial was driving me crazy in some point....

“You and me are so alike,” he said. “Everything is either-or. It’s one or the other. Us or them. Sacrificing ourselves for our family because that’s all we have to give up. But I’m not giving you up, Joan. Not yet. And you’re not alone. That’s my promise. You are not alone.”

In here, i really liked Dylan and Annie, Jennifer, Aunt Fern and Eric... They were such awesome characters...
I would love to read the previous two books about Annie and Dylan and I'm curious about the next story... Soooo curious!!!!

***ARC kindly provided via NetGalley for the exchange of an honest review***

Molly O'Keefe has done it again. Burn Down the Night is a raw, gritty, erotic roller coaster, with a little suspense thrown in.

I would like to say it's a stand alone story, but I don't truly believe it is. You have to read the first two books in the series (Everything I Left Unsaid and The Truth About Him) to understand the character dynamics of Joan, Max, and the rest of the characters.

For months, Joan has been fooling those around her. She's been biding her time until she was able to get close to others and attempt to rescue her little sister from a cult. Finally, the time has come to put her plans into motion. Unfortunately, things don't go according to plan and she ends up kidnapping Max Daniels.

Max is the leader of a motorcycle club. In fact, he's been a member of the club since he was a teen, following in his father's footsteps. Max has not always done the right things, but he's slowly trying to change his ways. In fact, for the last year or so he's been expecting to die. Translation, be killed by members of his own gang, a rival group, or the police.

While Joan holds him prisoner the two realize their attraction for each other. The two are more alike than they realize. But Max also realizes he doesn't know who Joan really is.

As the two start to work together to locate and free Joan’s sister, they must rely not only on themselves, but others as well. Each will risk their lives for those they love, for a payoff they don't think they deserve; a chance at a real life and true happiness.

Burn Down the Night was better than I could have ever expected. This is a story of sacrifice, courage, determination, family, and love.

I devoured this gem...5+ stars!

This book! I loved this book and devoured it in one sitting, it was that good. From the first pages in I was hooked and felt like I was kidnapped along with Max Daniels.

Joan Matthews finally makes her gutsy move by threatening to blow up the strip club where a known drug-dealing, cult leader is meeting to set up a drug deal. Lagen has Joan’s sister, Jennifer, and unless she gets her back she’s blowing the joint. Joan never expected Max, the president of the Skulls MC, to be in the back office along with Lagen, he was never suppose to be there. Joan’s search has led her to the strip club, and subsequently got a job as a stripper in order to follow Lagan to the camp where he’s hidden her sister. Now at a point of no return, she makes good on blowing the place up, but Max gets beat up and shot by the brothers from the Skulls MC. Because Max is the key to finding Jennifer, in desperation she takes Max, injured and near death, to Aunt Fern’s, the last place she would ever think of coming back.

Burn Down The Night has suspenseful action in the beginning and the end of the story. In the middle is the meat of the story, that of Joan and Max. Two people who are broken, each betrayed by heart-wrenching events in their lives that have lead them to be loners and alone, neither trusting or letting people get close to them. Joan and Max have a connection, but they have always skirted around their attraction. Both realize that if they ever touch, they would only end up destroying each other. I loved how Ms. O’Keefe slowly brings the smoldering intensity of these two individuals. The electrifying sizzle of these two lovers just poured off the pages. It was devastating and beautiful to watch unfold. Joan is a smart-mouthed, prickly and feisty heroine I really enjoyed. She’s an equal match to Max who is everything he needs. Max sees the guilt and pain Joan’s been carrying on her shoulders, and he’s not willing to walk away from her, not when he’s determined to melt the walls around her heart.

Burn Down The Night is a beautifully, well-written story that is heart-pounding and deeply emotional. It will mesmerize you until the end. Ms. O’Keefe brings us a sexy romance with characters who are raw and unapologetic, brilliant dialogue, and an epilogue that will melt your heart. I loved every word.

I received a copy from Random House Publishing Group - Loveswept via NetGalley. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

Max and Joan's story is gritty. Both so damaged that they are just fighting to stay alive.

Joan is so focused on finding her sister that she will stop at nothing nor spare anyone to get to her.

Max is wrestling with his own demons and just trying to make it another day.

This story weighed me down. Both max and Joan are so broken that at times I was uncomfortable with their bleak outlook.

The drama ended quick at the end and seemed tied up a bit too easily.