I loved the steamy scenes between Arlo and Frankie.

I loved that these two characters were mature men who were not playing games with each other. I loved that this story picked up after both characters had grown. There are a ton of things I truly loved about Unwanted though. I’ve felt like every book she’s produced since Without You has fallen a little short, been a little underwhelming, and generally just missing something. I will get more into that in a minute.

Unfortunately for me, whatever voodoo she used when she banged out the pages of Without You hasn’t been used since. She caught magic within the pages of Without You (my first ever novel by her) and I’ve been invested in her writing ever since. There is absolutely no disputing that Marley Valentine is a fantastic writer. Frankie is back in Arlo’s orbit and they just can’t avoid the unresolved feelings that they’ve both been harboring for each other all this time. Fast forward four years and Lennox is injured in a college football game and Frankie has to come home (after no contact) to help him with his recovery. Arlo’s drug addiction led Frankie to flee the state and make something of himself to help care for his brother (Lennox) before his brother would age out of the system. These two are the oldest in this little rag tag group and they fell in love as teens. The Unlucky Ones series is about a group of kids who grew up in the foster system together and are now doing adulthood as a family. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review.

But we were no longer the unwanted foster kids. Two halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were made for each other. But with only one touch, one kiss, I was taken back to where it all started. I didn’t plan on a second chance, fear of history repeating itself making it hard to forgive and even harder to forget. Not only does the pain and hurt of our mistakes linger between us, but so do our feelings. So, I did the only thing I could and broke my own heart to save his. Dealing with the aftermath of neglect and abandonment, we grew up side by side and found solace in one another.īut somewhere along the way, Arlo wanted and needed and loved drugs more. Two halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were both unwanted kids brought together by the foster system.

Genres: Adult, Contemporary Romance, LGBTQ+, M/M This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.

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