Theirs to Keep

Tangled Hearts, Book 1

By: Maya Banks

Narrated by: Christian Fox

When Cade Walker and Merrick Sullivan find Elle hiding in the cabinet of a gun store, they know they can't just walk away from the fragile woman with no memory of who she is or who tried to kill her. Merrick is training for the title shot in the heavyweight division as a mixed martial artist and can't afford distractions, but neither can he turn his back on the woman who tugs at his heartstrings. Elle feels safe with her two protectors, and the longer she spends with them, the more she realizes that she has no desire to remember her past - not when it could compromise her future with Cade and Merrick. Cade has his own set of issues when it comes to Elle, and it quickly becomes clear to the two men that for the first time in their friendship, a woman is coming between them. But what if they just kept her there? Between them. Where she belongs.

©2013 Maya Banks (P)2013 Tantor

Different and Interesting

I don’t read a lot of Maya Banks’ novels so I can’t comment on the complaints of repetitive plots. This one had a lot of promise but it was a little slow.

I liked that Elle was given plenty of time to heal from the brutal assault/rape that she doesn’t remember before any kind of romance happened. Her body needed to heal even when her mind didn’t. That being said, the flashes of memory were few and far in-between and very frustrating.

I also found it odd she was having flashes of a man who she knew she loved, and who loved her, but she continued on with her relationship with Cade and Merrick. As a woman, I didn’t find that believable. I think it would have been better to have her resolve the past before she committed to her future, after all, who’s to say she’d still want to be with Cade and Merrick when/if she remembers or learns about this man?

In closing, I feel the need to warn any future readers – This book ends with a cliffhanger and there is NO SEQUEL. The title has trilogy in it and I’ve read the plot line to book 2 and the title of book 3 but as of this date in 2019, 6 years later, neither has been published, nor are there any release dates (on the official website for the author)

Not Bad

In spite of the pain she suffered. Her rescuers really made up for it. There was a happy ending.

redhat queen

Wow! This was a great book Maya. I have read quite a few of your books. Each one that I’ve read were unbelievably great. I really loved this story. It was so heart warming. How two rough looking men took care of ELL. I will recommend this book to my friends. I love Christian as your narrator.

Ends on cliff hanger with no follow up Books.

Really good book. However it ends on a cliff hanger and there are no more books in the series. So I’m disappointed I didn’t get the rest of the story.

Great beginning...

Really wish the author would finish the trilogy. This is a fantastic beginning but it needs an ending.