Will you get the ending that you need? Tilly is doing the best that she can until she finishes her studies and she will have her teaching diploma and be debt free. She won't have to work at the club again even though the money is good. But when she is feeling down she remembers her past and what happened to her parents and she just wishes that she could find out the truth about what happened all those years ago. It destroyed her family life and she lost her best friend Elise and the first boy that she kissed. She thinks of Keaton at times and wonders what he has done since then. Keaton has been receiving a rose in a box for the last couple of months but he has no idea why. He is about to come face to face with his past when he sees Tilly again, he has thought of her often and always wondered what happened to her. Now that they have come face to face and they realize how much they have both lost but what now? And who wants to make sure that she fears for her life? Someone is killing off people that Tilly knows but why do they want to harm her? Keaton gives her no choice but to move in with him as she isn't safe but Elise is at the house and she has changed. She wants Keaton and nothing is going to stop her from getting her way. And if that means that Tilly has to disappear so be it. Keaton wants nothing to do with Elise, she is a family friend and nothing more but she just won't give up as she needs to marry him as she has no money and he is her ticket. How far will Elise go to get what she wants? But why is the Gentlemen involved, why does he keep on popping up and why is he using a young girl to do his dirty work? Will they make it out alive as now the whole family has been dragged into this mess. We get to see Alyssa & Bea again unfortunately Bea is attacked and left for dead just to get back at Knox Keaton's brother and now the older brother Kip is accused of murder but who wants to bring the family down? A great read. I was lucky enough to receive a copy Via Netgalley & the publishing house in exchange for my honest review.

Interesting start to a new series. While I liked Tilly and Keaton, there was just too much drama here. I wanted to tell them to move. Just move. There was good potential for a second chance romance but unfortunately, for me at least, it got bolluxed up in a screwball threat thing which included (seriously?) someone trying to blackmail Keaton into marriage. It's 2018 people. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. This one just didn't resonate with me.

I want to say up front that I enjoy a great mystery combined with romance. Darkest Night has that and for the most part I enjoyed it.

Tilly and Keaton, finding love again after so many years was a wonderful thing to witness. These two never forgot about the other but family circumstances and dirty dealings separated them at the tender age of 14. Now in the present, neither wants to let the other go but death seems to find them no matter where they turn and they are determined to get to the bottom of it all.

I liked that there was enough romance to counter all the mysterious deaths with the addition of the unstable Elise as a prominent foe for Tilly. There are many side stories going on with the other Benedict brothers and the author does a good job of keeping it all straight.

There were some choppy parts that were hard to understand at times with POVs being told too close together and I'll give this one a pass since it's an arc, assuming formatting will help with the flow.

The mysterious 'Gentleman' who seems to be behind all the murders has yet to show his face. I'm sure by the end of this series, it will all come together.

A good read that needed just a bit more structure but I most likely will continue with the rest of the series.

3 stars.

I was so happy to read this book and thrilled at how much i liked it. Romantic suspense is fun, coupled with deadly secrets, suspense. It's fast paced with strong characters. A couple trying to build a relationship through danger. Very cool. Highly recommend. 5 stars!
I reviewed Darkest Night by Tara Thomas. #DarkestNight #NetGalley

OOOHHHH!!! I Loved this book!

When Keaton Benedict runs into Tilly, who is not only a server at a bar he is at, but a familiar face from the past, their feelings start to reignite. Unfortunately, a misunderstanding from the past has kept them apart, and Elise, another kink in their past, tries to push her way into Keaton's life.

This book is full of murder, mystery, love and heartache. It is so well written, and I really enjoyed the way the author, Tara Thomas, was able to make it all flow smoothly and kept the story going so well! This is the first book I have read of Tara's and will DEFINITELY not be the last!

So we have a segment of another series of books connecting characters to the 3 previous novellas of Janie and Brent saga. This is the Benedict's phase. We have Tilly who was one of the waitress from the gentleman's club that Janie worked as a bartender while working under cover. She ends up reconnecting with Keaton who she had a young love with and secrets are being discovered, and the info about her dad is coming to light.. again we have to keystone cops, these people are doing the most ridiculous things and I can't believe that I am reading it, but now I want to know who the hell is the gentleman...

This book can be read as a standalone although it is Book #1 in a new series, Sons of Broad.
Darkest Hour was a fast-paced and entertaining book with lots of suspense and romance, twists and turns and overall I enjoyed it. It just felt jumpy and rushed to me at times. That being said I still enjoyed it and would still be interested in reading more books in this series.

I give The Darkest Night a thumbs up. I enjoyed the characters. I found myself willing them to do or not to do certain things that came up. The story pulled together nicely and was a smooth read. I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

I enjoyed this book. The story contained secrets, scandal, wealth, suspense, romance, and southern mystery. The author wove a tapestry of the characters and there were many twists and turns. I highly recommend it.

There is a prequel novella for this book to help get the series started. I had a hard time getting into that one but the writing was excellent so I was hopeful the next books would be easier for me. This one did not disappoint! This is the official first book of this series and you don't have to read the the prequel to understand what happens in this but it does help with the suspense portion a bit. This book is about Keaton Benedict and Tilly Brock. We met Tilly in the prequel. She is a waitress in the gentleman's club that the police were watching to try to catch a serial killer. Keaton goes to the club and see's Tilly and can't believe she is there. They grew up together until his family accused her father of something and her family lost everything. They never forgot each other though, even after being separated for so long.

This book had a lot of twists and turns that I didn't see coming at all! I really liked this one compared to that last. I liked Keaton and Tilly together and I just really enjoyed their chemistry. It truly felt like they still loved and cared about each other even though they hadn't seen each other since they were kids. When things start going horribly wrong you can not only see how much Keaton wants her to be safe but you can actually feel it. And then you throw the twist in there that I never saw coming in the way that it did? I truly enjoyed that!! This one was a much better fit for me and I can't wait to read the next ones about his brother's and see where this bigger story ARC takes us!

I loved the premise of this book. A romantic suspense novel, set in Charleston, and starting a new series to love and devour. Sadly, the characters seemed flat and either superficial or too "goody too shoes." I longed for character development, satisfying dialogue, and believable relationships. Unfortunately, they never came. Most of all, I wanted to read about my beloved Charleston, but descriptions of Spanish moss, the Battery, or even the bridges never materialized. This book could have been set anywhere. However, I will concede, that the plot was interesting. With some work, Darkest Night has the potential plot to be a good suspense novel. It just needs so much, that I'm doubtful it will arrive at a completion to satisfy the savvy reader.

I didn’t think the book was great but I didn’t think it was horribleness either. It needed some tweaking to let the story flow better. The concept was interesting but it had many flaws. The book got confusing at times when it would go into another section without any indication when going to a different scene.
Jade’s character has me intrigued. I suspect who she really is and was disappointed that the book left that hanging. I guess the author is planning on keeping her character under wraps and expand more in the following book if there is a sequel to Thisbe book.
Like I said the book is not bad but needs tweaking.

This was my first read in the romantic suspense genre. I didn't know what to expect when starting this book but was pleasantly surprised with the story, the characters and the author's writing style.

Great start to a new series. Great chemistry and romance between the main characters Tilly and Keaton who take advantage of their second chance at love. There was just enough suspense as to not outweigh the romance and plenty of unanswered questions to make me want more. I thought that this story was very riveting and look forward to reading the next book in the series.

A thrilling fast-paced action packed novel that will have you on the edge of your seat. Page after page you will question what lurks just beyond the next page.

Wow this story was just full of side plots and shenanigans. I liked the characters for the most part. They made some pretty weird decisions at points that advanced the plot but didn't make a whole lot of sense based on their personalities. The mystery aspect was very engaging.

I'm glad I am done with this book. Right now I feel like I have wasted my time on it, but I had a pretty crappy day and this not being as good a book as I had hoped didn't help. I probably should hold off on my review but I want to get it over with so I can start my next book and hopefully go to bed on a good note, but honestly I doubt it.

Darkest Night by Tara was a pretty mediocre read for me. The romance felt flat and forced. On top of that it wasn't from zero to practically married in the span of a couple chapters which was less than a week. Sometimes the fast relationship thing is okay, especially in a romance novel but here it just bugged me.

There is just WAY to much going on
In those pages. The point of view switched too much, to often and between too many characters. There were times I was reading along and then was like woah what just happened and had to back track to figure it out just because it was a character change. Seriously it switched so frequently and randomly that one could get whiplash!

Also I get that out of also a thriller and needs suspense and action but the bodies and blood were piling up like a Scream movie. I mean a body every time you turn around.

There seemed to be more than one romance going on and more than one threat going on. I sense that #### was setting up for the series.
It's like throwing all your eggs out there at once and then you're last not only with an empty basket for following books but a crappy cliffhanger.

Tilly (sorry hate the name) and Keaton run into reaching after 8 long years with nothing between them except questions and it was like fate and butterflies and unicorns. Keaton is overprotect, obviously, and Tilly (ugh, I really had that name) is a damsel in distress. They fall passionately in love a bunch of bodies show up and a crazy bitch and then it's happily ever after as far as they're concerned.

In the end there is still a story to continue and I'm guessing it's going to be one of the other Brother's turn to fall in love next, if I had my guess it will be Knox. Plus the story of the one supporting character that I found most interesting, Jade.

A week after Tilly Brock's first kiss with her childhood best friend Keaton Benedict, her father was accused of embezzling from Keaton's father's powerful shipping industry and her family's standing in Charleston was ruined. Now back in Charleston and working as a waitress in a gentlemen's club Tilly fantasizes that one day the boy she left behind will come walking through the door - and then he does.

Keaton Benedict never forgot about Tilly Brock nor did he ever quite believe what he father was accused of. Now years later when he reconnects with her by chance and realizes their old attraction is still there and stronger than ever he knows that he doesn't want to lose her from his life again.

But someone in the shadows has an old grudge against the Benedict family and he's targeting the Benedicts through the people they care for the most and when bodies begin dropping at their door Keaton and Tilly will have to rely on each other and the strength of the Benedict family to stop a killer before it's too late.

I really liked Darkest Night. The story draws you in, told in multiple perspectives including the mysterious "The Gentleman." Who is the Gentleman? Why does he hate the Benedict family so much?

I liked the pacing of the book although it felt too fast in places... I swear there were two or three deaths in three days. I would have drawn it out a little more. The suspense was gripping and I couldn't wait to find out what would happen, but this book doesn't give a true resolution but a lead into the second book. I'm not sure we'll get an answer as to who The Gentleman is until the third book, but I'm sure it will keep me reading the series until I find out! I loved the Benedict brothers and Tilly's relationship with Keaton, although at times some of the things he said to her were a little cheesy.

The one thing I didn't like in this book was the Elise subplot. There's a killer after Tilly but hey, let's add in someone blackmailing Keaton into marriage just for the hell of it. It should have been one or the other or maybe Elise as the killer in my opinion. I also didn't feel like I got a true handle on Tilly's father's embezzlement. Did he do it or not? Will the answer be revealed in a future book?

Overall, I really liked this book. It reminded me of an early Carly Phillips crossed with Lisa Jackson and I couldn't put it down! I can't wait to read the next two books!

I really wanted to like this book, it had an interesting plot but the characters weren't very well developed. I was really looking forward to the reunion between Tilly and Keaton and their discovery of their relationship but it happened way to fast for me. I think there was just too much going on for the plot to make sense.

There was the dangerous figure who is out to get the Benedicts for some unknown reason. The small girl with the colored hair who works for him and has been groomed to hate the Benedict boys but finds there might be more to them and can't follow through on her orders, and then there is Elise the ex-best friend of Tilly who is from a wealthy family and has her sights set on marrying Keaton. And if she doesn't get her way she quickly resorts to black mail and it goes down hill from there.

There was just no sexual tension or obstacles to climb, it all just felt like too much. The book ends on a cliff hanger but I can see where it's headed and how the young girl fits into the story line. I'm just not sure the book held my interest enough to care.

Darkest Night was filled with suspense, and there were some truly evil characters here. While I enjoyed Tilly and Keaton, there was a bit of the damsel in distress here, just as in the prequel novella. And I'm sure I'd have enjoyed this story even more if Tilly had been a little less weepy.

This was a fast-paced, entertaining book. Tilly has learned the hard way to take care of herself. Keaton is Charleston’s most notorious bachelor. He encounters Tilly and remembers the girl he once knew years before. He never forgot her and wants her to join him in rekindling their love. Tilly wants to try, but there is danger around them and they have to find a way to survive the unknown threat. This book can be read as a standalone story, though it is #1 in the Sons of Broad series. I enjoyed this book and would be interested in reading more books in this series as well as other books by this author.