
Member Reviews

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 😮💨

My face lived in this tearful distress the whole book. I constantly went from laughing from the banter to smiling from the love Killian and Sylvie battled so hard not to feel with each other. It was so beautiful to see how their feelings inched their ways into each other’s hearts. Tear threatened my eye to watch each of them as they dealt with the struggles in their lives at the same time as their incoming feelings for each other. Killian strong but yet damaged from his past is the Scottish Brute that won my heart. Sylvie strong, Independent, and fierce still struggles with her family and the feelings associated with them. This story was phenomenal and the accents were perfection. Narrators Will Watt and Kelli Tager did an amazing job with this audio and it was their narration combined with Sara Cate word that brought all the emotions to the surface.

Audiobook: Every time I dive into Sara Cate book, I am honestly never disappoint. Keep Me, book 1 in the Sinful Manor series, follows Scottish recluse Killian Barclay and American Sylvie Devereaux. Sylvie sneaks into Killian's Scottish manor to try to find a very old typewriter of an ex boyfriend's family member used. After being caught by Killian, Sylvie goes back home to America. Fast forward a few months, Killian's sister finds Sylvie in NY and offers her a contract for marriage with Killian to help both of them. Sylvie gets much needed money & Killian gets to clean up his public image. But after needing to stay married for 1 year, the tension, the banter, everything comes to a head and explodes. Seeing different sides to the surface, Sylvie & Killian start to realize the age old, don't judge a book by its cover. Plus Sylvie is hiding a huge secret in regards to the contract that will devastate Killian. My heart and ears of hearing Will Watt preforming the Scottish accent as Killian and Kelli Tager as Sylvie fulfilled my soul. Sara continues to wrote in-depth characters and storylines. I'm so excited to continue the series & see what happens with Killian's siblings.

5/5⭐️ 3/5🌶️ 4/5🎧
When I go long periods of time without reading or listening to a Sara Cate book, I forget just how much I love her writing and enjoy her stories. Keep Me was hilarious, sexy, sad, and so so satisfying. The banter between Sylvie and Killian was so freaking funny. The names they called each other had me howling. Top tier banter. It was perfectly paced for the storyline and gave me all the feels. Sara knocked it out of the park with this one.
The dual narration with Kelli Tager and Will Watt was amazing. Loved their Scottish accents. It made spicy scenes so much more erotic.

Okay but I didn’t know I needed this book?!? My gosh Killian is SO fine. I adored their hate for each other, the tension, the spiceeeee, these two were just so dang good.
I listened on audio and it was spectacular! So dang good!
Tropes:
Marriage of convenience
Grumpy x grumpy
Age gap
Enemies to lovers
Forced proximity