REVIEW: Unwanted by Marley Valentine

- July 29, 2023

UNWANTED

by Marley Valentine

Release Date: May 21, 2022

Review

Such a powerful story. Two very broken men who loved each other once and always, but had not seen each other in years. Until Frankie got a call to return home.

There was so much love and longing and pain. The love they have for one another was as strong as ever, but they have to learn to see each other as the men they are now. They have to choose this life.

It’s a slow burn with so much hurt / comfort that makes you want to wrap them all up in your arms and keep them close.

Marley always knows how to destroy you and put you back together again, and I adore her for that. And with dual narration by Jacob Morgan and Zachary Johnson you will be utterly entranced by this story.

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Synopsis

From USA Today Bestselling Author, Marley Valentine comes a brand new emotional, second chance, gay romance.

Two halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were both unwanted kids brought together by the foster system. Dealing with the aftermath of neglect and abandonment, we grew up side by side and found solace in one another.

We wanted.

We needed.

We loved.

Desperately.

But somewhere along the way, Arlo wanted and needed and loved drugs more. So, I did the only thing I could and broke my own heart to save his.

Now, four years later, I’m back in L.A. and face-to-face with my past. Not only does the pain and hurt of our mistakes linger between us, but so do our feelings.

I didn’t plan on a second chance, fear of history repeating itself making it hard to forgive and even harder to forget. But with only one touch, one kiss, I was taken back to where it all started.

Two halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were made for each other. But we were no longer the unwanted foster kids.

We were grown men.

And I wanted nothing more than him.

UNWANTED is book one in a brand new, emotional LGBTQ+ series that follows a group of foster siblings, who are banded together by their pasts. Each book can be read as a COMPLETE standaone.

About Marley Valentine

Living in Sydney, Australia with her family, Marley Valentine is a USA Today bestselling author and a former social worker who uses her past experiences to write real life, emotional and heartfelt contemporary romance.

She enjoys mixing it up with all types of romance pairings, incorporating all forms of life, lust and love as her characters embark on their journey to their happily ever after.

When she’s not busy writing her own stories, she spends most of her time immersed in the words of her favourite authors.

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