Their love is a legacy of broken hearts and shattered dreams. Can they find each other without losing themselves?He is everything I want but know I can never have.Every fiber of my being has ached for Luke from the very first moment we met. However, with my parents’ legacy of toxic obsession woven into my DNA, I know love is pain and should be avoided at all costs. I’m unloved and unlovable. … I’m unloved and unlovable. Still, in moments of weakness, I allow myself to imagine what it would be like if I was the kind of woman who deserved the love of a man like him.
She is hiding in plain sight, waiting for me to find her.
Marnie has had my heart from day one, and always will. It’s just a shame I couldn’t muster the words to tell her so when we first locked eyes. It’s a failing I will live to regret for years to come. However, I’m determined to make things right, even if it takes me a lifetime. I need her to know she is enough. In fact, she is more than that. She is everything.
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This is the fourth book in this awesome series, and is a perfect finale to this series. Marnie struggles with issues from her tragic past, and Luke tries to help her whenever he can. This is a well written story which is filled with angst, drama, tension, and is an emotional roller coaster from beginning to end. I cannot wait to read more form this talented author, whose work I highly recommend for all readers.
“Nobody had ever wanted me, not in the real sense of the word. Sometimes people wanted to use me. They wanted me for what I could do for them, or what I could bring to them. They wanted me for the doors I could open, or the ways in which I could make their lives easier. People wanted me for what I had. Scrap that. They wanted what I had. Nobody wanted me for me. Except Mia and Luke.”
Finding Marnie was written from Luke and Marnie’s POV’s. A book about the redemption of two people who stood in the shadows instead of rising from the ashes. You could argue that they were both standing in the limelight, but they were hiding in plain sight. Luke and Marnie could see each other from their initial meeting fifteen years earlier. He was too shy and Marnie was protecting her heart. As each layer of their lives were revealed, I found myself falling in love with them both. Somehow Ms Ellis had me do a backflip, I went from Arlo and London’s corner to Luke and Marnie’s. My heart broke for Marnie as she learned to trust her battered and bruised heart.
Wow! Just incredible! My heart is beating and I’m a bit of an emotional mess after reading this story about Luke and Marnie. Luke is part of his brothers band and Marnie is a woman who grew up with them. Marnie had a tragic childhood and when she met Luke, she knew they would be best friends as he was so kind to her. Luke has always been behind his brothers shadow until one day things change and he finally comes into himself. Luke and Marnie are two souls who truly belong together but they have many hurdles to get thru first. Can they make a go of a relationship? I certainly hoped so throughout this entire story. These two characters have completely ingrained themselves into my heart. This story was very moving, very emotional and I definitely needed tissues. I loved every word and really didn’t want this to end. Please do yourself a favor and read this fantastic story!
Finding Marnie is book 4 in the Heartless Few series. When will Marnie every be enough? Her whole life she feels as is she has alway been the one who is left behind. Luke has always followed in his twin brothers footsteps as he is painfully shy but he has loved Marnie from the day he met her in school. This book will have you feeling a little frustrated but also have you thinking can one person take more. Luke and Marnie’s story is not pretty but they come out the other side ok. Loved this book had me on the edge of my seat till the end. 5 star read.
When I started reading this series, I like I am sure a lot of readers, didn’t like Marnie very well. But as we could see in the first books we saw Arlo and London’s view of her and no matter what there are two sides to every story.
Ms. Ellis performed a small miracle with this story. She made me not only changed my way of thinking, she made me respect the heck outta Marnie! Marnie was a complicated character and Ms. Ellis brought a real, raw and flawed character and gave her some really redeeming qualities.
Oh and let’s not forget Luke! Even when I wanted to kick him in the figurative butt for waiting so long and wanting to sometimes smack him or used some industrial strength duct tape for his mouth, he came through brilliantly. He “found” Marnie, he was the one who could truly “see” her and it was beautiful to read.
I have really enjoyed all of Ms. Ellis books so far and and I can’t wait to see what she comes out with next!
Well done!
Marnie and Luke finally have their story, both wanting to be with each other but never working in their favor. Fate now place a role and brings them together but will it last. this book gives us everything. we finally get to see the real Marnie and Luke. in this book. will they have their happy v=every after or will fate keep them apart?
If you’d told me that I’ll be falling for Marnie based on how I’ve met her in the first book of this series I would have thought something was wrong with that person. But here I am sitting after finishing this book and I can honestly say I love her.
She had so much problems to which she didn’t respond correctly most of the time. While reading you could just feel how much she just wants to be loved and free from her past. The love Luke had hot her was overwhelming. I felt bad for him for staying on the sidelines and watching her (almost) self destroy. But I loved how by the end they both managed to conquer their fears and FINALLY fall into each other’s arms.
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
Another fantastic read only this one was filled with more angst and heartache, proving that this author can deliver a fantastic story, this one being a friends to lovers genre.
Everyone has a story and it is our story that defines us as humans. What cards we have been dealt in life can be a huge contributor to how we deal with relationships. Marnie had kept hers a secret. She hadn’t told a sole.
I had been anxiously awaiting this book having devoured the first three in the Heartless Few series. Arlo was a Rock God but I fell hard for Luke his twin. The shy reserved quiet one who couldn’t quite find his voice. Marnie had held his heart from day one. I loved his character; he was the reliable go-to guy there for everyone, extremely talented in his own right, he was every bit as hot as his brother. (insert “drool” emoji)
This book was a mix of everything, this author delivers some great lines with her sense of humour but, it was also a real heart-wrencher addressing some very real life issues for some. I wanted to hug Marnie.
“I curled myself into a ball next to Luke, hugging my knees to my chest. Fuck, he made my heart hurt. In fact, he made all of me hurt. No, that wasn’t right. He made me ache. All of me ached for him.”
The one thing that really made this book exceptional was the playlist. The soundtrack to the book was just perfect, listening to the lyrics made this experience the ultimate.
This is a beautiful story about how Luke managed to make himself be heard and break down her barriers to find Marnie.
Marnie and Luke’s story really surprised me. If you have read the other books in this series these characters will be familiar to you, if not you, I feel you could read this book as a standalone but you will be seriously underinformed about what has happened with Marnie so far. Now, as for me being surprised. I can’t say that the previous books made me a fan of Marnie but with this book we pull back the curtain, peel back the layers and get a much deeper understanding about her and what makes her tick and for me it was an eyeopener. There were also some interesting developments with Luke’s character that changed how I saw him. The story itself was packed with drama, emotional turmoil an steam.
This journey surprised me. Having read the other books about Arlo and London, I really wasn’t a fan of Marnie but from their viewpoint, well, she doesn’t get a great reputation. But now, we got to peel back the layers and learn who Marnie is, what makes her tick, what tragedies shaped who she is and it is truly tragic. She has an amazing resiliency, no matter what happens she keeps pushing forward but at a great cost as she guards her heart and herself from rejection. She met Luke first and found someone that seemed to get her but this also scared her. Luke loved Marnie from the moment he met her but he is the shy twin and never revealed his feelings. Then Marnie and Arlo started their casual relationship which kept Luke on the sidelines. This book digs into both Marnie and Luke’s insecurities and fears as these two amazing individuals work to realize that they both deserve that great love that consumes you and makes you whole. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.
This is Marnie & Luke’s story taking place around the time Arlo meets London. For a better understanding of her story I would suggest reading the previous ones first.
Luke has always had feelings for Marnie but as Arlo was the more outgoing of the twins he hooked up with her, more as an escape for both of them, as they have serious baggage. I can’t say I was a fan of Arlo as he was just so awful to her during this time & extremely self centred.
A few devastating events, combined with her past, send Marnies life into a tail spin. Luke tries to get through to her but most times to no avail. As with previous stories there is a lot of drama & angst in play. We deal with a lot of her inner thoughts & there is a lot of tension. She is also struggling with an issue which affects a lot of young women. Eventually her life takes a turn for the better but we only hope that Luke is there with her on the rest of her journey.
While I did enjoy this I felt she was more a secondary character as Arlo still dominates more of the story. However it was good to see her role in Arlo’s life & how she too found her HEA.
I received a complimentary copy for an honest review.
I have always enjoyed M.V. Ellis’s books and her latest offering is a realistic romance at it’s best. I read the book until very late and it was the first thing I looked for this morning. It will make you cry, get angry and laugh at the difficult journey the two lovers undertake in this story. The Jones brothers are certainly charismatic and capture and hold your attention in this book as they have in M.V. Ellis’s previous books. If you like your love story with a touch of angst, heartache and overwhelming love this is definitely for you.