For here or to go? It’s a question Nathaniel O’Toole asks every day while working in his uncle’s pie shop. But when Harrison Rutledge walks through the front door, Nathaniel can’t help but imagine a third option—forever.Not that it’s possible, of course.Even if a guy as attractive as Harrison wanted him, Nathaniel’s duty is with his uncle’s business. Ever since his older brother disappeared, he’s … disappeared, he’s done his best to keep what little family he has left together.
He can’t let a man interfere.
At least, not until the impossible happens and Nathaniel’s brother comes home.
Nathaniel O’Toole is the sweetest thing in Pie Five bakery, and Harrison Rutledge can’t help but want a taste. When he leaves his number, he hopes Nathaniel will call to ask him out, but when he finally gets in touch, it’s for business—his brother needs help.
And so might Harrison if he can’t get Nathaniel out of his head.
Keep Me is the third and final novella in the Rutledge Brothers series. Please note: this book was previously released in May 2017 under the same title, but its contents, including elements of its plot, have significantly changed.
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Harrison is so sweet and gentle. I liked how kindness was his default. Nathaniel’s desire for Harrison is palpable. He impressed me with his support for his broken brother and his strength when standing up for himself with his uncle. Harrison does right by Nate, respecting him and his family; earning my respect by his chivalrous actions. Loved the ending.
Audiobook: great narrator
This is the third book in The Rutledge Brothers series. I’ve read this book three times already, but this is my first time reading the updated version, which I enjoyed. Harrison is the third Rutledge brother and a trained doula, who meets the love of his life when he stops for pie at a local restaurant. Nate immediately feels a connection with Harrison when the handsome alpha enters his restaurant, but in the midst of this beginning connection, Nate’s life changes drastically when Nate’s long lost brother is finally found. Dylan is pregnant and traumatized, and the baby’s due date is just around the corner. Not knowing who to turn to, Nate reaches out to Harrison for help. As love blooms between Nate and Harrison, everyone prepares for the baby to be born.
This book was short but sweet, and a nice conclusion to the series. I liked the revised edition, but like the other two books, it doesn’t reach it’s true potential due to the shortness of the story.
Revised 2019 edition
It’s absolutely amazing how complete these stories feel despite their shifter form!
The third part is equally good to previous two, with interesting characters and enough drama to make you wish it was a full novel. Bravo!
Alpha in search of pie finds an omega sweet treat
September 20, 2019
Format: Kindle Edition
This was a short, cute romance between doula alpha Harrison, brother of the two guys who featured in the earlier stories in the series, and young bakery worker Nate. Their tale has a blip or two of angst, mostly related to the reintroduction of Nate’s trafficked and pregnant brother into the household he shares with his uncle. Mostly, it’s sweet, tentative moves toward a relationship and HEA that nicely caps off the story.
I read a complimentary advance copy of the story; this is my voluntary and honest review.
This is the third book in the Rutledge Brothers series, with Harrison being the last brother to find his omega. While the first two books focused more intensely on the sex trafficking ring, the main characters are affected, but not directly involved parties.
Harrison has found his calling as being a doula for pregnant omegas. This is not typically a job held by alphas, but it is his way of helping others. After a very long shift, he decides to stop by a bakery that was recommended to him. While trying to decide what to order, an omega brings out a pie, and the sight of him addles Harry’s brain.
Nathaniel is an omega who has been raised by his Uncle Martin and has worked very hard to get the business where it is today. He’s young, but he has been through his own heartache. When his brother returns after five years, damaged, desolate, very pregnant, and afraid of doctors, Nate immediately thinks of Harry.
The two men share a brief kiss, but Nate leaves immediately. Harry misunderstands the situation, but knows he shouldn’t get involved while he’s still working with Dylan through his pregnancy. Once Dylan gives birth, Nate finds himself in an unexpected situation.
When Harry realizes what is happening, he goes to check on Dylan and the baby; and gets quite a stern talking to. He learns the truth of how Nate feels, and what he needs to do. After the situation has passed, the relationship is quickly glossed over…this is a novella after all. They date for a while before they finally end up becoming intimate.
When their relationship reaches a certain point, they decide on what they want from the future. However, the future is coming a lot faster than they had anticipated. Even so, everything falls together leading them to their HEA.
Happy reading!
* I received an ARC of this book and I am leaving my honest review. *
Sadly, this was the least developed story of the bunch. I was incredibly intrigued by Nathaniel but got no answers as to why he chose a celibate life. There was a story there and we got literally nothing about it. Finn was definitely young and I did feel like he knew himself, but there’s so much individual growth he needed to achieve. He kind of straddled the line between being an independent omega and a stereotypical one and I don’t think both sides blended well enough. There was a ton of the “first” moments when people find themselves attracted to someone, but nothing beyond an ill-timed heat to really bring them together. Where in the previous stories the other brothers played a little role to tie them all together there was nothing here and that was a missed opportunity, especially since it could have served as a bridge to discuss Nathaniel’s history or to guide him through accepting a future with Finn. Compelling is not the word I would use for the characters, the relationship, or the story overall, which is immensely sad since this was the end cap to the series.
This was my favorite book of this series.
I love reading organic romances, where the couple have a connection off the bat and it just grows stronger and stronger. Plus their meet cute is adorable – meeting at a pie shop! Nate is adorable. Harry is sweet. They’re great together.
And I did like Dylan’s part in the story. Especially once his personality started to come out. He’s quite feisty and a great big brother.
I could read short story after short story in this series. Three books isn’t enough!
Keep Me is the third book in the Rutledge Brothers series by Piper Scott. Nate and Harrison have a sweet love story. Nate’s brother is finally home after years caught up on being a White Lotus’ sex slave… and is pregnant. Luckily the sexy Alpha that has been flirting with the Omega pie shop worker is a double and helps them through the pregnancy. In the process falling in love with the new uncle and proving that not all Alphas are only after one thing… some are looking for the real thing, forever.
I received an advanced reader’s copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving my honest review and recommendation.