Don't Say Goodnight

Say Anything #1

by Clarke Collins, Monique M. Landsberger

In Don't Say Goodnight, a missed appointment proves serendipitous to married couple Gabriel and Alicia. Now both are on a collision course that is in danger of leading them to break their wedding vows. If they don't act soon they could lose everything they once held dear.

As Gabriel and Alicia search for a way forward after a starcrossed night with two strangers, old habits are hard to break. When chance intervenes again, temptation follows...

Will the bonds of committment hold strong for this couple or will fate bring their second chance tumbling down?

187 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 15, 2018

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Reviews

[Rosie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ends on a cliffhanger and is part one in a romance novella trilogy as mentioned by the author.

I had no intention of reading this book because -- it's not a minimum of 100 pages -- and it will be a three-part story. I read the author's acknowledgement and I would've rather have read the full-length 40,000+ version of this story.

Having said that, this short story grabbed me from the start and I had to find out what would happen to the people involved. Two couples at a cross-road in their marriages teeter on the cusp of the point of no return. Can they forget the pain of the past and resurrect new beginnings?

I'll read the follow-up books both set to release in December 2018 once the entire series has been completed.

[BriennaiJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don’t Say Goodnight is the start of a short story series. Gabriel and Alicia Moore are struggling in their marriage, but only Alicia seems to be making an effort to fix things. She is going to marriage counseling meetings alone while Gabe stays out late at night. When she meets a new man that actually pays attention to her, she almost forgets to feel guilty for spending time with him. Little does she know; Gabriel is doing the same thing with a different woman across town at a bar.

Alicia and Gabriel seem to be very toxic for each other. One of them is willing to give up everything for a chance to save their marriage. The other is not even willing to do the bare minimum to keep the marriage together. I’m not sure if this incident where they both cheat on each other emotionally will make or break the marriage. It definitely didn’t help their situation.

This story was only around 60 pages long, and I don’t believe that I truly got attached to either character. I didn’t feel emotionally invested in them at all. When things started to get hectic, I wasn’t even worried about them. I think that if I had gotten the chance to know each character outside of fighting for their relationship, I would have gotten to like them as people first, and then moved to being invested in them individually. Since this is a novella series, maybe there could have been a novella before this explaining the characters a bit more. This would have been perfect!

Overall, I wouldn’t completely recommend this book, but I would suggest that if you are interested in this type of troubled romance novel that you should read it! It is very short, if you are looking for a quick afternoon read, this might do the trick.

I received a copy of this book and this is my voluntary review.

Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

[Valentina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and well-written. Unusual style of story rendition but it works. Layer after layer and more description unfold as the story advances. You could feel the emotions of the characters. Not my usual type of book with these kinds of adult situations, but it was a welcomed point of reflection.