From the Bookshelf of Turning Pages At Midnight…

Kept in the Dark (Locke and Keyes Agency, #1)

Charlie Cochet

Start date: September 30, 2019

Finish date: October 4, 2019

Discussion: Buddy Reads

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 63 topics — 2,532 comments total

Buddy Reads

* September 2025 Buddy Reads
By Diana · 13 posts · 21 views

last updated Sep 04, 2025 07:25AM

* Suggest a book for a Buddy Read in October 2025
By Diana · 11 posts · 9 views

last updated Sep 22, 2025 11:02AM

showing 2 of 2 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Sep 22, 2019 Bev rated it liked it

Shelves: kindle-unlimited, mm, military-or-ex-military-or-spec-ops, insta-love

Kept in the Dark didn't blow me away like I'd hoped it would even though the banter was sharp, the whole Alpha story intriguing, and lots of action and steam.

If I'm honest I found D (that irritated me something rotten, call the man by his damn name!) and Caiden got rather sappy at times and don't even get me started on when Caiden declared his love - talk about an inopportune moment. 🙄

I'll probably read the next book in the series, and keep reading them till I find out more about Alpha. ...more

29 likes · Like · see review

Aug 13, 2019 Diane Dannenfeldt rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: on-my-kindle, grr-book-arc, m-m, kindle-unlimited, 201-300_pgs, multiple-readings, have-audio

An awesome start to a new series by the talented Charlie Cochet. We have the story of a former government assassin Álvaro Montero, who is now know as D (for Delta) who was killed on a mission. When he was saved & came out of his medically induced coma, he is recruited by Alpha Orion, a company that appears to do good. Okay, I have to just jump out & say I have an idea who Alpha is & if I am right then that would be so cool. There isn't any one thing that makes me think this just a gut feeling. O An awesome start to a new series by the talented Charlie Cochet. We have the story of a former government assassin Álvaro Montero, who is now know as D (for Delta) who was killed on a mission. When he was saved & came out of his medically induced coma, he is recruited by Alpha Orion, a company that appears to do good. Okay, I have to just jump out & say I have an idea who Alpha is & if I am right then that would be so cool. There isn't any one thing that makes me think this just a gut feeling. Our other MC is Caiden who was burned on his last mission with the CIA. On the night that he was burned, he had met & knocked boots w/D. But D disappears and shortly there after the cops show up & Caiden is taken in for questioning. As he is leaving the station, he is picked up w/an accusations of being a terrorist. Someone betrayed both of them and it is their mission to find out who it is. They are brought back together when Alpha comes into some intel on someone who collects and destroys information for a price. He holds on to it & then disposes it when instructed. Apparently he doesn't read the information and he is highly sought after & trusted. Apparently there is a flash drive with a lot of information that could take down a lot of dirty business men, politicians, etc. He & his wife are having their house overhaul & it's the perfect cover for Caiden, the designer, and D the construction worker. They now have access to their home to look for this information. During all of this, they have rekindled the steaming hotness that they knew was there all those years ago. But D is hiding something that he is afraid that once Caiden finds out about, Caiden will hate him. Just as they figure out where the flash drive is located at, the bad guy shows up & takes D & a couple of other hostages who also wants the drive. Now Caiden is racing against the clock to save D along w/the rest of the crew. The identity of the bad guy was a shock & I never saw that coming. It was a very well balanced of suspense & sexy times. There was a lot of snark and bickering that made me laugh. I so can't wait to see where this series goes. I really really enjoyed it.

ARC provided by LesCourt Services in exchange for an honest review. ...more

2 likes · Like · see review