You think you'll stay the same – you won't. Infidelity will change you forever. There can be no going back.
Kirsten Calloway knows she should be grateful. She has a stable marriage, decent job, and a wonderful teenage daughter. But she also has a raging libido that won't shut up, and a husband who'd rather go on a bike ride.
She bumps into an old friend at a school reunion who faces a similar problem. Dianne, though, has found the answer: a discreet agency which arranges casual sex for people just like them, people who want to keep their marriages but also scratch that itch.
Enter Zac: younger, handsome and everything Kirsten could hope for in bed. For a while, they seem to have it all. Kirsten even finds herself becoming a better wife and mother. But Zac wants more – a lot more, and he'll stop at nothing to get it.
Sexually charged, shocking and relatable, Reckless is a profound exploration of marriage, motherhood and desire.
Reckless sounded like something a little different to what I would usually read but it just happens to be the title of my favourite album so I couldn't resist. I was worried that it would have more than a foot in the erotica camp but my fears were unfounded as it barely dips a toe in that genre, being more of a suspenseful mystery thriller.
Kirsten's marriage seems to have stagnated so she is considering cheating on her husband. Obviously talking to him about it would be the obvious choice but that would have resulted in a very short book! The mysterious agency she uses to find a hook-up is very cloak and dagger and this adds an extra layer of suspense to the illicit nature of the plot. With flashbacks to her past, Kirsten appears to be trying to re-experience the feelings of her first love and 'Zac' seems to do the trick. That is until Zac gets more serious and wants more from Kirsten but that's definitely not what she has signed up for.
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Reckless and I actually said out loud when I finished it that 'I really rather enjoyed that!' R. J. McBrien's writing is very accomplished and the plotting is so intricately constructed that it left me breathless. I loved the inclusion of police reports and witness statements that made me feel part of the investigation and added a police procedural slant to the novel. The mystery is very well played and I didn't see it coming at all.
Reckless is a suspenseful page-turner and an absolutely stunning debut. Adding the fizz of sexual tension to an already tense novel makes it a real firecracker and it's a well deserved rating of 4.5 stars from me. I definitely recommend it.
I received an ARC to read and review for the blog tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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