Keeping Leilani

KOBY

I’ve done a lot of questionable things in my life, but obsessing over a woman I saw twice tops the list. One look at Leilani Hale and something inside me cracked open. She’s all I want, but keeping her close is far from simple. She spent years locked in a dollhouse, stripped of her autonomy, and when she finally breaks free, obedience is the last thing on her mind. She fights. She yells. She spills my blood and bruises my skin. And then she kisses me like she’ll die without it. I can’t get enough. My world narrows to her, and every day becomes about keeping her breathing. Keeping her safe. Keeping her mine. But nothing in our world stays simple for long. When old enemies turn into reluctant allies and war threatens to unravel the fragile peace we built, Leilani becomes the perfect weapon . . . and the one thing I can’t afford to lose.

LEILANI

For years, I was trained to be perfect. Pretty. Quiet. Obedient. A toy built to please the man who owned me. He stole my choices, my voice, and every piece of who I was until there was nothing left to take. Now I’m out of the cage, fighting, pretending, and lying to get what I need—freedom. Koby Maddox becomes an easy target the moment I notice how protective he is. He doesn’t ask me to be soft. He takes my punches and begs for more, far too willing to bleed for me. He’s chaos, violence, and need wrapped in loyalty. But the closer we get, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: the price of my freedom might be war. He’s terrified I’ll leave once I’m free. I’m terrified freedom won’t mean a thing unless I exact my revenge.

©2025 I. A. Dice

Keeping Leilani

Keeping Leilani by I.A. Dice
MMC: Koby Maddox - 25
FMC: Leilani Hale - 19 {HellCat}

🖤dark mafia romance
⛓️enemies to lovers
🖤crazy using FMC
⛓️OTT morally grey MMC

This audiobook is narrated by Will Tulin and Verla Bond. I’ve never heard of these narrators before. This is the first time listening to them. I’m unsure why the original narrators didn’t finish out the series.
This is told in both POVs. They weren’t terrible at narrating the story but they weren’t my favorites either.
This is the fifth book in the series. There’s an underlying back story so I would recommend starting with book one.
I absolutely loved Koby throughout the series and was so excited to finally listen to this book. After how Catching Bianca ended, I was so excited to meet his FMC who literally made him fall at first sight. Leilani uses people to get what she wants. She plays on Kobys weakness so he’ll rescue her. Whenever he does — she goes absolutely crazy! 🤪 it was kinda funny seeing her kick Kobys ass but she was a terrible person. This is where he gets her nickname from “hellcat”. She was isolated for three years. She’s always triggering and raging. Always fighting. Punching. Hitting and scratching Koby. I woulda left her alone. SMH. She didn’t want Koby to manipulate her but she manipulated him by beating the shit outta him to get what she wanted.
let’s talk about the ending of this book which is also the END of the series. I know this book didn’t just end that way. Seriously! The entire was extremely rushed! There was NO epilogue. NO future look into the couples. There was absolutely NOTHING! That ending ruined the entire book. SMH. I can’t believe I waited so long for this only to be completely disappointed.
Narration: 4 ⭐️
Overall story: 2 ⭐️
Koby: 6+ ⭐️