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The Bartered Bride by Reece Butler

Posted on by Dirty Girl Anne
The Bartered Bride (Climax, Montana #3)
Grade-B
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level-Moderate Kink
Series-Climax, Montana #3
Genre-Contemporary/Menage
Reviewed by Kate
 
Jane is trying to escape an abusive father and an arranged marriaged to an even more vile man. She’s stuck at a bar with no way of leaving when Travis and Riley show up. Travis and Riley seem like the only ones at the bar who might not take advantage of her, so she stows away in their truck. While the men are helping Jane get away, can they also help her discover herself?
 
I’m a sucker for cavemen heroes. The kind that can say “You’re going to do what I say because I know what’s best for you.” The kind that are protective and dominant without being abusive. The kind that, quite honestly, can come across as being a huge ass. And Reece Butler does a very good job writing those cavemen heroes I adore.
 
As a heroine, Jane struggles to be independent when she never has had a chance to stand on her own. She’s had a lot of terrible things happen in her past and we get to watch as Travis and Riley support her on her journey. We get to see a lot of character growth for Jane.
 
The only complaint that I had with this book was that there was a section in the middle that started to go down a hero-taking-the-place-of-daddy path and a trying-to-fix-the-heroine path. Those are themes that I don’t typically enjoy reading, but seemed to be rather short lived in this book. I was quickly able to loose myself in the story after getting past that section.
 
This book met all the preferences I have in erotic menage books. Strong heroes and heroines, character growth, a plot that is fast paced, and scenes steamy enough to fog your glasses. If you enjoy erotic menage with a bit of cowboy, I suggest you give this one a try.
 
An additional note: While this one is considered to be the third book in her Climax, Montana series, it can definitely be read by itself. The first 2 books in this series take place back in the 80s and are worth checking out. If you like historical menage, I’d recommend Reece Butler’s earlier Bride Train series.
 
I’m caught up on all of Reece Butler’s books now. Do you have recommendations for any other erotic menage series to try?

Shipwrecked Seduction by Rosemary J. Anderson

Posted on by Dirty Girl Anne
Shipwrecked Seduction (MF)
Grade-C+
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level-No Kink
Genre-Contemporary
Reviewed by Kate
Before we begin, please be aware that the publisher has tagged this book as “forced seduction.”
 
Jacob is a self-made billionaire and he holds Daisy’s father’s fate in his hands. When Daisy reluctantly approaches Jacob to help save her father, he agrees on the condition that she becomes his mistress.
 
This book has it all! We’re talking a virgin, a billionaire, a bargain, pirates, and a deserted island. How can this book fail?
 
I couldn’t get over the fact that Daisy, a 23 year old virgin, was quite schooled in the art of seduction. For being as sheltered as she was, I couldn’t help but wonder how exactly she knew so much. She falls for Jacob quickly, despite the nasty agreement. You’ve got to give a woman credit for being able to seperate mind-blowing sex from the contract she signed saying she has to provide sex.
 
Jacob was a rare billionaire that knew how to survive on a deserted island. I believe while attending the school of hard knocks he must have taken a course in survival, learning which things were edible and which things weren’t as well as how to construct a shelter with hardly any tools. He did ride the ass-or-not seesaw throughout the story. And generally ass-or-not seesaw riders are enough to make me hate a hero, but I honestly couldn’t get enough of Jacob.
 
If there was one thing that got on my nerves, it was both Daisy and Jacob’s attitude toward murder. Now I know that sounds funny and I’m not saying that they were pro-murder. It’s just that they were so anit-murder. We’re talking kidnapping, sex-hungry pirates. Jacob is prepared to kill Daisy if it comes down to it so she won’t have to suffer such a fate, but he’s not prepared to kill any of the pirates because that would be murder. They wouldn’t even think of killing any of the animals on the island for food.
 
Actually I enjoyed the crap out of this book. It’s one of those that I enjoyed more than I probably should have. I know it will be one that I will reread. If you enjoy reading about deserted islands, billionaires, virgins, and pirate villains, and you can ignore some outlandishness, give this one a try.

Return to You by Kate Perry

Posted on by Dirty Girl Anne

Return To You (Laurel Heights, #3)
Grade-C
Hotness Level-Blaze/Inferno
Kink Level-No Kink
Series-Laurel Heights #3
Genre-Contemporary
Reviewed by Kate
344 pages

It’s been eleven years since Michael left town to pursue his dreams in Hollywood, leaving the love of his life, Olivia, behind. Now he’s come back to film a movie and has to face Olivia again. Olivia’s been nursing her broken heart for the eleven years Michael’s been gone, but can she love someone who hurt her so badly before?
 
I have enjoyed each of the Laurel Heights books that I’ve read and this one is no exception. There is just so much inner turmoil and angst with Michael and Olivia. I just wanted to lock them in a room together until they got everything sorted out…oh wait, that happened (only it was a shed instead of a room) and they still managed to not get anything sorted out. Had this one been a little less angsty (I think that’s a word), I would have enjoyed it more. I did find the secondary romance between Olivia’s father and his assistant sweet and tender.
 
If you like low conflict romances along the lines of Jill Shalvis’s Lucky Harbor series, this is a series I would highly recommend.