Review: Awesome!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
Reviewed by Deltafor TheRomanceReviews.comWhen two beautiful men want to move heaven and earth to keep you safe and in their arms, resistance is futile! Seth, Joshua and Leslie star as the sexy trio in CRESCENDO, and you'll find that three is definitely not a crowd in this delectable ménage book!Musician Leslie Hampstead had no choice but to break up with attorney Seth Overton, even though she could easily fall in love with the man. But relationships only lead to heartache, which is something that she can't risk. Seth was devastated when Leslie left him, and he's still certain that she is the perfect woman for him and best friend Joshua Breckenridge. Seth and Joshua have shared everything from classrooms to boardrooms to bedrooms, but Leslie left before they had a chance to find out how good the three of them could be together.When Leslie comes to Seth and Joshua for help with a lawsuit, Seth sees it as a second chance to show her they were meant to be. Joshua is less certain. After all, his best friend was heartsick when she left the first time and he's not ready to take a chance that she'll leave them both again...even if he does want her with a passion that's hard to shake.As part of their deal to help Leslie, she agrees to move in with the men, setting in motion the destruction of the emotional walls each of them have built up over the years. But Leslie hasn't been completely honest about her past, and what she hasn't told her men could destroy the foundation of what promises to be a very beautiful relationship. How will Seth and Joshua cope when they learned the secrets Leslie has been hiding?CRESCENDO is book 2 in the Boston Avant-Garde series and can be read as a standalone novel. What an awesome book this is! Seth and Joshua complement each other completely and totally, and their deep and loving friendship is fabulous. They're known as a duo and rarely date independently, making no apologies for their needs and desires. Leslie is the perfect foil for them, bringing out rarely seen emotions from both men as the relationship progresses. From Joshua's fear that Leslie will leave again to Seth's desire for his best friend to fall as hard for Leslie as he has, there is a depth to all of the characters that I really appreciated and rarely get in a ménage read.The sexual tension between Seth and Joshua was incredible! Even though there was no bisexual tendencies shown, the fact that they were comfortable enough and secure enough with one another to touch when needed as well as show affection frequently just blew me away with the exoticness. And while I was (not so) secretly hoping for a little guy-on-guy action, the fact that there wasn't any made the tension all the more sensual. The three of them were perfectly suited in the bedroom, and the frequent sex scenes in CRESCENDO blew my mind.The only part that took a bit of adjusting was reconciling the uptight and slightly judgmental Leslie from Strung Out, book 1 in this series, with the sexually comfortable and open character from CRESCENDO. While I adored the change, I would have liked to know what happened to prompt it. Even so, I eventually became hooked on her and her men and was drawn into the story completely.I highly recommend picking up book 1 of this delicious series, as you don't want to miss a word from the talented Ms. Maitland.