Review: An easy read, but wasn't up to the author's usual standards
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2013
CHAPS AND HOPE is a male ménage story with Carlos, Troy and Will as committed partners returning to the ranch, The Mossy Glen, that Carlos had worked on once before. You first meet these characters in the Love in Xchange Series: Where There's A Will by the same author. This is the book where they all meet and establish their relationship.I had not read the previous book so I was a bit lost regarding the relationship and history in this current book. There is lots of hot sex between the men here, and I felt the amount of sex in the book took a small amount away from the overall story, though I also did get a feel for the dynamic of the roles each man plays in this ménage. Carlos is the older dominant personality, Troy is sort of the middle man and Will is the cute little flighty over-sexed youngster.This story is about what happens when the men return to the ranch and have to deal with small town prejudices and bullying. They also have to deal with vandalism done several times to the ranch. There is also Drake who is running from an ex that exposed him to disease. The three men want to protect him so there's the drama surrounding Drake as well.The setting of the book was well done and easy to visualize as well as all of the characters. The relationships between the characters were well written for both major and secondary ones. It was an easy read, but for me it wasn't up to the author's usual standards as far as the story itself. But I will keep buying this author's books, having read most of them and enjoying them all.Warning: This story is a male ménage story with small elements of dominance and bondage. There are also elements of parental abuse of a grown child.Reviewed by Laurie Pfor TheRomanceReviews.com