Review: Finding love, comfort and security in the arms of three men
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2012
Book 2 of Siren Publishing series "Slick Rock". Book 1Slick Rock Cowboys. Book 3Her Ex-Marines.Plot:Felicity needs a job. Tom and Billy want a lover. Luke reckons he wants a bit of that too. Now to convince Felicity they can offer her more than a bed to sleep in and a horse to ride.Comments:- Contemporary cowboy menage erotica.- 2152 kindle locations, 37,613 words- 1f:3m - explicit. Includes bdsm-lite - bound to bed, erotic spanking, no safe words. Men who are into D/s, and want their submissive woman to obey them in all things. And they treat her like a child (tell us where you're going, all your private thoughts, eat all your dinner). But then they don't use protection, don't ask if she does, and have no idea it's her first time when they do a (not very gentle) foursome. Aiming for a committed foursome.- Some violence against Felicity by Bad Guy including threat of force.- While "Double E Ranch" is part of a series, the books are really linked by location rather than story or characters. They all live in or near SmallTown USA, Slick Rock, Colorado. We did meet Sheriff Luke in passing in Book 1 "Slick Rock Cowboys". However, "Double E Ranch" happily stands alone.Opinion ***SPOILERS***:First up, why partner number four? Why is Luke there? He says, "I want in [...] I'm not going to back off. I'm not going to stand back and watch you two claim her. I want her as much as you do", after meeting her *once*. So he moves into their house, no arguments, and gets with the game. Billy and Tom didn't want him to compete so he might as well join in. *argh!*A woman lives in your house, under your roof, for weeks. You intend to "have her" as "your woman", but you don't actually have a conversation with her. You don't know her past or her dreams. You know nothing about her before she landed on your doorstep. But that's okay, because she's obviously going to fall for your charms, see the world your way, open up on command and live HEA as your bedroom submissive. Say what?This is one of those books that really just annoys me. Everything is really forced onto Felicity, her choices are removed, and she enters into the relationship all the *males* want. But what really irritates me is that Van has this interesting suspense plot weaving through the background that demonstrates Felicity's strength. And the men don't see it, don't care. Had such possibilities to be better.-CR-