Review: Unbroken
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
A three-way love interest is the focus of this adult book about rugged Wyoming men and spirited women.  Claire Mickelson is taking out her ire on Tucker's pickup truck with a baseball bat.  Tucker had stood her up and spent the night with a casual pickup who bragged in the diner afterwards.Rancher Tucker Langley has a best friend Christian Davis, who works on road crews.  Tucker's fiancée was killed in a car crash, two years ago, and Christian fancies Tucker, who initially has no intention of getting it on with a guy. Christian also likes ladies, and the two men relax by getting excited over porn together (which just seems yucky to me).  Christian reckons that Tucker's heart has not healed and he is scared of getting too close to a girl.Plenty of men have wanted to put their boots under Claire's bed, but we're told she's fussy.  It seems strange then, that the man who let her down finds easy forgiveness when he asks to make love to her with Christian watching.  Maybe Claire is just ready for some excitement... maybe she also fancies Christian... and a threesome.Em Petrova writes red-hot fantasy cowboy romance, so her characters don't necessarily behave the way that everyday people would.  I found it hard to accept that a straight man would then decide to have gay sex after a threesome. However the tale also tackles serious issues. Tucker makes a visit to the family of his lost love and is gently told that they have put away her photo, and it's time for him to move on with life.  A dispute arises about potential coal mining on the family ranch, with Tucker standing in the way of what he sees as environmental despoliation but others see as wealth. We see a good deal of ranch work, as Christian and Claire are left to care for horses, poultry, and an alpaca....I did think that the main characters were having so much sex that they couldn't get any work done, and the girl should have started fending off the men with sticks, but at least they were being careful.  The tale finishes in action and the gritty ladies of this county don't weaken with age.  If that's what you want, it's a decent read.