Review: gentle well written erotic romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2014
Crossing the Lines.  M.Q.  Barber,Review from Jeannie Zelos Book reviews.I do love well written erotica, that which has a good story, and doesn't just rely on page after page after page of sex to try to fill content. I hadn't read the first in this series, but this looked promising so I settled in to read. Its a great story, a gentle interlude into how the sex contract between the trio is working.Henry is a Dom, not a harsh, bullying, heavy handed one but a gentle, subtle, thoughtful man who really looks to what Alice and Jay need. Jay's been with him a while now, and still needs Henry's help to get over a brief, but very bad experience with a bullying Dom. Alice moved in to the apartment next to theirs 20 months ago, and has been under the D/s contract 8 months now. She's finding that though it suited her at first, she wants more, but is so afraid of offending Jay and Henry, fearing she's intruding and will lose what they have. It means she's struggling, and I loved the way Henry senses that – as he seems to instinctively know what they both need all the while – and how he deals with it. Jay is lovely, Alice describes him as like an overgrown puppy and that’s really apt. His enthusiasm for everything bubbles over, his mouth runs at a mile a minute, and he's such a contrast to Henry who considers the consequences of everything before he speaks or acts. Sometimes though the best laid plans and all that.....There's some hot and sensual sex scenes. Some BDSM scenes in a club showing just how things can go wrong so easily, and how lucky they are to have Henry who doesn’t need to show the world his control, its enough for him that it keeps the three of them happy. There's some humour and some times when I could have cried for poor Alice, wanting more and yet terrified of tipping the boat, and losing what she had. Its so easy to get confused with miscommunication too, and this is shown really well here. Its not a heart stopping romance, but a gentle progression building on what they have and I loved it. Its priced at 2.68 for 255 pages and is one I’d happily re read.CONTENT WARNING: Explicit sex, graphic language, BDSM, bondage, spanking, M/M/F ménage, M/F sex, M/M sex.ARC provided via NetgalleyStars:  five