Review: A strong independent woman finds love with three men in Liberty Springs
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2011
Book 1 "Liberty Springs, Wyoming". Book 2 "Hook, Line and Sinker" has not been released on Amazon at the time of this review.Plot:- Liberty Springs, Wyoming is a smalltown that is rumoured about - polyamory, bdsm.- Zach, Colby and Ty want Emma. So does her stalker.Comments:- Contemporary Smalltown Menage, minor suspense.- 5531 kindle locations, 80,894 words- Sex is between 1 woman and 1, 2 or 3 men. Varied, loving, generous. Sometimes Dominant. Occasional toys, including paraphernalia expected in a bdsm set-up, without going full bdsm. We are aiming for a committed foursome.- Emma is a "romance author". It's necessary for the suspense plot, her acceptance of a menage and knowledge of non-vanilla practices, and some humour as her men try to work out her pen-name. But it's also a little twee.- Book 2 "Hook, Line and Sinker" is m/f bdsm with Jory (the Ranger at the caves) and Bailey (the one in the pink Mustang).- Book 3 "Tag and Release" has Emma's sister Casey taking on the two Marshall's next door - m/f/m.Opinion:Intelligent, mature, menage erotica from a new author who's going to give the established ones a run for their money."No Bag Limit" gives us a nice suspense plot with a Strong, loving woman and plenty of Hot, varied sex. I appreciate how Cole works to develop the characters and their relationships, giving them time together, sending them on "dates". The commitment between the four of them becomes realistic and believable; the love and caring between them all leads to a HEA we want. And the introduction of sub-characters who will eventually get their own stories certainly leads me to look for Book 2. But on top of that, the Evil Stalker sub-plot is extremely well-done. Emma is no Sweet Little Thing, hiding behind her men and waiting to be saved. She has strength, back-bone, a brain! (shocking I know) And does this without being A Tough Sheila. Emma knows what she wants and works out how to get it. But also has a feminine side. She's my favourite kind of heroine.A Really Good Mature Book with the promise of an interesting series to follow. What more could you want?Tip:Ignore the prologue. It doesn't really add to the story. Sadly, it reminds me of a 'Net quiz "What horse are you?" and doesn't do the job of a prologue - to set the scene and draw you in. Read it later for a laugh, but skip it for now.Aside:- Cole is an Aussie, and proud of it. She makes it clear in her bio. But without her spelling this out, I wouldn't have picked it. She doesn't slip into Aussie slang, she places us well and truly on an American ranch, and even flavours the scenes with American Country music.- I'm not a music person but found the Toby Keith "soundtrack" of "No Bag Limit" a nice background. Since I've now added him to my 'pod, please keep it up Ms Cole! The addition of musical suggestions give an extra dimension to your story that I very much appreciated. (And the romance of the Bar scene *sigh* Had to go track hubby down for a twirl around the kitchen after that one). Maybe down the track we'll get a soundtrack flavoured with some Aussie artists - Lee Kernaghan, Kasey Chambers, Keith Urban anyone? *grin*-CR-