Review: Sexy romance with an edge
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2012
The Hostage Bargain is a fun, sexy romance with an edge to it that I found impossible to put down. I'm not normally a fan of ménage situations in a contemporary romance, but this story breaks the mold. Melinda works in a bank and hates her job, but she really hates her boss. She owns a sheep farm with her sisters and when her parents died she was put in charge of them. She had to put her dreams on hold and in order to try to save her family's farm started working for the man she hated. So when the bank is robbed by guys wearing zombie masks, she actually helps them. The scene in the vault with her and the thieves is hilarious. I fell a little in love with her right then.Told from first person point of view, this is a very sexy story of a woman needing to break free from a life she felt trapped in. The bank robbers who kidnap her are planning to let her go but she talks them into taking her along for the ride. Taking on the name of Isis to go along with her sexy gang of robbers; Thor, Zeus and Odin, she literally becomes who she's always wanted to be. Isis is a risk taker and a thrill seeker and while she enjoys sexy games with Thor (love him!) and Odin, Zeus holds back from joining in despite the connection between him and Isis. Like I said before, ménage situations usually don't work for me because I can never believe the happy ending but Ms. Martin pulls this off perfectly. Luckily it looks like Ms. Martin is planning to continue this series and I'm very eager for the next one. Her voice is unique and I flew through this story in one night. If you like super hot erotic romance with a little bit of kink (nothing too heavy), some snark and some badass characters, pick this up!