Review: Good story. Well balanced, but too short.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2011
This is my first book from Hunter Raines, and it's a great one to start with. The themes handled in this one are multiple. Dominance and submission, coming out, three-way relationships, self-acceptance, trust, forgiveness...that's a lot to cover in what, 39,000 words? Mark and Cameron, a couple for quite a while, are trying to bring some heat back into a relationship that has started to falter. They love each other, that's clear, but there are secrets from the past that they've never discussed or dealt with eating at their relationship. Phillip, the third lead character, is being forced into a life he doesn't want working for his family and pretending to be straight. When the three of them get together for one night, walls start breaking down, and none of them is truly ready for that. As is so often the case, things get worse before they get better, but that things get better is the point. This isn't just a D/s sex scene book strung together with a flimsy plot to give you the feeling that you're actually reading something with substance. This book is substantive while still being hot. I just wish there had been more development with the three main characters. Hopefully there's a sequel in the works.