Review: More of a M/M/F than a M/F/M
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2012
*Spoilers Ahead!*This was a decent read but I was surprised that the men were more into each other than they were our heroine. The book description should make that clearer. There's plenty of great M/M/F love stories out there, Macy Largo (aka Tymber Dalton)being a fantastic author in that genre, but I picked this up thinking it was a woman centered menage based on the description. The main hero, Silas, is the center of this menage and he wasn't an easy character to warm up to. He cut and ran when he was caught in the barn with our second hero, Colby, and stayed on the run for 10 years. He was callous and cruel to his casual lovers while on the run, insisting on calling all the women Lucy and all the men Colby while in the heat of the moment. Why his long time male lover Red would tolerate being called Colby is never explained. And what's up with refusing to open up and read 10 years of letters that our heroine, Lucy, steadfastly wrote him? You would think that schlepping around all those letters, and they were described in the book as being bricks in a duffle bag, that he would know he was loved and wanted. Another odd thing was Silas' lover in Alaska, Red. He knew who Lucy was when she called, he wanted Silas to be happy and go home, but never told Silas that she had called and it was never explained why. When our lovers do finally reunite, Silas is still recovering from grave injuries after almost literally being blown to death a month earlier, but the three of them start having sex his first night back. This is guy who can't walk, who is still passing out from exhaustion, needs pain pills and is wearing a leg brace, but there they are, getting their sexy on.  It just didn't ring true. The love scenes were detailed and explicit but I had a hard time figuring out who was doing what to whom and exactly how that was being accomplished. Not a good thing when you are reading an erotic novel. I love the setting, the small town feel and the family ties that are outlined in this first book of the series. The owners of the ranch, J.D. and Vicky, are a randy couple and open sexually. Given that, I'm at a loss as to why Silas would  feel he had to hide his bisexuality from his parents. I guess that sums up this book best for me: interesting plot line but characters whose behavior and actions aren't consistent and that made the novel difficult to follow and stay in the moment.