melagrossi's review
3.0
Jace and Ash like to share women, there’s no jealousy, no drama, just steamy hot sex… it’s how they roll, their kink isn’t a huge secret, even Jace’s sister Mia knows about it. And it’s at Mia and Gabe’s engagement party where Jace sees Bethany across the room, she’s working the event, he is of course hosting the event, in the hotel, that he owns… For the first time he feels a pull to a woman, who he wants just for himself, a feral, caveman craving to take her away and horde her to himself.
Ash, being the ultimate wingman, notices his interest in the pretty girl, and Ash thinks she’s hot too so why not, and corners her in the kitchen and propositions her….
Bethany is hiding out in the kitchen, handing over the cash she’d been paid so far to her “brother” Jack, she knows that despite his promises and stories he’s going to use the money for drugs, or booze or something else wasteful and destructive, and she’s only going to have the last half of the cash they’ll pay her when she’s done working bussing tables, it’ll buy her some food, and hopefully she’ll find a place to spend the night, because Bethany, eye catching, beautiful, kind, is also homeless… an unfortunate, but not completely uncommon story for someone who ages out of the system…
So back to the proposition, although a little off put by Ash, she agrees, there’s dinner, and maybe a place to sleep, plus they are handsome and she wants to feel good and forget. He wants to go now, she needs to finish her shift, she needs the money, Ash offers to pay her to get her into their clutches faster, but she refuses his money, having dinner together and having sex is one thing, feeling like you’re being paid for sex is not ok… not for Bethany…
Once they make it to the room, although grateful Jace is starting to feel possessive, caveman, and kinda jealous, they ignite and burn in passion. After a night of hot, steamy, sheet melting sex Bethany disappears, but Jace can’t forget her, and after trying and failing he decides to hunt her down, showing up at her home address which turns out to be a homeless shelter, he is taken aback, it doesn’t turn him off or away that she’s homeless, but she isn’t there and his hunt continues, because he is a man possessed, even if they don’t end up together he wants to help her, and the other women in that shelter.
In dramatic fashion he does find her, and she’s hurt, a “friend” of Jack’s found her and roughed her up trying to get their money, which she doesn’t have. She’s had a bad run of luck overall, aging out of the system, a car accident, an addiction to pain pills which she eventually beat… Jace finding her, wanting her, obsessing with her, he want to truly give her a Cinderella story…
The book moves into their long story, weaving in, out and around, trying to figure out how they fit, if they fit, dealing with a sad abandoned Ash, and how Jack fits into all of this…
The sex was hot, like smoking hot, melt your panties hot, but it was damn long (which was ok because it was a spendy book, as all hers are) but I felt it meandered and while I love the series, I only liked the book. I can do suspension of disbelief, I read like a crazy person, but this was just too… too… I don’t know, just too… I mean I can suspend my disbelief and buy the stories in Shayla Black’s Masters of Menage series (it’s a guilty pleasure thing, don’t judge) but for reasons I cannot quite articulate (obviously) I had trouble just buying this and moving past it.
It’s still an enjoyable volume in the series, but not her best book by a mile.
Ash, being the ultimate wingman, notices his interest in the pretty girl, and Ash thinks she’s hot too so why not, and corners her in the kitchen and propositions her….
Bethany is hiding out in the kitchen, handing over the cash she’d been paid so far to her “brother” Jack, she knows that despite his promises and stories he’s going to use the money for drugs, or booze or something else wasteful and destructive, and she’s only going to have the last half of the cash they’ll pay her when she’s done working bussing tables, it’ll buy her some food, and hopefully she’ll find a place to spend the night, because Bethany, eye catching, beautiful, kind, is also homeless… an unfortunate, but not completely uncommon story for someone who ages out of the system…
So back to the proposition, although a little off put by Ash, she agrees, there’s dinner, and maybe a place to sleep, plus they are handsome and she wants to feel good and forget. He wants to go now, she needs to finish her shift, she needs the money, Ash offers to pay her to get her into their clutches faster, but she refuses his money, having dinner together and having sex is one thing, feeling like you’re being paid for sex is not ok… not for Bethany…
Once they make it to the room, although grateful Jace is starting to feel possessive, caveman, and kinda jealous, they ignite and burn in passion. After a night of hot, steamy, sheet melting sex Bethany disappears, but Jace can’t forget her, and after trying and failing he decides to hunt her down, showing up at her home address which turns out to be a homeless shelter, he is taken aback, it doesn’t turn him off or away that she’s homeless, but she isn’t there and his hunt continues, because he is a man possessed, even if they don’t end up together he wants to help her, and the other women in that shelter.
In dramatic fashion he does find her, and she’s hurt, a “friend” of Jack’s found her and roughed her up trying to get their money, which she doesn’t have. She’s had a bad run of luck overall, aging out of the system, a car accident, an addiction to pain pills which she eventually beat… Jace finding her, wanting her, obsessing with her, he want to truly give her a Cinderella story…
The book moves into their long story, weaving in, out and around, trying to figure out how they fit, if they fit, dealing with a sad abandoned Ash, and how Jack fits into all of this…
The sex was hot, like smoking hot, melt your panties hot, but it was damn long (which was ok because it was a spendy book, as all hers are) but I felt it meandered and while I love the series, I only liked the book. I can do suspension of disbelief, I read like a crazy person, but this was just too… too… I don’t know, just too… I mean I can suspend my disbelief and buy the stories in Shayla Black’s Masters of Menage series (it’s a guilty pleasure thing, don’t judge) but for reasons I cannot quite articulate (obviously) I had trouble just buying this and moving past it.
It’s still an enjoyable volume in the series, but not her best book by a mile.
lucycharm9's review
DNF at pg 224/54% (;￢＿￢) Jace is not like the Jace I know in Mia and Gabe's book. This is not the first love at first sight book I have read but I do not get why he was attracted to Bethany in the first place. Just a pretty face, lean figure and vulnerable look that made him feel more dominant as a caretaker? It made no sense to me. I am ok with Cinderella and Mary Sue plot but it made no sense. If I am in Jace's shoe, I would the hell lost interest in Bethany when she gave her address to Jack and invited him over to Mia/Jace's property before talking and getting consent from them. Hell you know Jace care. On one side Bethany said she did not feel like she deserve it but on the other hand she invited Jack (probably involving in crime, drug, etc.) to a place that could bring trouble to people who were nice to you. Hell no logic behind and it made her look hypocritic. Ms. Banks probably design the plot this way on purpose because without Jack this story had no drama or even up and downs. But in my personal opinion this could be executed in a better way. For instance, find Jack and have a decent talk to him while have Kaden and Trevor with her but not to have Jack aware of their existence to not freak him out. Then try to help Jack to get out of his trouble and get both of them better life? The heck? If I am poor and I have all sort of good resources that I can use, I would do anything I can to make myself a better person so that I am prepare if "Jace" eventually decides to ditch me one day.
Idk if it is because I read this 2013 book in 2022. It feels completed out of date and I just cannot finish. I might still try Ash's book since I have already bought it... The hell I even gave Gabe and Ash'a book a 3.5/4 stars.
Idk if it is because I read this 2013 book in 2022. It feels completed out of date and I just cannot finish. I might still try Ash's book since I have already bought it... The hell I even gave Gabe and Ash'a book a 3.5/4 stars.
jenninikole81's review
5.0
I loved this book. Jace & Bethany's story was amazingly written & had me hooked! Jace Crestwell was a true Prince Charming!
pattymac61's review
5.0
Loved it a great story...Jace was just so loving he was controlling but Bethany wanted that from him, and though they had some rough patches I wouldn't say anymore but a great book. Loved it can't wait for Burn!
geo_ix's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! For some crazy ass reason, I have a thing for these books where a guy controls a girl. However, this was another level. Usually, it's just the bedroom, where the girl willingly submits, and then he controls her life subtley without the girl realising or caring. In this? He came out and said it. I control you, day and night. I'll admit, he was way too overbearing. I would have beat his ass, but she loved it, so I don't really mind. It was a lovely story of a girl holding onto her past, instead of giving into the "fairytale" as she put it. She realises ace actually doesn't trust her, and in the end it takes her life in danger for him to realise he does trust her. I can't wait to see Ash's love story, he was the one I liked from the beginning. He has no loving family besides his friends. And by the looks of it, it's going to start with him seeing his family as his visit is coming close. I hope his grandfather is lovely. He sounds it from what ash says. Always the grandfather with money who is nice and the parents below him trying to milk them dry on their death bed. Assholes. Time will tell.
kaylababb's review
3.0
K I feel like my three starts is generous considering the cheesiness of the chapters where Bethany is in the hospital.
zenithharpink's review
3.0
I'm enjoying this trilogy, the stories are good. I think Maya is very redundant in her dialogue with driving home certain points, and at times its exhausting. I find spotted reading through most of the book a good solution. I actually preferred this to the first book, and I'll definitely be reading the third, I just can't bring myself to give more than 3 stars to a romance-the stories are never original or very well written. Good piece of fluff though!