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Half Hearts

by Sherri Desbois (Goodreads Author)

3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 · rating details · 204 ratings · 32 reviews

A promise broken
Losing her family at a young age, and then broken promises from the man she’d loved all her life, Charlie McCarty rarely allows anyone to get close to her. Resolved to live her life without love and determined to become a top-notch Veterinarian, she begins her residency in Redfield. Fate, however, has a way of stepping in to change even the most obstinate s...more

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Published January 10th 2011 by Liquid Silver Publishing

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Feb 03, 2011 I ♥ Bookie Nookie rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Cowboy menage lovers M/F/M

Shelves: genre-cowboy-club, theme-menage, sexual-mix-mfm, character-cowboy, zz-reviewed, 2011-read-in, tone-erotic

Half Hearts has many of the elements that really light my fire.

✔ Cowboys
✔ Hunky, masculine men
✔ Spunky heroine
✔ SMART heroine
✔ Let's not forget menage
✔ Excellent chemistry between all 3 involved
✔ There was a good "chase"...heroine didn't immediately fall into bed w/ them.

I am very impressed with this author...hard to believe this is a first novel for her. The characters had great chemistry. The relationship between Charlie, Kegan and Trevor evolved in a manner that felt real, not forced or t...more

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May 18, 2012 Guilty Pleasures rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle-amazon

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Jan 24, 2011 Summer rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: cowboy, m-f-m, favorites, hea-m-f-m, menage

This book had a lot of emotional turmoil rolled into it and I loved it. The characters were very lovable and made an excellent couple. I loved how she was able to show how much the men loved each other in the relationship too without having the sexual aspect between them (although that would have been hot too).

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Jan 23, 2011 MimiFaye rated it 5 of 5 stars

Sherri made me fall in love with her characters. She developed them so well, I felt that I knew them. Amazing job for her first book. Looking forward to Rae and Cade. (Characters in the book)

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Mar 08, 2011 Mandi Schreiner rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotic, contemporary

Charlie is having fun flirting with a cowboy in a bar. Being a veterinary resident doesn’t leave her much time for fun. Not having family, and only her best friend Rae around, she feels like doing something wild. When the cowboy, Trevor hints that she should go home with him and meet up with his other cowboy friend for a night of fun, Charlie is freaked out but ready. But when she gets a glimpse of Trevor’s friend Kegan, Charlie abruptly ends the evening.

Kegan and Charlie were best friends as te...more Charlie is having fun flirting with a cowboy in a bar. Being a veterinary resident doesn’t leave her much time for fun. Not having family, and only her best friend Rae around, she feels like doing something wild. When the cowboy, Trevor hints that she should go home with him and meet up with his other cowboy friend for a night of fun, Charlie is freaked out but ready. But when she gets a glimpse of Trevor’s friend Kegan, Charlie abruptly ends the evening.

Kegan and Charlie were best friends as teenagers. But due to Kegan’s abusive father, he left, promising her he would return. But he never did. Even when Charlie’s beloved grandmother died, he never showed up. Charlie is heartbroken over this and can’t move past it. She is shocked to see Kegan now in a bar, carefree. Shocked and hurt.

Life is going to throw these cowboys in her path again – when she heads to the Trev-Ke ranch to check on some animals, she realizes this is the ranch both Trevor and Kegan own. Trevor and Kegan are best friends, making a pact with each other when they were 18 that they would never sleep with a woman unless they were both present. They want to find a permanent girlfriend for their threesome, and Charlie just might be it.

Half Hearts has a nice start and I was impressed by the more erotic, dirty talk paired with no sex scenes for the first 30% of this book. Charlie doesn’t immediately dive into a ménage and we get a little drama with her past history with Kegan. Trevor comes across with a hot temper and I liked that side of him.

But the last two-thirds of the book I lost interest quickly. A few things come to mind. First, Trevor and Kegan on several occasions make reference to the fact that they are not gay, just committed to each other. Now, obviously there is some kind of intimate feelings going on – these are two men who have agreed to never have sex unless they are both present. I don’t understand why the gay issue has to be so black and white.

One of my biggest disappointments is Charlie. Again, I liked her at the beginning – willing to take a chance with a fling, and then her fear of getting involved with Kegan. But after she starts this relationship it felt like nothing was ever her fault. It is Kegan’s fault he never came back for her when she turned 18. Trevor is the one with the temper that has to apologize to her. It always felt like she was making the men apologize or make-up for their behavior. She is always cast in the perfect light. This became very annoying to me. The Charlie worshipping is too much to take.

On that same note, the passion or romance scenes were just too over the top for me. How many times can someone not breathe because of the lust they feel, or have earth shattering orgasms? I get it – you have great sex. It felt forced and not real life to me. It is after one of these amazing orgasms that Trevor realizes he needs both Kegan and Charlie permanently in his life:

As he floated back to his body, Trevor stared at Kegan and Charlie. He knew that at a deep emotional level, he’d been affected as nothing else in his life had ever accomplished.

He belonged to them. Body , mind and soul.

I have a hard time buying into this type of statement when you are coming off of an orgasm high.

I like the set-up in this one but not the execution. The romance and following relationships fall flat for me.

Rating: C-(less)

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Apr 02, 2012 Heather in FL rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: a-i-own-it, mix-m-f-m, elements-erotic-smut

This is a great debut story! I was drawn in by the characters and their stories from the get-go. I could feel Charlie's heart break upon seeing Kegan at the bar after so many years. Someone else mentioned editing issues, and I'll have to agree. It's a really bad pet peeve that I seem to have no control over... I just notice the errors, and it pulls me out of the story briefly. Thankfully the story was so great that it sucked me right back in. I would love to see if Kegan and Trevor explore their...more

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May 17, 2011 Miz Love rated it 5 of 5 stars

Charlie has loved Kegan for a long time, despite years stretching between the last time she saw him and now. She believed he had gone off and left her broken-hearted, uncaring as to what happened to her when he walked away. Nursing a broken heart and the feeling that her one chance at loving a man wholly had gone with Kegan, she strove to make something of herself in her job and focused her energies on that.

One night out changes her life forever. And I love that, don’t you? Those little twists a...more Charlie has loved Kegan for a long time, despite years stretching between the last time she saw him and now. She believed he had gone off and left her broken-hearted, uncaring as to what happened to her when he walked away. Nursing a broken heart and the feeling that her one chance at loving a man wholly had gone with Kegan, she strove to make something of herself in her job and focused her energies on that.

One night out changes her life forever. And I love that, don’t you? Those little twists and turns in life that take us on a completely different path, one we hadn’t even dreamed we would tread. Charlie had gone out with the intent to have some fun. Instead, life threw her a curveball, a dilemma, and unearthed a multitude of old emotions, making her head spin and her heart hurt all over again with memories she’d tried to bury.

She meets Trevor, a sexy cowboy who takes her breath away and gives her hope that she can put Kegan and her past behind her. But life doesn’t always work out the way we think, does it, and it’s no different for Charlie. Trevor tells her he and his friend would both love to bed her, and she’s surprised at how excited that makes her feel—until she finds out who his friend is.

*Plot spoiler alert* Kegan is Trevor’s friend. They have been buddies for a few years now and share everything, including women. Charlie has bowled Trevor over, and he knows he wants more from her than just a roll in the hay. He tells Kegan about her, and Kegan realises just who she is… Both men want her, both men have feelings for her, and both men are willing to share. The question is, can Charlie share too?

God, what a beautiful, lovely book. I enjoyed every moment and paused many times to think about the three-way relationship as I so often do when reading ménage. I’m fascinated by how it works, how jealousy doesn’t play a part, how they can share so easily without getting in one another’s way or on their nerves. You have to be pretty strong and secure in your three-way to keep your attention on the love and not the envy/green-eyed monster.

Half Hearts goes above and beyond to give a ménage with a caring, loving bent that had this reader misty-eyed several times. The past rears its ugly head, and the characters all have to deal with the aftermath. Seeing how they all pulled together to support, to love, to really and truly care, made me sigh.(less)

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Feb 25, 2011 LynnMarie rated it 4 of 5 stars

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They fell for each other out on the dance floor in a honkytonk bar. One look and that was enough for anything to seem possible. A proposition is made and she accepts without full knowledge as to the identity of the other player involved. She thought it would be fun and relieve her of some of the loneliness she's felt for so long... at least for one night. He couldn't let her get away without at least possessing her body and she makes him feel things that no other woman has made hi...more

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Feb 18, 2011 Dahlia (yadkny) rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Cowboy Ménage Lovers

They fell for each other out on the dance floor in a honkytonk bar. One look and that was enough for anything to seem possible. A proposition is made and she accepts without full knowledge as to the identity of the other player involved. She thought it would be fun and relieve her of some of the loneliness she's felt for so long... at least for one night. He couldn't let her get away without at least possessing her body and she makes him feel things that no other woman has made him feel before,...more

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Jan 17, 2011 Sassafrass rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, menage, the-romance-reviews

This review was originally done for The Romance Reviews and can be found here:

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This debut novel by Sherri Desbois absolutely knocked my socks off!!

There are things that I love in my novels. I love romance, I love alpha males who are ga-ga over their women, I love erotic loves scenes, and I love plots and characters that grab hold of you and won't leave you even after you finish reading the book. It's rare, but when I have all of those things together, I fee...more

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Mar 04, 2011 Tamela Quijas rated it 5 of 5 stars

Half Hearts has everything a reader could ask for---romance, men that LOVE their woman, steamy sex, and a plot that keeps the reader reading page after page. Sherri Desbois debut romance novel leaves me wanting to camp out on her doorstep and ask for her to PLEASE, PLEASE, WRITE MORE!
The female lead, Charlie, has had a life filled with disappointments and tragedy. Her parents died when she was young, her beloved grandmother passes away, and the love of her life walked away. Time eases hurt, but...more

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Feb 07, 2011 ൠSinful rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, cowboys, erotica, menage, sweet, suspense, short, romance

Really good story that I followed a bunch of my GR friends to reading. It isn't the longest but it was longer than I expected. Lots going on in this story of lost love found and new love forming.
Charlie (girl) was in love with older boy Kegan. When Charlie was 16 Kegan ran off saying he'd be back for her when she turned 18. He never showed and her heart broke. All her family members had died, he left, she had learned the hard way to steal her heart, everyone leaves.
Now as a new vet resident in a...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Lillie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, committed-menage

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Feb 27, 2011 ♆ BookAddict ~ La Crimson Femme rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult, erotica, menage, deviant-diva, mff

I enjoyed this book. I'd really like to give it a 3.5 star since it was better than a 3, but not quite a 4. Ms. Desbois's humour shows up in odd places. This was an image that caused me to chortle with great mirth. "Hope was like frogs praying for wings so they didn’t bump their asses when they hopped. But there weren’t any flying fucking frogs!"

The story line is not to different than any other menages involving a female and two males. There is one person who is afraid to trust. One person has...more

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Feb 18, 2011 Mrs. Missive rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2011

Okay. There is NO WAY this is this author's first book. I cry shenanigans. This was...amazing...captivating...insert high praise adjective here.

I have read some good books. I have read some great series. It has been a LONG time since a book has grabbed me this quickly. By 10% of this book, I knew it was over for me, and I settled in for the long day of nothing but reading.

Half Hearts is about an abandoned love that smacks our heroine in the face after 5 years. Charlie is all alone in the world...more Okay. There is NO WAY this is this author's first book. I cry shenanigans. This was...amazing...captivating...insert high praise adjective here.

I have read some good books. I have read some great series. It has been a LONG time since a book has grabbed me this quickly. By 10% of this book, I knew it was over for me, and I settled in for the long day of nothing but reading.

Half Hearts is about an abandoned love that smacks our heroine in the face after 5 years. Charlie is all alone in the world after her Gram's died. She has shut down except for her friend Rae. Rae drags her ass to a Cowboy bar. Mmmmmm...cowboys.

She is instantly bought a beer and seduced by a cowboy...who likes to share. Ooooh yeah.

So lets give the yum-scale checklist a peek. Tortured Cowboys? Check! Menage? Check! Unrequited love back to deliciously torture our main characters? Hell yeah CHECK!

We are treated to the story of our trio coming to grips with what has happened in their past(nope not pretty), how to open up enough to share it with each other, and how to move forward and not let it rule their future.

There are some great one-liners and just enough smiles to get us through the really rough times. Through the jokes, the arguements, the dickhead parents all of our characters seemed cursed with, we get a vision of pure love.

I am more into slappy than sappy, but this book did it for me. Wow did this book do it for me.

I have two little gripes. Well one gripe and one that may be a gripe for others. First, there were quite a few typos and errors that pulled me from the story. A little more editing please. May have just been the kindle version conversion, but it could use a little re-vamp.

Second, the boys did touch...but only briefly...and through clothes. And damn did they seem excited about that contact! But they didn't really explore that part of their relationship very thoroughly, which may be a negative to the man-love fans out there. I think as the boys develop a little more in their permenant menage lifestyle, they may loosen up a little more. It seems the trio has some growing to do.

If you love cowboys, if you love menage, if you love sex, for goodness sakes read this book. 5 stars.(less)

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Jun 27, 2011 ♥ ♥Lynn ♥ ♥ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011, june-2011, ebook, ebooks-i-own, menage, cowboys, romance, sherri-desbois

I really enjoyed this story. Charlie, Trevor, and Kegan were amazing to get to know. There were some editing issues that pulled me from the story, but it is worth the read. I am glad the characters didn't just jump into the sack and call it a day. When I read a menage, I want to feel like each of the participants are needed and cared for. I felt that with this story. The menage was not to about the bedroom, but about the people.

This story was well written, however the ending felt a little rushe...more

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Apr 05, 2011 Deviant Divas rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ms. Desbois weaves a delightful story about a lonely girl sans family who meets two hot cowboys in a bar. While the setting for this story is common enough among the erotic literature, its Ms. Desbois's writing style which makes the difference. She adds depth to her story by captivating the reader with her developed characters who all carry baggage. She balances the angst and pain with scenes of mischief and sexual tension. Her odd humor injected in times of venting rage catches the reader off g...more

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Nov 21, 2011 Among The Muses rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, erotica, m-f-m, new-to-me-author, western, menage, review-request

Rated 3.5 on the blog.

Debut author, Sherri Desbois, gives readers a story of love, angst, and whole lot of sexiness found on a ranch between the trio of two possessive cowboys and their ranch veterinarian on residency.

Twenty-three year old, Charlie McCarty, was just granted her Veterinarian residency in a small town named Redfield. To celebrate the event, she and her college friend Rae, head to the local bar to have a little fun and maybe break Charlie's long stretch of celibacy. She's instantl...more

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Mar 31, 2011 Sherri Desbois added it · (Review from the author)

Shelves: book-i-wrote

A promise broken
Losing her family at a young age, and then broken promises from the man she�d loved all her life, Charlie McCarty rarely allows anyone to get close to her. Resolved to live her life without love and determined to become a top-notch Veterinarian, she begins her residency in Redfield. Fate, however, has a way of stepping in to change even the most obstinate set plans and forces Charlie to face her past, push the boundaries of her control and her heart to the brink of destruction.

A...more

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Jan 31, 2011 Debbie rated it 5 of 5 stars

I just finished this book. I have to say, I think it's the best book I've read this year.

I loved Trevor, Kegan and Charlie. This was a picture of absolute true love. They just seemed so real and down to earth. Their pain became my pain and I was in tears off and on during the last 25% of the book. That doesn't happen often and it's quite the author that can do that.

I hope there is a sequel to this book. I would love to see a book for Rae and Cade.

Sherri Desbois is definitely going to be an au...more

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Mar 23, 2012 ☼sunny☼ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: three

As soon as I started to read, I remembered that I had read the book a while ago. It is about a resident Veterinarian, with two more years to go to Vet status. She bumps into a knock out guy Trevor who finally gets the heart moving after mourning the disappearance of her childhood sweetheart Keagan. Guess who Trevor wants her to meet for a threesome?
The story is well written, memorable and hot. The three of people grow in a good way and Charlie soon fits in perfectly.

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Jun 07, 2011 ValerieC rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: sherri-desbois, cowboys, on-kindle

4.5 stars!

This was another one I had on the Kindle for a while and hadn't read (go figure). I loved it...

* Romantic menage
* Not 'perfect' characters
* People who can learn from their actions
* Really scary, evil happenings
* Smex! All kinds, really... but sweet and well described :-)
* Will probably make you cry at least some
* 'Cowboys'
* Good lead for another book (hope this turns into a series)

Downside: Editing. It was fairly bad, although not the worst I have read (from some big writers, too). How...more

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Mar 19, 2011 Holly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: menage, ebooks-own-and-read

This book was a very pleasant surprise. It is no secret, my love of menage, and cowboys, but this one was a bit different! Half Hearts had a little bit of everything, hot sexy cowboys, wounded, but strong heroine, a little romantic suspense, and of course smokin' hot sex. Even though I am a lover of menage, I need my menage to have love behind it to really love the story, the relationship between Charlie, Keagen and Trevor tugged at my heart through this whole book! I specifically enjoyed the lo...more

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Mar 14, 2011 Kris (KindleRomance) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: lendable-nook

I thought this was a good book, just not my kind of book. There was too much violence and not enough romance. The characters were so abused and distrusting that it was really hard for me to enjoy. I just wanted to hug them and make everything ok.

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Sep 12, 2011 Stephanie Marsh rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011

This was a great first novel. You can see my whole review here: http://www.booksbeforeboys.com/2011/0...

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Mar 03, 2011 luv2reed rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: sexcontent-poly-mfm, 1-own-it

I guess I'm in the minority. I've read better and I've read worse, it was just OK for me.I will say it's a sticking point for me in menage books when the guys are adamant about making sure everyone knows they're not gay. If it's going to be strictly mfm not mmf just let it be, no need to announce it like there is something wrong with two guys touching each other. Anyway that's just me.

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Jun 06, 2012 Jackie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Going off of a rating of a friend, I borrowed this book from her. I really enjoyed it!

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Aug 27, 2012 Smutlover rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: menage

I give this one a 3. Kegan needed to get over his damn self and grow up. I don't know who edited this but every time someone licked her "naval" I thought ... what the hell does the navy or warships have to do with sex? I hate things like that, it pulls me out of the story and turns me off.

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Feb 28, 2011 Stephanie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Stephanie by: I ♥ Bookie Nookie

Shelves: ebook, recommended, steamy-hot-romance-comtemp

What a gem from a new author. I look forward to reading more from her.

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Apr 26, 2011 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2read2

Had some good moments and not so good moments. Liked the overall storyline but Kegan's attitude wore on me for most of the book.

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Half Hearts is my first attempt at writing a novel. I was fortunate enough that someone looked past my type O's and run on sentences and saw the story beneath and it's potential. Half Hearts is slated to be released January 10, 2011 and my feet haven't touched the ground since I received the notification. I have a couple other WIP which I hope to submit soon. Most of my works are erotic in nature...more

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