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Brazen (Brazen #1)

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One woman's campaign to win the hearts of the two men she loves.

Jasmine left the Sweetwater Ranch and the Morgan brothers, no longer able to bear the painful dilemma of loving them both. After a year away, in which she gains new perspective, she returns home with one goal. To make Seth and Zane Morgan hers.

Jaz may have left an innocent girl, but she's returned a beautiful,...more

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Published September 4th 2007 by Samhain Publishing (first published 2007)

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Jun 12, 2010 UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: People who like menage and explicit sex.

Shelves: reviewed-by-me, donate-sell-trade, 3-stars

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Well, I really should start off by saying that I'm not a big fan of "sharing" your boyfriend or girlfriend with another... especially not on a permanent basis, which is why this one only gets 3 stars.

My expectations were not very high, having just read Colters' Woman which was, in my opinion, not well written at all and received 2 stars from me.

Brazen is getting 3 stars because this story was so much more believable. The characters were more defined and the struggle/conflict/resolution seemed m...more
Well, I really should start off by saying that I'm not a big fan of "sharing" your boyfriend or girlfriend with another... especially not on a permanent basis, which is why this one only gets 3 stars.

My expectations were not very high, having just read Colters' Woman which was, in my opinion, not well written at all and received 2 stars from me.

Brazen is getting 3 stars because this story was so much more believable. The characters were more defined and the struggle/conflict/resolution seemed more realistic. They were believable as people, if that makes sense.

The back story - Jaz was 16 years old when she met Seth and Zane in a local bar. In order to survive on the streets after running away from her foster home, she found herself in the unpleasant and unwanted position of soliciting herself. The brothers didn't take her up on the offer, however they did talk to her and found out why she was trying to prostitute herself. They became her self appointed guardian angels, took her to their home and gave her a safe place to finish growing up.

Over the 6 years that Jaz lived with them, she came to love them...not in a brotherly/sisterly/platonic way. She loved them both and wanted to spend her life with them, sharing her heart, soul and body with both of them, but not believing it possible. Unable to love 1 without the other, she left their home and spent a year living in Paris where she met a woman who encouraged her to re-think her decision and return home to try and convince the brothers that the 3 of them could have an intimate, committed relationship.

Present story - Jaz returns to their ranch and puts on the pressure, turns up the heat and holds nothing back in trying to seduce Seth and Zane into seeing things her way.

What I did like about this book was the Maya Banks did a good job showing, not just telling the reader, the conflict that both Seth and Zane were feeling. While they both readily admitted to loving Jaz, it took them to almost the end of the book to be willing to try and make such an unorthodox relationship work. I appreciated that because it made me see them as men who truly loved Jaz, not just a couple of guys feeling like they had hit the sexcapade jackpot.

So while I didn't get into the threesome, and don't in general, I did enjoy the way the story was written and found myself caring about their feelings, and wanted to see them gain their happily ever after.(less)

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Jul 14, 2008 Auntee rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Fans of erotic romance

Recommended to Auntee by: I like the author's other work

Shelves: erotic-romance, ménage, maya_banks

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This was not your typical menage story. I've found that usually it's the men trying to convince the woman that a menage relationship could work for all parties involved. In this story, the woman practically has to beg and plead with the men to try a committed menage relationship, which was a little unusual.

Jasmine, the heroine in this story, was a 16 year old runaway from her foster home, living on the streets for a year and reluctantly about to become a prostitute working for an abusive pimp. S...more This was not your typical menage story. I've found that usually it's the men trying to convince the woman that a menage relationship could work for all parties involved. In this story, the woman practically has to beg and plead with the men to try a committed menage relationship, which was a little unusual.

Jasmine, the heroine in this story, was a 16 year old runaway from her foster home, living on the streets for a year and reluctantly about to become a prostitute working for an abusive pimp. She ends up propositioning one of the heroes of this book (Seth), and he, along with his brother Zane, is horrified. After finding out her story and the fact she has no family except for an older brother who she's lost touch with, they decide to take her back to their ranch to live with them. Platonically, of course. They end up hiring a housekeeper who becomes like a second mother to her, and the brothers, who are 22 and 26 when they take her in, treat her like their kid sister.

Fast forward 6 years, and Jasmine is now a 22 year old woman, just back in town after spending a year in Paris. Jasmine's got a problem, and a year spent away from the brothers did not solve it. It seems she's in love with both brothers, and wants them both. She refuses to choose between them, because she loves them equally. And she's hoping that they love her enough to agree to a menage relationship.

That's about the basis of this story. Jasmine tries every trick in the book to entice the brothers and to get them to see she's not a little girl anymore. Fun-loving Zane is a somewhat easy sell, but Seth is another story. Although he's attracted to Jasmine, he thinks it's wrong, wrong, wrong! And even though he loves her too, he doesn't think he could share Jaz with anyone, not even his brother.

I thought Jaz was a little selfish with her grand plan, expecting the brothers to go along with it because she had seen them share a woman before. And even though Seth kept saying no, she wouldn't give up, even coming between the brothers. There were some hot scenes in the book, but not as many as you would think considering the subject matter. I would have liked to see a little bit more going on in the story, besides Jaz's constant schemes to get Seth to come around to her way of thinking. I wasn't totally convinced that this relationship would survive in the long run--I think they were in for some rocky times in the future. I would rate this story 3 1/2 stars.(less)

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Apr 12, 2009 Julie (jjmachshev) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009-reads, erotica

"Brazen" is the first in Queen-of-the-menage Maya Banks 'Brazen' series. Her sex scenes are very erotic and her characters are very tortured and normally I like that. But there was just something about this one that kept needling at me and kept me from enjoying it as much as her other books.

Brothers Seth and Zane are in the big city bar after a successful presentation for their ranch when they are approached by a very young woman offering one of them sex. After hustling her out of the bar and th...more "Brazen" is the first in Queen-of-the-menage Maya Banks 'Brazen' series. Her sex scenes are very erotic and her characters are very tortured and normally I like that. But there was just something about this one that kept needling at me and kept me from enjoying it as much as her other books.

Brothers Seth and Zane are in the big city bar after a successful presentation for their ranch when they are approached by a very young woman offering one of them sex. After hustling her out of the bar and the out of the sight of her pimp, they take her for some much needed sustenance and get the whole story from the sixteen year old with nowhere to go. Just like that, Jasmine becomes a part of their life. They take her to their ranch, hire a housekeeper/mother figure, and work to erase the shadows from Jasmine's eyes.

Several years later, and after a year in Paris away from the ranch and Seth and Zane, Jasmine is ready to return. Her time away was good for her and hopefully, now, the 'boys' will see her as the woman she is instead of the girl they rescued. Jasmine wants that very much as she loves BOTH of them...as a woman loves. But Jasmine will need all her wiles and all her patience to woo both men into a sharing relationship.

So! Yes, they both love her...THAT way and yes, the brothers have a hard time with the thought of 'sharing' even though they've participated in threesomes before. But that was for fun, not for life and Seth especially isn't sure he can accept a situation like what Jasmine is asking for.

Maybe what bothered me about this one is that Jasmine is obviously the aggressor in this relationship. Why does that bug me? I honestly have no idea...but it does. The younger brother is quick to fall to her seductions, but the older brother Seth, the authority figure and responsible caretaker, has some very serious issues with Jasmine. I guess I felt that Jasmine didn't give his thoughts the serious contemplation they deserved. Or maybe it was because I felt she pretty much forced herself on him...but either way, it left me irritated and little appalled.

However, it all worked out and the three all get their HEA and the book was pretty darn hot. I'm not sorry I read it and maybe I just need to open my mind a bit more and this book can help with that. It's not one for my keeper shelf, but it wasn't a 'wall-banger' either!(less)

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Sep 19, 2012 Lisa O. rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-fiction, with-smut

So I've tried a book by the famous Maya Banks. I have to say I wasn't too impressed.
Steamy, nothing to say about that but, stupid me, I need a bit more plot than the one that is NOT there in Brazen. I know, debatable that this kind of books actually NEEDS a plot - what for huh? - but beside all the... oook I won't even go into that I desperately need a story to hold all the.... errrrrr, that together. I'm not sure if it's the lack of a background, of something that my mind can hold on to, that...more

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Jul 08, 2012 Dahlia (yadkny) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Erotic Romance Lovers

Home is where the heart is and in Jasmine's case two men hold hers.

In light of her unrequited feelings for two men and after taking some time away to mature, Jasmine is back home on the Sweetwater Ranch and ready to show these brothers she's all grown up. The circumstances surrounding their first meeting set the precedence in how Seth and Zane treat her and Jasmine aims to change it with her body and confessions of love. As soon as she's back at the ranch she starts an aggressive campaign in se...more Home is where the heart is and in Jasmine's case two men hold hers.

In light of her unrequited feelings for two men and after taking some time away to mature, Jasmine is back home on the Sweetwater Ranch and ready to show these brothers she's all grown up. The circumstances surrounding their first meeting set the precedence in how Seth and Zane treat her and Jasmine aims to change it with her body and confessions of love. As soon as she's back at the ranch she starts an aggressive campaign in seduction even though Seth and Zane have already declared her off limits. When it becomes clear that the brothers seem just as determined to deny her, Jasmine battles between continuing her quest to fight for their love and fearing they don't really want her like she wants them. However, the brothers are still curious as to Jasmine's back story and after six years they are only just now wondering if leaving it a mystery to give her space was a good idea. No matter what, it's an all or nothing venture that will sorely test the bonds of trust between brothers and between lovers.

If there is one thing I can count on it's the emotional roller-coaster Maya Banks is able to evoke in her writing. Horrific events in Jasmine's life and the tragedy that befell Seth and Zane is what ultimately brings this fractured family together. They cling to it and emotionally forge bonds that eventually level into an almost palpable sexual tension. I loved the tenderness, the possessiveness, the passion, and the eroticism that comes from such strong feelings long denied. It makes for great imagery and a heightened experience not just for the characters, but the reader as well. However, Jasmine's back story was just sort-of glossed over and there was almost too much angst and denials for me to really enjoy the story. I took turns being mad at Jasmine for putting herself into constant situations of rejection by both brothers and at Seth for being so completely hardheaded. Zane is the brother that makes it all clear and uncomplicated. He only wants to love and be loved regardless of the dynamic in which Jasmine poses as a condition to her love. It's Jasmine's condition that doesn't sit well for me and made me not like her for even thinking to give up the love of one good man just because she can't have both.

In spite of all that, it's the quality of writing and the surprise twists of drama that kept me captivated. The story is completely relationship and character focused and driven. The growth of both, however frustrating, is believable and still had me rooting for their inevitable HEA. I will definitely read the next in this series and continue my quest in reading all of this author's books. (less)

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Apr 25, 2012 Eternal-Love78 Michelle Rossi's Reviews rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Playing with Fire Never Burned So Darn Good!!

What's a girl to do when she's HEAD-OVER-HEELS INFACTUATED with two STUBORN, ALPHA-MALE TEXAN BROTHERS? Hoping to prove to them she does NOT harbor tender love & care for one more than the other. That she irrevocably desires, cherish, & love them equally with her ENTIRE MIND, BODY, & SOUL.

Besides knocking them over the head with an enormous mallet, and dragging them back to her lair. It's gonna have to take a whole LOAD OF MISCHIEVOUS COER...more

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Jan 10, 2012 Kathy Davie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: erotica, romance

First in the Brazen erotic romance series set in Texas. The couple, er, threesome focus is on Jasmine Quinn and Zane and Seth Morgan on the Sweetwater Ranch.

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This wasn't very good. It's more as if Banks was going through the motions and forgot that a love story should include a lot more emotion than was here. There were some lovely tense bits with Zane wanting Jaz and Seth thinking that made the two of them a couple and Jaz off-limits to him. Feeling outside. Then when Jaz propositions h...more

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Jan 30, 2013 Erica rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: menage fans

Shelves: erotica, menage, cowboy, maya-banks, all-night-read, bdsm, best-friends-to-lovers, favorites, owned-ebook, shower, tattoos-and-piercings, v-card, borrowed-and-returned, four-and-five-star-reads

I really, really liked this one. This is my second Maya Banks read (first being Colters' Woman) and I really need to read more. This is a very, VERY different menage book than I am used to reading. For a fresh change, the GIRL is the one insisting on the menage...and the guys are not wanting to share, even though they have shared women before as "kink" (their words, not mine). One of the more realistic menage books that I have read...I've always had an issue with the ones where the guys just sha...more

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May 18, 2011 Darcy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, menage, erotica

I was surprised by how much I liked this book, and the main reason was Jasmine. I can see where she would end up being attracted to both guys and how that would throw her. I liked that in order to not hurt either one she was the one to leave.

Her time in Paris was eye opening. How funny it was that she found a friend that had the type of relationship that was just what she wanted and could show her that it could work.

While Jasmine was young, she really knew what she wanted and went home to get...more

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Oct 27, 2011 Crazy4more rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

3.75-4 stars

It's not bad, just felt a little short on the emotional entanglement, it was very close though. The story explored all turmoils from Jasmine trying to break free of the image of an abandoned girl to a passionate-independent woman who have always loved Morgan brothers; overcoming her fears and resentments; the brothers accepting her love, coming to term loving and sharing her and facing reality. That said, there were sweet moments, sexy and achingly touching moments. I went from irrat...more

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Jul 14, 2009 marlene rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

While i would gladly move to the brother's ranch after reading this book i am not too thrilled with Jasmine. sure sometimes you need to push an twist things to how you'd like them, but this woman is taking manipulation and ultimatums to all new levels. in the end it seemed like no one had any choice or say in the matter other than jasmine. i also found it incredibly amusing that Carmen the nanny / housekeeper / mama bear for all parties in the house was perfectly ok with the girl she sees as her...more

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Jul 16, 2011 Alyssa Turner rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So clearly I have a thing for poly romances. This is my second one from Maya Banks in as many months. I read this in two days and enjoyed most of it. (Only rolled my eyes twice) For me the needy damsel in distress thing is a bit overdone in this one. I would have liked to see Jaz act more like a woman the way she protests to be. All in all, the pace was good and the sex, SUBLIME as usual for Banks. As a writer who mostly prefers a grittier take, this was a delicious piece of cotton candy, just p...more

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Oct 01, 2012 Alex Economides rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: erotic-romance, authors-a-h, menage, romance-reading-challenge-2012

I more than love ménage stories and having read other books by this author, which I really enjoyed, was really looking forward to reading this book.

It’s not exactly an awful book just that it failed to pull me into the whole story and the characters.

So Jasmine runs off to Paris because she doesn’t know how to deal being in love with Seth & Zane, the two brothers that she has been friends with for years. After a year in the city of love, she is ready to face the challenge, flies back to the...more I more than love ménage stories and having read other books by this author, which I really enjoyed, was really looking forward to reading this book.

It’s not exactly an awful book just that it failed to pull me into the whole story and the characters.

So Jasmine runs off to Paris because she doesn’t know how to deal being in love with Seth & Zane, the two brothers that she has been friends with for years. After a year in the city of love, she is ready to face the challenge, flies back to the Texan ranch and confronts them with her secret and how she wants to have a HEA with both because she loves them equally!!! Forget it, says Seth….wow I’m in says Zane!!!!

I kind of liked Zane but Seth, who in a way is the one with the most emotional baggage to overcome, irritated me at times with all this not sharing her with anyone and Jasmine….. with all her whining and whinging Taking turns in more than just “sleeping” with the brothers, who spend their time “pussy-footing” around her feelings because,hey she’s vulnerable and innocent! I so wanted to get more involved with them...but something kept me from feeling that.

Then, when finally get into the “threesome act”…….should Seth & Zane feel uncomfortable seeing each other naked…what about touching each other???...on that, is it at all possible that two men are able to make love to a woman together and never ever touch each other???? I try not to think too much about that when the two men happen to be related in a lot of ménage books….I find it a bit weird…but as it states….they never touch or feel each other…only the woman in the middle!!!!

The sex scenes are very well done and being an erotic romance, there are quite a few but somehow seem to fit in with the flow of the story instead of just having sex scenes in every second or third page. A good plot, emotional and sexual tension and likeable characters.

I would love to know how this relationship will progress and will they have a lasting HEA. But, being me, I always want a HEA…so I have made it so ….they will be happy forever!!!!!!!!!!
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Mar 03, 2011 Emily rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: betrayal, series, fiesty-heroine, menage, own-kindle

After a year away Jasmine Quinn decides to return home to the men she loves. Zane and Seth have always protected Jasmine, they found her as a teenage runaway and vowed never to let any harm come to her. When they see Jasmine they realize she has grown up, and Jasmine doesn't want them to see her as her protectors but as the woman she has become.

I loved this book, it was beautifully written and really went to great depths to showcase the fears Seth and Zane were feeling about sharing their love w...more

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Jan 20, 2011 Chris rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jul 22, 2009 Shawna rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Fans of erotic romance with m/f/m menage

Shelves: maya-banks, erotic-romance-erotica-romantica, menage-multiple-partners, 2009-reads, contemporary-romance, cowboy-stud-fever, hero-alpha‎, hero-abused-scarred-tortured-angst, heroine-abused-traumatic-past-rape, hero-beta, hero-im-gaga-over, hero-stud-mantel-hall-of-fame, favorites, im-a-cover-hottie-ho, friends-to-lovers, reunions-are-sweeter-second-chances, offlimits-bf-likekidsister-jailbait, heroine-naïve-virgin-like-a-virgin, i-read-no-longer-own-sold-swapped, brothers-sisters-cousins-family, small-town-lovin, backdoor-action-lovin-playin, 5-stars, hh-resist-cause-im-no-good-for-you, heroine-sassy-full-of-attitude

5 stars – Contemporary Romance/Erotica/Ménage

Before reading this, I knew there were mixed reviews, but being a big fan of Maya Banks, especially her ménage stories, I decided to read it anyway and I’m glad that I did.

Jasmine Quinn was a 16-year-old runaway who propositioned brothers Seth and Zane Morgan in a Houston bar out of desperation and fear of reprisal from a dangerous pimp who threatened her life if she didn’t turn her first trick. Horrified, Seth and Zane rescued Jasmine and brought he...more 5 stars – Contemporary Romance/Erotica/Ménage

Before reading this, I knew there were mixed reviews, but being a big fan of Maya Banks, especially her ménage stories, I decided to read it anyway and I’m glad that I did.

Jasmine Quinn was a 16-year-old runaway who propositioned brothers Seth and Zane Morgan in a Houston bar out of desperation and fear of reprisal from a dangerous pimp who threatened her life if she didn’t turn her first trick. Horrified, Seth and Zane rescued Jasmine and brought her home to their Sweetwater Ranch in West Texas, hired a woman named Carmen to help run the household and be a mother to her, and helped her finish school and get her GED. Confused by her more than brotherly/friendly love for both men, a 21-year-old Jasmine left the ranch and moved to Paris, France thinking she would never return.

After spending a year in Paris and witnessing her French friend Cherisse’s happiness in a committed, loving polyamorous relationship, Jasmine decides to return home to the Morgan ranch and to make Seth and Zane truly hers once and for all. Of course, she’ll have to show them that she’s not a girl anymore, make them see her as more than a sisterish friend, and prove that at 22 she’s old enough to really know what she wants, and that it’s both of them, forever. Jasmine has her work cut out for her in convincing them that a ménage relationship could work, especially for brooding alpha oldest brother Seth who denies his romantic feelings for her yet refuses to share her with anyone, even with his brother Zane. Easygoing, sweet beta Zane is an easier sell and becomes an ally for Jasmine because he wants to make her happy and is afraid to lose her completely if she’ll only settle on a relationship with both brothers.

I really liked this story and the characters and found it refreshing that it centers on a woman’s quest to convince the men she loves of agreeing to a committed ménage relationship rather than the men bullying the woman into a ménage, which is typically the case. Yes, Jasmine is pushy and a bit selfish in her plan to seduce Seth and Zane into engaging in a sexual relationship with her and in her plot to persuade them to commit to a long-term ménage, but it’s clear that her heart is in the right place. She seems to genuinely love them both equally and can’t choose between them or be happy without them.

There were a few times that I thought Jasmine’s relationship with Seth and Zane almost bordered on “that ain’t right” since they were so much like big brothers to her and because it seemed like what she felt for them was closer to hero worship than actually being in love. However, the author did a great job of developing and evolving the characters and their feelings and made it believable.

I really enjoyed Brazen and found myself completely immersed in the story and characters, which is a trademark of the Queen of Ménage Maya Banks, at least for me. 5 stars!(less)

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May 15, 2009 Isis FG rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Isis FG by: previously read author / preferred theme

Shelves: 2009, genre-romance-erotic, info-full, reviewed, theme-menage-hea, format-trade-pb, published-2007, stars-4

Rating: 4.5 / 5

I really enjoyed this book a lot...and was surprised that most of the reviews were rather luke warm. I read this in almost one sitting...it was a quick, sexy, easy to read book. Just all around enjoyable.

Brazen is an erotic alternative romance about a committed menage relationship...or at least the building of one. Brothers Seth and Zane Morgan were out of town one day six years earlier when 16 year-old Jasmine Quinn propositioned Seth. It wasn't something she wanted to do, but sh...more Rating: 4.5 / 5

I really enjoyed this book a lot...and was surprised that most of the reviews were rather luke warm. I read this in almost one sitting...it was a quick, sexy, easy to read book. Just all around enjoyable.

Brazen is an erotic alternative romance about a committed menage relationship...or at least the building of one. Brothers Seth and Zane Morgan were out of town one day six years earlier when 16 year-old Jasmine Quinn propositioned Seth. It wasn't something she wanted to do, but she was a runaway being forced by a pimp to work for basic necessities. That evening was her first night.

Horrified and realizing the girl was in trouble, Seth and Zane took her back to their ranch and gave her a home and the family she needed. As the years passed, Jasmine fell in love with the brothers...both of them. Confused and unsure, she goes away to Paris...only to realize she wants to fight for both of them...for love from both of them. So she returns home, intent on convincing them that a relationship between the three of them. No easy task with both of them fighting her every step of the way. Jasmine won't give up easily, though, for what she wants.

I enjoyed the unique part of this story where the woman is the one pursuing a menage relationship. In most - if not all - menage books I've read, it's usually the men persuading the woman they love into a polyamorous relationship. Not so in this book. Jasmine was the instigator all the way. I loved that.

There was some pretty good emotion in the book as well. Jasmine's heartbreak over the situation yanked at my heartstrings more than once. Such battle of wills between the three of them.

And the sex scenes were smokin'! Most of the scenes were 1 on 1. There was only one menage scene...unfortunately ;) But overall the scenes were hot.

I do think the book could have had a little more depth and development in some parts. I was never quite sure exactly what kind of ranch the guys had so that could have been explored more. And Jasmine's complicated past could have had more attention, along with the situation with her brother. But I didn't find the lack of those things affecting my overall enjoyment of the book. They were just things that could have made it really great.

This is the second book I've read by Maya Banks and I've loved both of them. So I'll definitely have to read more by her. She knows how to tell a hot, well-rounded menage story.(less)

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Mar 28, 2013 Rissa (an M/M kinda Girl!!) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, battle-of-the-books, drippy-vaginas, xxmarch-2013, menage

What can I say...this book didn't do it for me. Maybe if Seth & Zane had a bit of fun together it woulda made it a bit more yummy for me! (yeah, I know they're brothers...maybe I like that kinda thing) Seriously tho, I had a hard time getting into the book from page 1. Jasmine wasn't all that pleasant of a character to read about. When she was with one brother and not the other, I was thinking mean horrible thoughts about her and was feeling bad for the other brother. Seth was definitely my...more

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Sep 22, 2012 Sapphire rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: love-adult

I enjoy Maya Banks books as a general rule, and this one is no difference! Well written detailed and erotic sex scenes. The story keeps you interested from start to finish and you have to admire the determination of the main character Jas! Looking forward to the rest of the series! I won't give more details other then tell you if you like good story, erotic stories, and willful characters this is the book for you!

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May 12, 2013 Euge_ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Enjoyed this one. It was unique because it was the female pursuing the two males, and not the other way around which was sort of a breath of fresh air for me.

Maya Banks has written other books which are far better than this one, but still, fast-ok read.

Nice to see a female character get what she wants!

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Apr 10, 2009 Jess rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009, maya-banks

I enjoyed this one. It was unique because it was the female pursuing the two males, and not the other way around which was sort of a breath of fresh air for me. I really liked the main character Jaz even though she was slightly dramatic, but in the end I felt bad for her because all she wanted was for these two men to love her back!

Definitely not a bad book.

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May 11, 2013 Snarky Mom rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: alpha-romance

This is a different take on a familiar theme with Maya Banks - a polyamourus relationship. However, in this case, it is the female that has to convince the males (brothers, no sexual interaction between them) that the three-way marriage/relationship can work. Good read, great development of characters, and typically HOT Maya Banks sex scenes!

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Nov 07, 2010 Gigiasp rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

it was just so so. I suppose I need a little more realism in the books I read, and there was a lot that just seemed implausible to me in this one. I also thought that the heroine was TSTL at multiple points throughout the story. However, with all that said, the steamy scenes do not disappoint, and the HEA, although predictable, was very cute.

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Mar 11, 2013 Heather in FL rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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

Somewhere near a 3-1/2 for me. It was OK but not great. Damn cowboys and their ideas about what's "right". :-) Half this book was the boys fighting their feelings for Jasmine. And Jasmine making it really hard (figuratively and literally) for them to resist her. I have to give her credit for knowing what she wanted and going for it. I felt bad for her that she kept getting shut down by both boys out of some protective instinct. They weren't what she needed. They said. And then once Zane accepted...more

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Apr 28, 2012 Aldy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: hot, contemporanea, 3

Estoy entre darle 2.50/3 estrellas. Muy dramática la historia, demasiado enrredada en que Seth no quería compartirla con su hermano y así fue hasta las últimas 20 páginas donde cambia de idea, tanta vuelta sobre el mismo conflicto hace la historia "larga" (no en cuestión de páginas sin de un desarrollo lento) y densa

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Mar 27, 2009 Deana Luis rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was ok but not what I expected it to be. I read better storyline than this one.I also did not like how the author would give a complete physical discription of how the characters in the book looks like. She only gave a small amount of description of the characters. If you want to read the book go ahead but take out the library or read as a used book.

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May 14, 2009 Ladiibbug rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An ok read ... felt like I've read this same plot before. Jasmine returns back home in Texas after a year in Paris ... "home" is with two guys who rescued her from the streets when she was 16.

Now she wants them both as lovers. Lots of angst, just one menage scene.

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Apr 14, 2011 April C rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle

I really tried to enjoy this book because I love Maya's work. But the heroine, Jasmine drove me crazy with all her whining!! The story was good but I couldn't get past her neediness all the time.

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Jun 07, 2013 Brooke rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: pewter-blue-nbrc

I don't know if I've ever given a Maya Banks book less than a 4. I had a 3 but the more I think of it, the more pissed I am, so I had to give it a 2.

It's a personal thing. I have SERIOUS issues with people who are supposedly "in love" but don't talk to each other. Over half of the book wouldn't have happened if she sat them down together, explained what she learned in Paris and asked that of them. But no, she lets everyone, including herself, be all hurt because she can't open her mouth before s...more

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Jun 12, 2009 Karyn rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009-n-before, erotica, smut, menage

2 brothers save Jasmine from selling herself when she was 16 and take care of her and now she wants them both. Some parts of the book were quite moving

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Maya Banks lives in Texas with her husband, three children and assortment of cats. When she's not writing, she can be found hunting, fishing or playing poker. A southern girl born and bred, Maya loves life below the Mason Dixon, and more importantly, loves bringing southern characters and settings to life in her stories.

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