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Thanks to her cheating ex-husband and her thieving brother, all horse breeder Nikki Kimball has left is a bruised heart, an over-drawn bank account... read full description

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Jun 11, 2010
Laurie rated it: 5 of 5 stars
This book is smoking Hot! I couldn’t decide if I needed a shower or turn up the fan. I love it so much. I now have a new favorite erotic author. I have always be a sucker for M/F/M. I normally like them where the two males are already committed to this type of relationship this way you don’t go through the I don’t know if I can handle this type of lifestyle and on top of that they have to convince the girl to do it too. Sometime it just gets carried a way, If you read this type of books you know More...
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Sep 10, 2010
FlibBityFLooB rated it: 1 of 5 stars
I dunno... I didn't get this book. It made me laugh, and I don't think it was supposed to. It was very weirdly clinical at times. Plus, who asks a girl if they want to stroke his prostate? Hmmmm. Very weird. There are much better books for this topic in my humble opinion (for example, I preferred A Table for Three), but your milage may vary ;)
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Jun 14, 2011
Blackraven's rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Texas Tangle is brilliant! Leah Braemel, already proven to be an award winning author with her books Private Property and Personal Protection, has in Texas Tangle written a heartwarming erotic ménage that is superb both as a great narrative and as an outstanding erotic romance. To view this review in its entirety, please visit http://www.blackravensreviews.com/?p=391...
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Jun 21, 2011
Pam rated it: 4 of 5 stars
What a great book.

Another great "new to me" author that will be added to my list!

Texas Tangle is a wonderful romance full of love and lots of heat. This is a story of Nikki who is a down on her luck horse boarder and trainer. She has a cheating ex-husband who took her for most of her money and a lowlife for a brother.

Nikki's truck breaks down while she is returning from a trip to purchase a horse. As she is sitting by the road wondering what to More...
Mar 13, 2011
Vicki rated it: 5 of 5 stars
There’s something about a threesome that both terrifies and intrigues me. Apart from the physical logistics of such an encounter, whether it’s M-F-M, F-M-F or any iteration, straight or gay, as a writer, I am somehow incapable of wrapping my head around the emotional dynamic that must exist for such a relationship to work. In trying to put myself in the heroine’s shoes, all I can think is: “Oh, God, what do I… Where do I… How are we…I mean, does that go there…? And who does the laundry?” Sweat, More...
Aug 17, 2010
Marissa rated it: 2 of 5 stars
I always enjoy a good erotica romance novel, and I am always on the search for the next erotica gem. I held such high hopes for Texas Tangle. Come on who doesn't like cowboys? But sadly Texas Tangle wasn't the gem I was hoping for.

Nikki's no good cheating husband left her two years ago, and her brother is draining her dry. Nikki has a lot going wrong for her, her ranch is going bankrupt and her truck just died. I felt bad for her, but overall I found Nikki to be a weak character.
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Jul 10, 2010
Tina rated it: 3 of 5 stars
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Jun 08, 2010
Brande rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Texas Tangle by Leah Braemel is one of the new releases of Carina Press. The new all digital e-book publisher from Harlequin. And boy did they start with a bang!

Texas Tangle is a wild erotic ride and will take the reader on an emotional journey that they won’t soon forget as three wounded characters learn to love and come together as one. For Brett, Dillon and Nik their story began over ten years ago in high school with Nik and Brett making out at a party, only for Dillon to end up More...
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Jun 23, 2010
Mandi rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Why I read: I wanted to try a book by the new publisher, Carina Press, and this just caught my eye. (Ok, so it was the TWO dudes and just one girl on the cover…who could resist?)

Favorite Quote: “What sane woman would object to having two hot guys buck-ass nekkid on each side of her?”

Dillon Barnett comes from a very close knit Texan family. Even his foster-brother Brett has always felt at home. Rescued from an extremely abusive father as a child, Brett has grown up as a cl More...
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Apr 30, 2011
Emily rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Nikki Kimball has been doing everything in her power to change the direction of her life, with a failed marriage, an unsupportive family, and a brother who is mooching of her it has been a windy road, but she is managing. Thanks to the help of her neighbor Dillon Barnett she has received the support she has always longed for, even though she is attracted to Dillon she is surprised he has never made a move.

The timing is finally right for Dillon to ask Nikki out, but when he sees sh More...
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Jul 03, 2010
Jody rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Her whole life Nikki Kimball has tried to do the right thing. When she got pregnant at an early age, she married the baby’s father because that’s what her parents wanted. While he repeatedly cheated on her, her parents told her to stay with him or be disowned. After her brother gets in trouble with the law and needs a place to stay, her parents tell her it’s her familial duty to help him. But on the day her truck breaks down and she finds all of her worldly possessions and money stolen by her br More...
Jan 01, 2011
Jamie rated it: 5 of 5 stars
The "Short Story:"

A HOT little number featuring a HOT cowboy, a HOT cop and a "HOT" chick that they BOTH want.

The "Long Story:"

I saw this e-book on one of Goodreads lists that I LOVE to frequent and I went to see if I could find it on my Nook...Since according to Goodreads it was available for Kindle users. I was beyond happy when I was able to download this one onto my Nook! I'm a HAPPY e-book reader! I'm even happier that in More...
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Jun 17, 2010
Sparklybearsy rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Disclaimer: received from Net Galley

Right from the first page Texas Tangle by Leah Braemel draws you in, It's a pantie squealing read for sure and if it had had another 100 pages of Dillon, Brett and Nikki i would have been a happy girl.
With just three main characters and a handful of secondary characters none of which leave you confused with "who is that again...who said what?" Just the right amount of protagonists to build an erotic tale that has both story an More...
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Sep 14, 2010
Yz the Whyz rated it: 4 of 5 stars
When I read a menage book, I usually look for a happy ending for all three persons involved, not where a main couple includes a third party that in the end gets kicked out of the picture. Texas Tangle falls into the first category and that alone is enough to make me happy.

Here we meet Nikki. Divorced from an unfaithful husband and saddled with a deadbeat of a brother, found herself involved with her next door neighbor, Dillon and his foster brother Brett.

Unlike most More...
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Jun 29, 2010
Natasha rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Leah has done it again. This was a poignant story of coming to terms with love. How do you pick between your two best friends? You don't. Poor Nikki has had some rotten luck, but her two best friends are there to help her pick up the pieces. Both Dillon and Brett have loved Nikki forever.

I really enjoyed the HEA (as a side note, apparently it was something I mentioned during a chat, that made Leah think of doing a HEA menage - *squee*). I found it to be a unique twist. The trio enter More...
Jul 21, 2010
Judith rated it: 3 of 5 stars
An interesting story built on the failed relationships of nearly a decade earlier, and the difficulty that comes when people try to rebuild trust. I had trouble with Nikki at first -- a woman, however, who had been trampled by an unloving and emotionally absent husband, and whose own family of origin were in denial about her scumbag brother. It is also a story about how the love within this relationship helped her to rebuild her confidence in her own worth and to withstand the psychological ab More...
Nov 12, 2011
Nikki is a divorcee who looks after her no-hoper brother that is the apple of their parents eye, no matter that he is on parole and unreliable. Nikki wasn't happy with her ex Wade who treated her horribly and her parents even worse when she divorced him but Dillon wants nothing but the best for her and now that she has had time to heal, he sees the opportunity to make his move. When Nikki’s place is broken into and her bank accounts drained it all points to Phil who has run off leaving her witho More...
Apr 07, 2011
Beate rated it: 4 of 5 stars
What I liked about this book, is that it has more plot than porn. It is clearly driven by the story and not with how many times they could fall into bed.

I does feel a little unfinished though. It could have done with a couple more chapters where the author got to tie up all the lose ends. But I'm guessing she couldn't go over a specific amount of words, so this is where it ended.

The porn part of this book is kind of tame compared to how books are written these days, placing i More...
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Feb 11, 2011
Habrewer rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Nikki has been put down and verbally abused all her life while her parents continually bailed her brother out of trouble. Now they are not speaking to Nikki because the police are after her brother for stealing everything from her that wasn't nailed down. She didn't have much after her cheating ex-husband took off but what she had she had worked hard for.

Dillon has been in love with Nikki since high school and he is determined to date her now that her ex-husband is out of the pictu More...
Jan 17, 2012
Tasha rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Nikki has been waiting on Dillon to make a move on her since her divorce two years ago. She thinks he's interested in her, but not truly sure due to his lack of trying anything. So when her truck breaks down on the side of the road and he happens upon her, the sparks between them begin to fly.

It started out great. It was just Nikki and Dillon, and I loved their chemistry and interaction with each other. The sex between them was always smoking hot, but it seemed as if Dillon was more
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Apr 26, 2011
Pearl rated it: 4 of 5 stars
4.25 stars!!

Memorable Scenes:
- table smexing scene, including whipped cream and caramel sauce > Need I say more?
- Brett telling Nikki how Dillon saved his life > yes, I cried.
- Scene at the pond > I cried again.


Nikki Kimball is divorced and struggling, still she strives to maintain her independence and she’s resilient. Nikki is a people pleaser and stubborn, a mix of strength and softness and bit insecure at times. Nikki's parents were a piece of work More...
Sep 08, 2010
Leslie rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Nikki Kimball has been on the receiving end of a heck of a lot of bad luck lately. She finally divorced her loser husband and now her lazy ass brother, Phil, is keeping her couch warm. She's a hard working rancher that's nearing exhaustion. When she comes home to find she's been robbed, she's thankful to have the friendship of Dillon Barnett and Brett Anderson. Until it's safe to go home, Nikki stays at Dillon's house so they can keep an eye on her.

Right off, I liked Nikki. She's ope More...
Apr 20, 2011
Judi rated it: 2 of 5 stars
I’m gonna try and Texas two-step my way through this review.

It’s hard to write a review for a book that just doesn’t do it for you and you can’t pinpoint why? I didn’t hate it, but didn’t love it. If I had to accurately describe my feelings...I tolerated it.

I liked the cover and the premise sounded promising. I should have felt sorry for the heroine, but I didn’t. I should have swooned at manly men Dillon and Brett, but I didn’t. Sometimes you just don’t make the connec More...
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Nov 04, 2010
Stella rated it: 4 of 5 stars
My thoughts: Texas Tangle is a ménage story, so what was a good surprise was to see that this was not only a very hot but also a sweet and funny novel.

What I loved about Texas Tangle was that all three main characters were given equal importance, background story and the reader didn't feel that one of them was added to the story purely for the sake of having a ménage.

Nikki, Dillon and Brett are friends first and foremost and I think that is why their ménage works, beca More...
Aug 19, 2010
Sarah rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Nikki has been through a lot at the hands of her ex-husband and her brother but she has always had her neighbour Dillon and his foster brother Brett to turn to. When her truck breaks down one night and Dillon offers to drive her home they discover her house is empty and everything she owns has been stolen. Moving in with Dillon the heat quickly builds between the two of them but Nikki also has feelings for Brett. Brett and Dillon fought over Nikki years before and now that she is free again t More...
Dec 15, 2010

Texas Tangle is a sweet, sexy read with more of an emotional storyline than most erotic shorts, but author Leah Braemel writes these tales pretty well and so this one worked for me. Since the characters had a history, we didn’t have to spend a lot of page time watching them get to know each other. Instead, we picked up right where we needed to, which allowed time for the more important stuff. Like romance, sex, kissing, sex, dating, sex… well, you get the picture!

Most all of yo More...
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Jul 02, 2011
224 rated it: 4 of 5 stars
This story had very strong chars that were well written. I really felt for all of them... Seemed the story was written for the char instead if the author trying to wirte a book and find some chars to fit the story. It was chars first and the rest of the story second. The sex wasn't full of the super steam that I find In a lot of mmf books but was still hot. I would give this story 4stars if it wasn't for the chars...
Aug 25, 2010
Holly rated it: 4 of 5 stars
This was a good story. It had substance in dealing with some of the darker issues of a permanent threesome. I liked that Braemel addressed the issues instead of skirting them.

I really enjoyed all three characters. They were all different, yet they complimented each other perfectly.
Mar 25, 2011
April rated it: 4 of 5 stars
This was somewhat of a quick read for me. I did enjoy the story but would like to have seen more of the 3 of them together. There is a distinct difference between both men and she needed both sides of them to feel complete. I look forward to reading more by Leah.
Aug 26, 2010
Dhympna rated it: 2 of 5 stars