I'll just start by saying that this was an emotionally powerful story from the first page to the last and had me seriously contemplating my beliefs about sex and what goes on behind closed doors. I found the boundaries of my comfort zone being nudged and prodded because the characters, Eve, Danny and Paul, have very definite sexual needs. Needs I don't quite understand, but wish I did. Far be it from me to say what’s right or wrong between consenting adults, in fiction or in real life, regardles More...

I want to start out by saying that I really loved this book. It wasn't your typical smut-tacular read. Now, don't get me wrong, it was packed full of deliciously hot, dirty hot and scary hot smut.

It was really tough for me to categorize this book...it's hard to explain the tone. The relationship between Evie-girl, Danny-boy and Paul-guy was not just a menage--no, it was way more complicated than that. I really hate giving away key plot details in a review, so it makes it more difficult. All I w More...

Holy Smokes!!! I'm a Sucker for a Well Written Menage Love Affair!!! 4.5 Darkly Erotic BDSM Stars!!!

Danny Boy and Paul Guy


The Background Story:

Danny, Paul and Eve all grew up together and were very close. Paul and Eve fell in love at a young age but drifted apart when she moved to New York to attend art school and pursue a career. Paul's father was a class A control freak, so Paul felt compelled to stay behind and follow his dad's wishes of becoming a Marine.

It's ten years later, and no one's l More...

This is the story of Evie Girl, Paul Guy, and Danny Boy. Evie and Paul were high school sweethearts. They broke up when Evie went away to college and Paul stayed behind because of his need or fear to always please his father. Fast forward 10 yrs later. Evie has moved back home with her life in shambles. It is here that we meet and learn that all long Danny Boy had been in love with Evie too but stepped aside so his best friend Paul could date her. He decides that this time he will have her. It' More...

Wow! I read this upon a rec of a GR friend and I'm really glad she did. Confession - this is my first BDSM (I don't think Sleeping Beauty qualifies does it, and definitely more than light spanking?), but not my first menage. This will be a reread so that I can really absorb everything. This was Eve's story, the guys already knew who they were (although Paul didn't want to accept it), but she was floundering. She had to be led down the path to find her true calling and nature. Every event in this More...

The words wow, wonderful, and beautiful pretty much describes my feelings after finishing Beyond Eden by Kele Moon. This is definitely one book that you don't want to miss out on, I can guarantee you that. When I first started reading this book, I came unprepared because not only was I not expecting the tears... but also the heart-breaking and heart-wrenching emotions that these three people have for one another. This is truly a wonderful masterpiece that I'll never likely forget. Any book that More...

I had come to this book b'c I was reading about the craze of that piece of pooh fanfic re-write, '50 Shades' which has shockingly taken the world by storm.

The newspaper article was ragging on it for being shit but most of all, not even really being BDSM. That article lead me to a USA list of book alternatives, this book being on the list & praised for having "so much depth".

They ended the article by saying that for the Gold Star in writing this genre, Joey W. Hill is unparalleled b'c her wr More...

First things first: this is a DNF review. I read about halfway, so I think that's enough to justify a rating and review, especially considering my problems with the book.

Ten years ago, artist Eve Everton left Tampa and her boyfriend Paul Mattling behind to attend art school in New York. Dumped by her fiance, out of work and down on her luck, she's moved back in with her parents and trying to start over. While shopping in the local grocery store, she bumps into Danny Carlow, her and Paul's best f More...

Not my usual fare, and rather more sex in it than I like in my romance (But, I picked this up knowing that and tried to go in with an open mind).

Still, I'm not sorry I decided to buy this book on an impulse. Yes there were some problems with the writing (The author has a horrible tendency to over explain - a lot [really, a lot]); however, it is still readable - if you're able to ignore the overuse of a few words. It was simple, straightforward, and uncomplicated prose.

There really is no plot to More...

Well, so much for all the 5 star reviews I have been reading about this one.... didn't really do it for me. In the beginning I thought maybe the BDSM element would be a bit much for me but it did not bother me really. There was one scene that was a bit offputting..... I honestly cannot understand how someone can gain pleasure from pain but that is just me. In the beginning I though Danny would be the most annoying character, all cocky and masterful but in the end it was Paul that bugged the bej More...

“Beyond Eden” was absolutely beautiful! The relationship between Danny, Paul, and Eve is riveting and the emotion is raw and genuine. I LOVED all three characters. The story made me laugh. It made me bawl. And it left me breathless. It was an emotional, steamy, and erotic love story that will have you hooked from beginning to end. I highly recommend this book!
~ 4.5 Stars

This book was wonderful! I really felt like I knew the characters and toward the end of the book I cried. I hope this author will write more books because i am a huge fan and would definately buy them!

Well written and intensely emotional. I couldn't put it down.

4.5 stars.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

“Can you find beauty in darkness, Eve?" Danny asked.

She nodded. "Yes."

"Then look for it," he said softly.”

This is a book of based around love and its many shapes and forms.

Definitely not for the faint hearted, Beyond Eden is a full on emotional journey into the world of BDSM. It is also a wonderfully dark love story.
That is what I took from this book, the things you do for those you love.
The lifelong loving friendship between Da More...

Actually 3.5stars. This is the story of three childhood friends that grew up together, grew apart and found the basis for that friendship stayed just as strong ten years later. Danny Boy, Evie Girl & Paul Guy were all very close friends until Evie moved away to reach for her fame and fortune hundreds of miles away. Illusive fame and a downturn of fortune send Evie back home in the bosom of friends and family. Reconnecting with Paul and Danny feels familiar with slight differences as they bec More...

The whimsical ebook cover completely contradicts the tone of this story. If done right, Eve's painting of the three--the serpent, the Eve, the Adam--would've been ominously perfect. Don't misunderstand me. There's a plethora of soft moments throughout, but the meat of this story is tainted with regret, rejection, and rack. BDSM spices the scenes, but Moon doesn't unearth the mechanics and psychology behind it. I would've enjoyed a "Joey Hill" dungeon scene when the triad went to New Orleans, an More...

OK it was more than 3 stars but i couldn't rate it 4 stars.It was strong in many levels and...hmmm..let's say educational... but at times a love scene could last more than 3 or four pages and that would put me off.Not the love scene itself,but the repetition of phrases and words..it felt like there was much trying.


12/11/2010
I am revising the review b/c now that i am re-reading it,i like it better.I think it is one of these books that you need to read a couple of times so for it to full sink in y More...

Wonderful story!! So good! Aside from the ridiculous way the characters address one another;) If the story hadn't been so d@mn good, that would have killed the whole thing for me. But, the story *was* that good! Highly recommended if you're not put off by BDSM. I hope Kele Moon has written, or is writing, more stories!!

**Revised to 5 stars 7/19/11. I continue to think about this story and the characters, and that tells me it deserves 5 stars. I felt so much emotion in this story while reading it More...

Frankly, my initial crafted review was to be(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)], coupled with some “knee-jerk” opinions bringing conscious giggles along the way. What could a plot assembled on the sinister demeanors of the sanctified ‘Garden of Eden’ bring to the table? All I looked forward to when I picked it for my read were maybe a couple of “fig leaves” dreams, the eternal devilish serpent traits (which by the way I thought were pretty sexy during my ‘religion’ credits at school) and then some inferential romantic endeavors. More...

rating clarification : 2.5 stars

They were the bests of friends, Paul, Evie and Danny.
Paul and Evie were childhood sweethearts, they were each other first everything. Then she went to NY and Paul didn't followed her.

Now this story is set 10 years later, when Evie returns to her hometown when the city knocked her down. And who she reencounters? Danny, who still his Paul's best friend and roommate.
And everything sparks and nothing will ever be the same again.

(spoilers and rantings ahead...you wer More...

Awesome book!! If you are willing to read outside the box of what is considered the norm, this is a wonderful book of love between three people. MMF erotica, BDSM

Beyond Eden. Kele Moon

I received this book free via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I don't gush and give false praise – I don't believe that helps readers or authors so what you read is what I truly feel about a book.

Eve, Paul and Danny – the three musketeers, the unholy trio – call them what you like they've been best friends since school. Eve and Paul were passionate lovers until she left to further her career in New York and Paul followed the dreams of his family elsewhere. Move More...

Totally going in my favorites folder! I LOVED this story!

I have seen this title around but was thrown off by the title. The whole Garden of Eden thing as a threesome - sounded kind of cheese to me,
But I was in the mood for something quick to read, and couldn't find anything else, so I got this one..

Let me tell you if you're looking for a quick, this isn't it. I didn't know it was a full length story - let along has a second book out (which I'll be starting as soon as I finish this :) )

Eve and More...

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Wow.. umm... well... ok... This is definitely erotica. There is no doubt about that. 90% of this book is sex and most of it hard core in some way or another. As the reader advisory above says there is a lot of pain in this story and it is physical as well as emotional. This is not your sweet BDSM story (if there is such a thing). This is very intense and borders on cruel except it is what the sub wants.

I gave this book 4 stars because I decided to do some More...

Eve Everton and Paul Mattling had a good thing in high school. They were crazy in love, but their paths took them different ways. Eve moved to New York to explore her artistic side while Paul stayed local, eventually becoming a lawyer and hoping to finally earn the approval in his strict father's eyes. Their good friend, Danny, rooms with Paul and has recently retired from being a Dom. The kicker? Danny and Paul have a very intense relationship. Danny envied Paul in high school because he had se More...

There are parts of this book that I really liked, but there was more that I had issues with. I loved the friendship between all three characters, loved that as kids they were always together, loved that Paul and Eve were each other's first love and how important it was for them.

My issues start with Paul and Eve. I thought it was awkward that Eve came home and it seemed like she expected to pick up with Paul, but when he was taken it seemed like she decided that Danny was just as good. I found i More...

Let me start by saying…this book is not for everyone! It is not your ‘typical’ boy-meets-girl romance. The sex in the book is not your typical BDSM - it is very detailed and not for the faint of heart. It contains explosive sex scenes that are INTENSE!! With intricate details written about this BDSM lifestyle.

Paul, Eve, and Danny are childhood friends. As we all know, life doesn’t always work out like we choose. Eve and Paul are not only best friends - but are also high school sweethearts. Ther More...

Let me say right up front that I loved this book. It was red hott. I'll make it clear....I like my books that way. But that's not all it's about. I gotta have a story to make me happy too. Beyond Eden did not let me down in that regard. It was an emotional story, and I enjoyed every page.
The story is about Danny , Paul , and Eve. They grew up together. Paul and Eve were first loves, but all three had a thing for each other. Paul and Eve went their separate ways after graduation, and somewhere d More...

I lurved, lurved, lurved Beyond Eden. It was dark, gritty, passionate, intense, and everything I need and want in BDSM romance. The characters were all damaged in their own way and fit together like pieces in a puzzle. There were times I laughed, times my heart broke for the emotional pain the characters were feeling, and times I thought "holy frak that is HOT!!".

I am a fan of Kele Moon's Battered Hearts series and as much as I liked both books in the series, they didn't even compare to Beyond E More...