His present love. His
old flame. Can they slay his demons—and build a future?Wild Crush, Book
3Emily Irving has enjoyed two years of blissful happiness with Brandon
Walker, a manas mysterious as he is compelling. She knows Brand has
secrets, but she’s never pushedhim to reveal anything. All that changes
when an old friend of his shows up and turns herassumptions about the
man she loves upside down.Jet Durante hopes to reconnect with the man he
has loved since they were teens. Insteadhe finds the beautiful and
guileless Emily. Yet even as his hopes are dashed, a new andsurprising
attraction emerges—and so do Jet’s suspicions that Brand hasn’t been
completely honest about his past.Brand’s post-military relationship with
Emily has brought his soul close to peace, butwhen he returns home to
find his new love and his old flame in one room, explosive doesn’tbegin
to describe the atmosphere.The truth shatters Emily’s world, but if they
can all survive the flash flood of emotions,there’s a chance they can
pick up the pieces—and build something lasting.Warning: Features one
tortured soul, two sexy guys and a whole lot of horses. Alsocontains
scenes of two- and three-way love in any and every conceivable
combination
I absolutely loved this book. Not only
does Eternal Brand feature my
favorite type of ménage – MFM in which the men are bisexual – but it included just
the right amount of the ABCs of romance (angst, brokenness, and conflict). Add
to that some of the hottest ménage sex I’ve read in a while in every
combination (MF, MM, MMF, MFM) and it being set in Australia, well it’s no
wonder this one went straight to my reread shelf.
Brand is the primary male hero in this
book and by that I mean that he is the reason that Jet meets Emily. Brand did
not have a good childhood and while there are allusions made to it throughout
the book, we don’t learn until near the end of the book what it was that
happened that broke his spirit and made him feel unworthy of love, much less
the love of two people. And while Brand’s past is heartbreaking, it’s made
worse by the PTSD he suffers from serving in the military. All of this makes
for a man who does his best to avoid relationships, but he never expected to
encounter the likes of Emily. Although we meet Emily and Brand two years into
their relationship, her love for the man is apparent even though she knows
almost nothing about his past. Emily is happy with Brand and avoids broaching
subjects that she fears will send him running, which is quite insightful on her
part considering she doesn’t actually know that it’s Brand’s MO to run when
faced with too much emotion. When Jet arrives, Emily not only learns more about
Brand’s past, she also learns that he has been keeping a big secret from her
and when she walks in on Brand and Jet kissing, she’s not sure which emotion to
focus on – betrayal, anger, or arousal. Thank goodness arousal won out in the
long run and the three embark on an obstacle and pitfall rich journey to
forming a long-term triad relationship.
One of the (many) things I liked about
this book was that each character learned more about themselves as the learned
about each other. As expected, Brand’s journey to self-realization was the most
complex and pivotal to the relationship. While Emily and Jet’s love for him
helped immensely, it didn’t prevent things from falling apart and was actually the
catalyst for Brand running… again. Fortunately fate intervened and Brand ended
up getting the advice and sense of purpose he needed from an unlikely but
influential front – a Vietnam vet. Jet’s self-realization was a bit more subtle
as he came to understand that he too was running from Brand as he used his job
to run from the devastation Brand’s rejections caused in him. It took Jet
falling for Emily and the home and family the ménage relationship offered that
led to his awareness. As for Emily, the woman found the backbone she had put
away during her two years with Brand and she made Brand and Jet prove to her
that they were serious about a future together before she was willing to
consider giving them another chance. One loving woman + two sexy-as-sin men +
tons of hot sex = one stellar novel that I am already looking forward to
reading again.
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