Product Description: Marly's love for Cade has spanned her teenage years, and survived strong and intact into womanhood. Her fantasies and daydreams have sustained her, but she's no longer content with merely imagining the touch of his hands, the taste of his kiss. It's time to seduce the tough, sexy cowboy. She's heard the rumors for years, the tales of his sexual preferences. She's prepared herself to accept his desires. Prepared her body for his touch. But she wasn't prepared for the choice to come... Cade's dark desires, his sexual excesses are based in the past. In a time when pain, shame, and blood stains his very soul. He carries a secret shared only with his brothers. A secret that has scarred the bond, the ability to be a brother or to accept the love of the men he was raised with. He knows the only way to prove his loyalty, his love for those brothers and Marly will be the key. She has a choice. She can surrender to Cade's needs, his soul deep desires, or she can walk away. A choice only Marly can make. A choice that will change her life forever.
Marly's Choice Cade August had taken Marly McCall in when she was just a small child with nowhere else to go. She had become family to he and his brothers Sam and Brock. Now that she was older in college, Cade was feeling more than brotherly toward Marly, and it horrified him because he thought those feelings were wrong. He didn't think she could handle the man he had become. He has darker sexual tastes, and is a complete dominant. There is also another secret he has tried to keep from her, and that is the fact he shares his women with his brothers.
Marly had a very difficult childhood suffering untold abuse. She had never felt safe or truly loved until she came to live with Cade, Sam, and Brock. When she was a child she fancied herself in love with Cade, and although she recognized it as a childhood infatuation, she was unprepared for the impact those feelings would have as they changed to unconditional adult love. Marly knew Cade still saw her as a child, and she was determined to entice him so that he saw her for the woman she was. He was not able to resist her for long when she mounted a full assault on him, and before he knew what hit him, friends had turned to lovers.
Marly had suffered from nightmares all her life, but since she returned home from college, they had intensified. She didn't understand it, and felt that something was wrong because things were starting to spiral out of control. When she was involved in a motorcycle accident after being forced off the road, Cade knew something was up, and he didn't believe in coincidences. Jack Jennings was once again threatening Marly's safety and sanity. All the August brothers swore they would do anything to protect her.
This is a very erotic and sexy read. The August men are all very strong dominant men, but Marly is the one to give them a run for their money. She stands up to them not taking any grief especially from Cade, and it always left me with a smile on my face to see her character written with such backbone. All of them have suffered horrible abuse, and have lived to tell about it. We were not let in on all of the details that have led them down the path they are on, but I assume that will be explained further in the subsequent books.
Take this Menage story with a grain of salt I must start off by saying that Lora Leigh is my alltime favorite erotic writter. This story is about Marly who has loved Cade for a long time, and when she gets the opportunity to be with him she takes it and everything that is involved in that including his 2 brothers. Yes I agree to a point with others how this series has a bit of creepyness- if that is a word, to it. Ya its hot and sexy to read about more than one man loving on a women, but when the story line goes about in a way that the main character is doing it for the future safety of his mate, then it gets a little weird. Over all I liked this book. I mean, we read these kind of stories for a "get the flames a goin" sexy read. But an erotic story can be just as good as any other ones. Nobody does that better than Ms. Leigh. The tortured alpha hero is definatly hot, and you will get that in this book and this series.
Overall, an OK read This was an OK read. The plot was enough to keep me hooked, and the sex was definitely hot. But the characters themselves made me just a bit uncomfortable, since this was about as close to incest as you can get without actually going over the line. Cade is an extremely dark hero, and you never really get the story behind why he & his brothers are the way they are, and Marly is just a bit to much like a spoiled brat for my liking. But, I'm one of those who, once I start a series, good, bad, or ugly, I try really hard to finish it. So, I'm off to Sarah's Seduction, Heather's Gift, and August Heat, hoping feverishly that they improve.
Simply Nasty! Okay, I don't have a promlem, in general, with the idea of multiple sex partners but this was just nasty. The inexperienced women in this series are constantly being hounded and berated for not immediately laying down and taking it from multiple partners. The premise of this story is ridiculous, the brothers were so abused that they have to screw each others women to show their love? In what universe does that make sense? The only thing this series left me with was a serious case of nausea! I love Ms. Leigh's series with the Breeds but this book has me seriously wondering about her mental health. I honestly don't know if I will even read her Breed series now. This book left me feeling tainted by association. Do yourself a favor and look for a new author!
Over all??? Left a bad taste in my mouth........threw it out....... I'm gonna keep this one short and sweet......I usually love Ms. Leigh's books and storylines. BUT this one - well - it's in the trash. I got towards the end and was literally disgusted with the way the story twisted. It ended poorly and left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Don't get me wrong ...I'm all for different strokes for different folks but this storyline bordered rape and gave "dom's" a bad name. And then when you think everything's gonna be okay - the lead male "he-man" demands another life altering change of the female lead stating "if you love me - you'll do this one last thing". I have never been more insulted for women all over the world!!! Sorry - I love a good dom/sub storyline but this was ridiculous. I was going to get the other books in the Men of August series....but not now. I'll stick with her other storylines from now on.
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