Obviously I am not eloquent with my wording, because I noticed in my reviews here that I have been stating the books I’ve read recently are “great”, “fantastic”, “awesome” and so on. Maybe I need to find different words, or maybe I need to review books that are not so great. But I decided when I started this blog that I would only write about the books that I found truly fantastic, great, awesome and…..well, you get the idea!
Anyhoo, on with another awesomely, fantastic book!! LOL
I was lucky enough to win an ARC of Lauren Dane’s Undercover which is coming out on December 2nd. And shoooooeeee, talk about a really, really great book!! (notice the slight change!!) Lauren did such a fantastic job of taking the old class distinction prejudice, redefining it and putting it into the future. I have to say up front that it is a menage, but it is not the conventional menage, it is so much MORE than that. It is the story of Ash, from the upper class, forced by family and social conscience to marry the “right” girl. And being the typical man that he is, he thinks he can ”keep” the heroine, Sera. Pffffftttt, what a bonehead!! Needless to say, that didn’t go as he planned! Because Sera is such a strong heroine, she wouldn’t accept that from Ash, so she left him, to spend quite a long time trying to recover and then trying to keep her feelings numb. Ten years later, enter Ash and his second in command Brandt. And here is where the shooooeeee comes in…..Brandt is the classy, elegant foil to Ash’s rough, outspoken demeanor. But Brandt has some wonderfully rough edges in all that elegance he has! He is the buffer to the hurt and hate that first runs through Ash and Sera. He then becomes the bow that ties them all together. Sera is so strong, but with a bruised and vulnerable heart, I couldn’t help but understand, sympathize and feel for her. And Ash and Brandt were such strong male creatures, they made me angry, laugh, cheer and fall in love with them both. This was so much a story of old love and rediscovery.(Ash & Sera) Of new love and trust. (Brandt & Sera) Of deep respect and great affection.(Ash & Brandt) It was a story of enough love for three hearts.
Oh, and in case you like your story with a little bit more than “just” the erotic romance, than this is definitely the story for you! It has family, enemies, action, adventure and intrigue. This is a MUST buy for everyone’s TBB list!! And this will positively go into my re-read pile!
If you’re not interested….sorrrrry, you’re gonna miss out on a GREAT story!!
If you want more information on Lauren Dane and Undercover, you can go here.
