Secret Ties

When Summer Anderson took her themed chocolate confections to an adult entertainment trade show, she never dreamed how her life would change. She and best friend Tanya had a booth set up so she could sell specialty chocolates designed for the event and Tanya could peddle her latest book. Everything at this show was new to Summer, and she felt out of her element. She had never been exposed to the explicit sexuality on display everywhere. When she saw an incredibly sexy man staring at her just exuding supreme dominance, it made her very nervous. Tanya later introduced Summer to him, and she was surprised at her instant heart stopping attraction to him. Max Delaney had lived the lifestyle as a dominant since the loss of his beloved wife. He never got seriously involved with any of the women he trained, and had no problems letting them go when the time came for the relationship to be over. Upon meeting Summer, he knew that this relationship would be different, but still planned to bring out the suppressed passion in this beauty knowing they only had the weekend. When Summer arrived back home, and into reality, she made the decision she was no longer going to sit on the sidelines waiting for her life to begin. She has wanted best friends Kyle and Shane for so long, but settled for friend status until now. It was going to be her mission to seduce them both into a ménage relationship. Things were starting to progress as planned until Max showed up, and told her how much he missed her. I have been disappointed with this author's last few books, but this one was a pleasant surprise! I enjoyed the sexual intensity between Max and Summer as he takes her on a journey of self-discovery. The erotic passages are very hot, and will make you melt. The characters could be more defined, and the story could use some background work. Still, overall an enjoyable read.

I don't know how Opal Carew does it. She came out of no where about 2 years ago and ever since then every single one of her books never fails to thrill. I say thrill because Opal's books are HOT! Erotica at its absolute best. If her books don't turn you on and push you over the edge... you're probably not into erotica. Her latest book, Secret Ties explores BDSM and there's even a threesome scene but its mostly focused on the 2 main characters. the fact that Summer get's it on with 3 guys in this book might be a turn off for some, but Opal makes it work without the guilt. Beyond hot, its a definite page burner and another masterpiece from Opal. My only complaint is that it'll be another 6-8 months before we get another Opal book.

Since the summary is listed, I'll go into the details of what I liked or didn't like. As we've seen with all of Opal's other books, you have the "vanilla sex" type of heroin that gets turned on in all sorts of ways and totally embraces the "lifestyle." Summer is the most fleshed out of the characters, for what little we're told about her, and we didn't get a lot of detail about Max, Shayne and Kyle either. That's a real shame as there's virtually no backstory, and it's all the here and now with no explanation as to how or why everyone gets on the bandwagon so to speak. This is a major complaint I had with Swing and Six, and at the end of the book, you see that the next one coming out returns us to the Six crowd to see yet another love interest swept into the sexual escapades. The feelings of love come fast and furious with this gang, and yet you're not really sure why it works in one case, and why it falls apart with two of the others (downgraded love you could say). And then there's the thing about someone else possibly entering the picture in the future. Without it spoiling too much, the latter is now a common Opal Carew theme, and I'd like to see it end before it just becomes something that's tossed in with every book. I'm glad I took the time to read this story, but it's not a gem like Twin Fantasies, and Blush had more of an emotional impact. At least for me.

When Max Delaney and Summer Anderson meet they are instantly attracted to one another. He mentors her in his world of BDSM as he is a master dominant and believes she is a dormant submissive. Max proves correct as Summer craves his dominating her. Until now she hid this side of her nature from the other two males in her life, Shane and Kyle. Summer decides she has graduated and plans to teach the two hunks what Max taught her so that she has three men at one time. However, she also hesitates out of fear that Max will not appreciate sharing her with others and she wants all three outside the bedroom dungeon too. Not for everyone with BDSM and multiple partnering, SECRET TIES is a well written heated erotic romance starring two protagonists who seem real supported by a strong cast especially in the vast sexual encounters. scenes. Fans will enjoy Summer's dilemma as Max has given her every fantasy she craves except one. She fears pushing the envelope of three hunks taking her at the same time may drive away any of the trio she loves but especially her teacher. Harriet Klausner