Oh this one is a fav of mine in the series! I love Trev!! He is awesome and Beth and Bo have such great chemistry. I love the dynamic between the three. And oh the characters we meet to lust after and hope for books of!! Leo, Ben and Chase!!! Love love love!!
No MM in this one! It is all about the lady!
As usual very well written and laugh out loud funny! ( )

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Welcome back to Deer Run, land of backward thinking idiots and horrible, bitchy women. Seriously, I hate this town. I wanted to pick up all the residents of this story and place them in Bliss. Alas ‘twas impossible but the small minded twits also had a role to play in Sophie Oaks riskiest story of this series. Why was it risky I hear you cry? Because it defied a few traditional conventions in BDSM stories but I loved it for it. This is a story that will make you scream and close your e-reader, but you won’t. You get so emotionally invested in these three very broken people that you want a happy ending, you want them to all suddenly fit together but most of all you want to actually get to a point where you don’t hate them. Yes readers, Sophie Oak has done it again; she has created a twisty turny tale of three people that kept me turning the pages late into the night. I’m blaming this book for my lack of productivity the next day.

Trev is one hot mess. A Pro sports player, he is put into a novel version of rehab after failing three drugs test in a row and getting photographed snorting cocaine off a stripper. He is sent to the BDSM club run by Julian Lodge (*sigh*, oh Julian :D) and put under the care of Leo Meyer. This has a two-fold effect; it makes him sober and trains him to realise his true nature as a Dom. When he gets back to Deer Creek, it’s to stay with his sister and her asshat husband. There he has the responsibility of staying sober whilst working as the head rancher at the O’Malley ranch. This isn’t the ideal situation because he used to be a close friend of Bo but he left him for dust once his pro career started and now Bo can’t stand him. All these problems should be enough to keep him occupied; it isn’t. He struggles daily with his addictions, that is, until Beth gives him a chance to focus all his attentions on her. Trev needs to be needed, without that his focus turns inward and his fairly addictive personality takes over. I liked Trev and enjoyed reading his struggles. He isn’t a traditional literary Dom as he is probably the most emotionally precarious out of all three characters, but make no mistake, he is definitely a Dom 
Beth is the character that I had the most conflicted feelings with. She is completely submissive. I don’t mean that she is sexually submissive and wants to get spanked; I mean she is completely submissive in life. I wanted to hate her for being a weak-willed character, I wanted to rant and rail at her for allowing all those idiots in the town to mess with her. But then I realised that it just wasn’t in her nature to care about them and I couldn’t fault her for it because they really were a bunch of cretins. What really bothered me was the way she allowed Bo to treat her. She loved him, had done forever, therefore she thought it was OK for him to ignore her feelings and perpetuate the whole demeaning “mouse” nickname (for around a third of the book, I really fricking hated Bo). All through the first couple of chapters, characters begged him to let her go and allow her to find a Dom to keep her safe because they all saw what we did..Bo was no Dom. When Trev came into her life I cheered. Finally, someone who used her proper name and could see what she needed. I didn’t mind when she gave him her virginity so quickly; it wasn’t something that was precious to her, but it was something that she should only give to someone who would know what she needed in that department. She didn’t particularly stand out to me as a character before Trev came into their lives but she started to flourish once he did. I wouldn’t mind seeing these characters again as I think I’ll eventually love her!

I wanted to slap Bo upside the head. Repeatedly. With a wooden plank. He was a horrible character at the start of the book; selfish, immature and a complete pain in the arse. I hated the way he acted, the way he treated Beth and that he was going to be the final piece in the ménage. Gradually, little by little he came around. He needed a guiding hand too and that came in the guise of Trev. I won’t spoil this story, but Bo’s positioning in the ménage was novel, it was risky and it worked for me. I think that my opinion change was helped along by the nuggets of information given about his past; he really was as broken as the other two!

Overall, this wasn’t an easy, fluffy read as it deals with some heavy emotional themes. There wasn’t any way that it wasn’t getting a 5 star review and I feel this is one I will love more and more with every reread. The characters were truly broken, but together they find a way to be whole. Watch out for Leo and his heroine…..that book is going to be a doozy! ( )

I like the Bliss series better but this is still outstanding ( )

2012, January 16

OMG this book is hot, hot, hot. I love this author and this series. I can't wait for the next book. I was a little hesitant since I wasn't sure I was going to like Trevor McNamara. But I should have known that Ms. Oak wouldn't let me down. Ms. Oak can also write some really great bad guys. I was thrilled that Shelly's (Trev's sister) got just what he deserved. I was also glad that Leo Meyer from the earlier books in this series played a bigger role in this book. I also lived that Ms. Oak linked the Siren Series with the Bliss series through this story. It was also nice to see more of Aidan, Lucas and Lexi.

2014, August 17

I was glad when this book came out. I was worried about Bo O'Malley after finishing SIREN BELOVED. Bo seemed like such a lost and tormented soul. I didn't think that Bo would get into a menage relationship though. This book introduces two new characters Bethany “Mouse & Beth” Hobbes and Trevor “Trev” McNamara. This is a dysfunctional group if there ever there was one. For all of this there is an upbeat story about overcoming adversity and triumphing over addiction and dependency. There are also several really nasty villains that will make you want to help Trev, Bo and Beth get rid of them.

This story starts with Trev hitting rock bottom. He is an addict and alcoholic. He is offered the chance at 10 million dollars if he can stay sober for three years. Leo Meyer and Julian Lodge take Trev under his wing and teach about Domination and submission. They also show him that discipline can help getting through each day of his recovery. Trev comes to the O'Malley ranch to work for a year. After the year he will have his money and can buy into a ranch in Colorado. Trev runs into Beth at a bar and rescues her. Bo has known Trev since he was a junior in high school. With some effort the three form a union that benefits each of them.

I liked Trev by the end of the story. He was a little bit of a whiny asshole in the beginning but he came around and become a man that his sister and Bo and Beth could lean on. I loved that Ms. Oak shows how hard it is to fight an addiction, the daily battle to not take a drug or drink a beer. Trev works through it by loving Beth and Bo. Fighting the humiliation of how people see you and treat you can wear on anyone. It takes a big man to overcome his pride and except help from those around him. I also love that Trev is willing to learn how to fix up the house that Beth buys.

Beth has been invisible to those in Deer Run. She has been ashamed of her body, which is curving and lovely, as well as her looks. She dresses in clothes that are too big and wears her hair in a bun. I do love that when Trev comes into her life she is open minded enough to experiment with D/s. It helps that she is Lexi O’Malley's assistant and Lexi write BDSM romances. Beth is also talented in fixing up house and doing accounting for various businesses in Deer Run. She is shy and quite. She doesn't really care what the good people of Deer Run think about her she just does what she thinks is right. Beth is also very courageous and very submissive.

Bo has been trying to find someone or several someone to care for every day. Bo isn't a dominant but he can Master Beth when he needs to. Bo knows that he can’t handle the business end of ranching but he loves working with cattle and riding fence and he is good at it. I loved watching Bo come to the realization that he loves Beth and he is willing to fight for her. I also loved that he trusted Trev again enough to tell him about the night that his Dad almost killed him.

This is the first book to truly tie Bliss, Colorado and the Texas Sirens together. There has been mention of the two in each series in each book. This is a hot and steamy romance that will leave you panting and in need of ice water. There is also some major spanking in this book. There is also some toy play, bondage and people running around naked while they have wild monkey sex. I love this author and both series. ( )