| Title | : | Unbridled and Unbroken (The Double Rider Men's Club, #2) |
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| Format Type | : | ebook |
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| Publication | : | First published January 7, 2011 |
Johnny and Adam consider themselves lucky to have found a woman intrigued by their ménage lifestyle. Even though they weren't looking for a partner, they've found the perfect girl for them. But Veronica is hiding something that has her running out the morning after the Double Rider Men's Club annual event. An old friend associated with their men's club is hell-bent on putting Veronica in jail.
Will Johnny and Adam be able to protect her from Zachary, or will they lose her forever?
Unbridled and Unbroken (The Double Rider Men's Club, #2) Reviews
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4.5 Unbridled and Unbroken Stars
This was an everything happens for a reason kind of book. I love those.
How everything is connected and it comes together. Probably one of my favorite kinds of books because you're trying to put the puzzle together while your reading.
Oh and it's hot... yep this series is scorching freaking hot. I needed me some cowboy loven and boy howdy does this series deliver!
The narrator is actually growing on me. She has a way of keeping you interested.
*You don't have to like my review but its 100% my opinion, and I am allowed to have it.* -
Yikes. I love Elle St. James. I truly do. And I want this series to work in the worst kind of way. We need MORE menage club stories. I don't know why more authors don't utilize the concept of series with novellas to introduce future characters. There's so little time in a novella to character build and make us care whether they get together or not. Having us fall for characters over the span of a series means you go into a story ahead of the game. We already have a bond with at least one of the characters. However there were a few things I felt could have been improved in this particular book. Not to worry. I'll still be buying the next one. I know what St. James is capable of.
Let's start with the fact that we never really learn much about this girl outside of the fact that she believes she was framed for embezzlement (That's right, she doesn't know for sure if she did or didn't-she blacked out) She is living off the identity/driver license/SS# of her former boss's niece. The former boss hooked her up with the documents and is supposedly working behind the scenes to try to exonerate her. (Um does this seem obvious to anyone else?) Outside of the fact that she's been accused of embezzlement, all we know is that she has no family or friends. No one to call for help or to notice she is missing.
So complaint #1: We got zero character building for Victoria. Nothing to make me care at all if she is happy or rots in jail. Nada. She can't grow or change in any way cause there is nothing to change. We don't know if she has had lots of lovers or if she's a virgin when she hooks up with the guys. We have no idea if she's promiscuous by nature or this is a new development. Did these hunky cowboys inspire her lasciviousness or is she a sexual fiend by nature?
Onward.. so this mysterious Veronica who is working nights at a convenience store decides to return a lottery ticket to a cowboy who accidentaly left it behind, knowing full well her little trip was really an excuse for a booty call. (While purchasing said ticket this cowboy proposition her with dinner and went on to give her his hotel room # just in case she changed her mind.)
So complaint #2: She is STUPID. Let's meet a total stranger in a hotel and not tell anyone we are doing it. "Safe. Sane. Consensual." It's a motto for a reason. To add to her stupidity she also didn't bring up the use of condoms in the story. Didn't discuss medical records or sexual histories or even birth control. Bitch is stupid times two.
So Stupid Veronica goes to the hotel room and is about to get it on with Johnny (the lotto buying cowboy) when the phone rings. He is waylaid by an important business call he must take, so she goes to leave. On her way out she runs into Adam, his buddy. She takes one look at the equally hunky cowboy and figures, "What the hell, he's hunky. Let's do him instead."
Now we know she is Stupid Veronica the Slut. Well, if she wasn't before she is now.
Well, this works out well for the men because they are into menage. Menage? Menage? "What's that?" she asks. "Is this possible?"
"Well, go to our private menage club with us tonight. They'll be having a live on stage performance. You can see exactly how it is done."
Stupid Veronica the Slut of course has zero trepidation. This girl who didn't know people did such a thing is like "Ok. Sure. I'll go to a sex club with you tonight. Just let me call in sick." (By the way, this makes her Stupid Veronica the Slut and Liar)
They go to the club, watch the show and head off to a private room. (All ok with me.) But then this girl who didn't know menage was possible offers up her virgin ass and Adam slides right in. NO LUBE. NO stretching with his fingers first.. not even juicing it up with her own juices.. he just pops it right in and pushes ALL THE WAY TO THE HILT.... and she doesn't complain. Stupid Veronica the Slut and Liar with the now NOT virgin ass doesn't even pause to think, "ouch". She is loving it. He asks how it feels and her calm answer is "naughty".
Complaint #3: Totally unrealistic. Anal is painful. Especially the first time, and I think it'd be unbearably painful without any lube or prior stretching.
Veronica wakes up early the next morning in the private room at the club and at the start of the chapter she is pulling her black dress over her head. She starts to reminisce about the night and then she slips out of bed, finds her wrinkled dress and pulls it over her head.. AGAIN.
Complaint #4: EDITOR. Where was he/she? There were a number of little things like spelling/punctuation type stuff but the big things really irritate me.
Veronica sneaks out and leaves the cowboys behind, asleep in bed. That part is pretty good because we meet more of the characters who will be in the series. I like Clay's protective instinct and Zachary's natural orneriness. I like how this actually pushed the suspense plot forward. It was a little ridiculous that her personal criminal charges were tied to these two men, but I can flex for fiction. Those kinds of connections and ties CAN work to tie characters together on multiple levels. I give that a thumbs up.
The next day these two men wake up and they are discussing a permanent relationship with Veronica. Huh? They've had sex with her. Not even a meal and NO conversation at all. In fact when the whole story ends (I'm talking LAST PAGE, folks) all she knows about them is where they live and what they do for a living. All they know is her criminal history. We have no family history. No life history. No past love history. We don't know what her hopes and dreams are. But they are not in lust. They are in LOVE.
Compliant #5: Lust and love are different. Men don't fall in love from good sex. (Even good sex twice in twenty four hours) They typically need to know a little about the person. They are horny not fools.
The next night Veronica ends up with Adam and he decides he wants to play a little Dom/sub scene with her and he has the nerve to say, "Why don't you throw caution to the wind for once?" HELLO? Has she not been throwing caution to the wind? Tossed caution- went to stranger's hotel. Tossed caution- had sex with stranger's friend. Tossed caution-and didn't use condoms. Tossed caution- and went to a sex club. Tossed caution- and had anal for the first time. Tossed caution- and had a d.p. menage in a sex club.... I think she has tossed caution dude. More than once too.
Complaint #6: The characters didn't have a consistent personality and actions didn't always match what had been said or done earlier. How could a man IN LURVE talk like that to a woman he'd done six ways to Sunday in the last 24 hours? With his best friend?
The suspense/action part wrapped up in no time at all. One minute the club members are figuring out who she is and she is getting arrested, the next she is released and all has been settled.
Complaint #7: Don't just throw in suspense. If you are going to write it in, write it in and let it really play out. My grandfather would call this pissing on a forest fire. You need more than a dash of a suspense story mixed in with tons of stupid sex. If you are going to do it. DO IT. It should get us on the edge of our seat. Make us chew our nails and worry. It should elicit a little adrenaline.
Like I said, I will buy the next book. I have enjoyed Lora Leigh's Bound Hearts series and would love to have more menage club series on my shelves. I just hope someone takes her hand and helps her polish the next one up a bit. The idea was there. I just kept thinking she needed a few strong Beta Readers to set her straight and be honest with her. Everything I listed could have been corrected with a little literary massaging. -
Wendy's Review
Let me begin by saying that Elle Saint James has written another great book. The story line keeps your attention from the very beginning. Who wouldn't want two hot gorgeous cowboys to take care off all your needs?
Veronica was working a crappy job and trying to just live after her life went into shambles six months ago. Working the midnight to six shift in a convenience store can be daunting. But one morning a sexy cowboy came into the shop for coffee and she knew that wet dreams come true. Watching him move around the store she noticed his walk and much more.
Johnny was getting coffee for him and his friend, Adam, when he notices Veronica behind the bullet proof wall and decided that she didn't fit in with the store.
Coming up with his coffee he decided to ask her out and get to know her better, but Veronica didn't want that. She wanted her safe life right now. Real men like Johnny didn't exist.
After purchasing a lottery ticket which was left behind, Veronica didn't see any harm in taking the ticket to him at his hotel. It would be the only right thing to do. So after leaving work Veronica headed for Johnny and Adam's hotel room. When he opened the door to his room the heat started and Veronica threw caution to the wind.
Finding herself in the arms of not one but two sexy cowboys was a bonus, one that most women ran from. Giving them a challenge to start the relationship, she didn't have orgasms and didn't think they could give her the satisfaction that she needed to come. Hot, Hot Hot, did I say "Hot" sex scenes that have you on the edge of your seat waiting to see how they fulfill her challenge.
When the past came to the present things heat up faster. Way to go on another great book, Elle!
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Why do I keep reading these books?
Why do I keep reading these books?Why do I keep reading these books?
Why do I keep reading these books?>
WHY DO I KEEP READING THESE STUPID FUCKING BOOKS! -
Unbridled and Unbroken by Elle Saint James is the second book in The Double Rider Men's Club series. It is a scorching menage mfm romance that threatens to set your kindle on fire. The chemistry between Adam, Johnny and Veronic is hot and sexy and the story is interesting, keeping your attention even when they aren't getting down and dirty. Very satisfying story.
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The only thing I didn't like about the book was it does really go into detail about how the issue was resolved with the other person. okay so there a few lingering questions in my head. Why wouldn't she know something was up? I would be asking more questions and then some.
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Unbridled and unbroken
Couldn't put it down so can't wait to read more in this series loved the characters and the storyline so it's a well deserves five stars and I would recommend this book to everyone -
3.5 stars, but I'll err towards 4
This book is about Veronica, who was falsely accused of embezzling money at the accounting firm she worked at. She couldn't prove her innocence, but they couldn't prove that she actually did it (although the meager evidence said she did). She was allowed to resign, but her life was ruined. She lost her house, used up her savings, was hiding under an assumed identity, and finally had to get a job working at a convenience store on the overnight shift.
Which is where our hunky, blonde, tall, cowboy hero Johnny finds her when he stops for coffee and a lottery ticket for his buddy, Adam, early one a.m. He was so attracted to the lovely blonde who seemed so out of place in that sort of job... somehow too sophisticated to be there. They flirted some, he told her where he was staying, and he went on his way, thinking to look her up again before he and Adam left town after their convention.
On Johnny's way out the door, he dropped the lottery ticket, and before Veronica could get out of the locked glass enclosure she stayed behind at work, he was gone. So, she returned the lottery ticket to Johnny at his hotel, and that's where the menage fun begins in this book.
The story is actually pretty good, with the mystery of who really stole the money from the Double Rider Mens Club's account. The sex scenes are good enough that I actually read at least half of them, and the guys are sexy and looking for a permanent woman. Veronica is not one of those cursing, crude, so-called 'feisty' heroines, but she's not a doormat, either. She's curious, but sad at where her life is at this point.
Someone said in another review that this was a BDSM club, but that isn't what the club is. It's a menage relationship club (m/f/m) and once a year there is a live 'scene' played out for the members. With a whole club of these unattached guys, the possibilities are endless. There is a scene where Adam and Veronica play a Dom/Sub game and there is a spanking in that, but it has nothing to do with the Double Rider Mens Club.
There is also a set-up for another couple of books (Dominique and Tyler, plus another one with the heartbroken and traumatized Clay).
I will read this again, along with Book 1. Hoping there are more of these... Good little series. It isn't said, but I think this book may take place before, or concurrent to Book 1, but they can be read in any order. It doesn't mention in this book that Zachary Barrett is yet married. -
I did read this book first since I didn't realize it was a series but it stand alone, so it was no problem to start anywhere with these books of the Double Rider Men's Club. This is a BDSM Menage club and this book was a m/f/m (male/female/male)menage. Veronica, with all she hiding, she makes a very strong heroine. She doesn't question what everything happened in her past meant, but both heroes, Johnny and Adam assist with protecting Veronica. Its done in a way of them showing they cared and making things right again so that they too could have her safe with them. Johnny and Adam are two very different people, different personalities and behaviors that they each stand for themselves and I could see and feel how Veronica fell in love with both of them. As these books of Sirens are HEA (Happily Ever After) this is not a spoiler. But how they get to that HEA, is a sizzling and passionate read. I'm looking forward to meeting more from the club and too finding if others I met there, have their HEA's eventually too. Great read!
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Veronica meets Johnny while working at a local convenience store and is immediately attracted. Johnny too finds Veronica attractive, but is unsure how she’ll react to his lifestyle. Johnny has to share his women with his best friend and business partner, Adam.
Veronica decides to take a chance and goes to Johnny’s hotel room for some no-strings sex, but unbeknownst to her, Adam is in the adjoining room. When they broach the subject of a ménage to Veronica, she is a bit unsure because she doesn’t want there to be any jealously between the men. Totally understandable, and would probably be my main concern as well.
When these three do get together, they really steam up the pages. With Elle Saint James, you not only get fantastic sex, which is a given with her, but you also get a good storyline. With the back-story and mystery going on with Veronica, it’s sure to keep you entertained when she and her sexy men aren’t setting the bed on fire.
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If you are looking for a read that will make the goose bumps rise on your skin, then this is the book for you. From page one, my breath caught when Johnny looked at Veronica the first time, then when Adam got thrown into the mix, I thought my heart would pound out of my chest. This is one red hot story. I would make sure to have an ice-cold beverage nearby before beginning Unbridled and Unbroken, you will certainly need it. Ms. Saint James has demonstrated that she has the ability to add some heat to a romance and then cranks the thermostat until it feels like a sauna.
Kimberly
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More
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I really like this author and I like her writing and so far, almost all of her stories. But this one just didn't come across as well as the others in this series. I just didn't get the feeling, as I have with her other stories, that this was rooted in reality to the extent that other stories have been. Erotic? Absolutely, with lots of good loving and a measure of genuine caring and connection between the three main characters. But the angst that Veronica kept interjecting in the story just seemed a bit too much and went on a bit too long. I guess that says more about me than the story or the author. Don't get me wrong: it was a very romantic tale, but just didn't live up to what I had come to expect from this author.
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3.5 Ravens. With Elle Saint James, you not only get fantastic sex, which is a given with her, but you also get a good storyline. To view the rest of this review, please visit
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The premises of this series is interesting and shows different aspects of the menage relationship. In this one is about Johnny, Adam and Veronica. Veronica's past has a big secret related to the club. Zachary's help is instrumental.
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I picked this up this year at RT12 and really enjoyed it. If your not into more then one partner sex then it's not the book for you. For those who are or want to try then you'll enjoy it. -
I really enjoyed this series. I wasn't sure at first but very fast it hooked me and I couldn't put it down or get enough. I loved each story and wished they were longer. Great series.
