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Bandicoot Cove #1

Exotic Indulgence

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It’s time for an indulgence, or two…or three.

Bandicoot Cove, Book 1

There’s something magical about Bandicoot Cove. It’s where Kylie Sullivan’s dream of managing a luxury, five-star resort is about to come true. And it’s where people tend to fall in love. Kylie should know. She’s fallen hard—for three very different men.

There’s Brad, who knows just how to relieve her stress and send her body on a crash course through pleasure. Hemi, her untamed Maori, who awakens her primitive side. And Finn, the sexy bartender whose specialty is Screaming Orgasms.

The three men fulfill all her sexual fantasies, but Kylie knows reality will eventually set in and she’ll have to choose. But how? For now she decides not to decide—at least until she makes sure the resort’s soft opening comes off without a hitch.

As far as Brad, Hemi and Finn are concerned, Kylie’s life is too much work and not enough play. The only choice they plan to give her is to say yes to their wildly passionate proposal…

Warning: Three sexy men pleasing one uninhibited woman—how much more warning do you need? This short story is long on heat, with a drool-worthy setting and sexual interludes in the office, at the beach and the bar. You want a day job like this.

53 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 23, 2011

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Vivian Arend

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Vivian Arend loves to share the products of her over-active imagination with her readers. She writes contemporary, western, and light-hearted paranormal romances. The stories are humorous yet emotional, usually with a large cast of family or friends, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Vivian lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her husband of many years—her inspiration for every hero and a willing companion for all sorts of adventures.

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Author 2 books63 followers
November 14, 2011
This book is a quickie.

It’s hot and steamy. It’s sexy and thrilling. It’s fast and … predictable. What more can you ask for of an erotica book? Everything

But as quickies go, this book wasn’t too bad.

Lonely manager screws and falls in love with three men who work for her.

She has one meeting with dude #1, has an orgasm. She has another meeting with dude#2, has an orgasm. She has another meeting with dude #3, what’s that again? Oh .. another orgasm.

The only good thing about this book was the descriptive writing. Totally hot! Well that, and the ending flat-out did it for me.

Can’t say though! No spoilers here Not that you really have to avoid spoilers in a review. Hmm. .. Nope, I just cannot bring myself to tell you about the ending. Double yummylisious!

I recommend this book to adults only who are in need of a quick erotic fix. No violence that I remember. Strong and hello baby! sexual content.

~Happy reading
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613 reviews333 followers
September 4, 2011
Really it's 3 1/2 stars


Kylie is having a having rather a stressful week. In-between setting up the brand-new, exclusive Bandicoot Cove resort for a “soft” opening, she has to contend with her feelings for the three separate men she is sleeping with on the Island. All the men are colleagues; Brad is the gorgeous harbourmaster, Hemi is the rough Maori diving instructor and Finn is the smooth, laid-back bartender at the club. The men know that she has been seeing them all and have no compunctions about sharing her. Unfortunately, she feels that she has to choose. Her feelings are affecting all of their relationships, how can they prove to her that she has no need to pick one of them?

This very short read sets up the future books. This story is centred on sex, pure and simple. In the space of this uber quick read Kylie shows us the different side to each of the men in a very carnal way (I’m a Brad fan ;D) and then they show us exactly how the men intend to “share” her. It’s an unapologetically kinky read and I loved it! There is very little character development due to the length; it didn’t bother me in the slightest. I got to know Kylie; I didn’t really need to see her change. If I had one complaint, it would be I know very little about the men aside of their feelings towards Kylie. The sex scenes were steam-up-the-windows hot; for such a short read, it did a good job on my pulse rate! I have always been a fan of ménage (hence why I love this series) and this is certainly a good example of that genre.

Exotic Indulgence is the starting point to the Bandicoot Cove story and its FREE people! Go get it and have a taste of what’s to come! I was very impressed that three authors wrote this one tale; it was pretty seamless. I would recommend you take the time to download this one, as Kylie is pivotal to all the other books (who do you think invites the other guests :D).

If you like your romance hot and your men in multiples, this series is a must-buy. This quickie introduces us to our hostess and her men...they certainly are a fun bunch :D
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1,356 reviews1,474 followers
September 20, 2011
Not bad for a smutty, fantasy read--just don't expect a whole lot of plot or character development.

Kylie's the manager of an exclusive, 5-star luxury resort (Bandicoot Cove) set to open soon on Bilby Island (Australia). Despite being swamped with work and under the gun, she's managed to carry on 3 sexual relationships with three of the resort's employees (none directly under her supervision, natch). Darkly sexy, blue-eyed Brad (who I think has something to do with the resort's harbor?) is her oral-pleasure buddy; tall, dark, and over-endowed 'Maori warrior' scuba instructor Hemi can give her pleasure with just the right 'touch'; and shaggy blond 'bad boy' with abs-of-steel Finn Hardy is the resort's oh-so-talented bartender. Kylie's got relationships going on with all three men, and can't decide who to choose. How can she? Maybe she won't have to...

Yep, as you can imagine, this little quickie leads up to one big fantasy sex scene starring all four (m/f/m/m...no m/m action) of them. And it's hot, of course, but would be a whole lot hotter if the rest of the story/characters were further developed. Don't know if this is a one shot deal or not, but I can imagine there being aditional erotic stories centered around the guests and/or employees of this resort. 3 1/2 stars
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2,063 reviews
March 27, 2012
This would not make me want to continue the series. I got it because I really like the individual authors, but I don't think this was a good representation of their skill. I just felt like so much was missing! It was very short, and I didn't get a feel for the personalities of Brad or Hemi or Finn, beyond that they were drop-dead gorgeous and they all wanted Kylie. There wasn't really any pre-story about how she met up with them or the dynamics of their relationship(s). It was just screw all of them separately, waffle a bit about having to pick just one, and then they surprise her and tell her they want to continue their relationship all together so she doesn't have to choose. And then that was it. So I'm really hoping the next ones are better than that.
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5,709 reviews228 followers
August 29, 2011
Definitely on the sexy side, this was a nice introduction to the upcoming Bandicoot Cove series. Seeing as how I like menage books and I like books where good things happen to the main characters, this novella ended up being a win/win situation for me.

All three of Kylie's men are sexy, hot, hot, and hot. Also, they all appear to be extraordinarily gifted with their tongues and/or fingers. I appreciate that in main men. Kylie enjoys each of her men for the *ahem* joy they bring to her life. She can't decide between them and, really, who could in her shoes?

Short, but sexy as hell and well worth settling in with for a quick read.

-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
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428 reviews28 followers
January 2, 2012
3.5 Stars

I think this short story accomplishes what it has set out to achieve. In my opinion it’s a story to get your motor running. Say for instance if you had a guy who didn’t know the meaning of foreplay – this is the sort of book you would read to crank your own engine. It doesn’t have a huge amount of story line and this is little time at all to build a connection between the characters – but there is a whole heap of sex.

Totally random, naughty sex.

So if you are looking to crank your engine this is a good story to do it. In little over 100 pages there is vaginal sex, oral, anal then the finale is quite intense with a mixture of all of the above.....all at the same time.
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1,776 reviews42 followers
January 31, 2013
I flip-flopped between 2 or 3 stars. I really liked the way this was written. It really got the feelings across and had some really good steamy scenes, but towards the end I wasn't feeling it anymore. I think this is an opinionated thing, but I don't much care for more than two participants. And four seemed a little overload. The writers did really well writing though and if this was an erotic with just two it would have been a dynamite book, even if it was a shorter book. So three for the actual book but two because of my personal perspective of not being into more than a pair. Although I would give four to five stars if this was the story of just a pair. (Kindle freebie) Enjoy
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2,134 reviews30 followers
September 8, 2013
FREE FROM AMAZON. my favourite kind of price.
This first book for bandicoot series is short but very mighty. With three very sexy guys fighting for Kylie's heart but then they realise to have everything they have to work together. Really great ending to a amazing short book. Really nice easy read.
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325 reviews342 followers
December 11, 2011
A fun, smutty read. I'm guessing this is an excerpt from a longer work, as it is very short and very low on characterization and plot. As long as you're just in it for the foursome, it's an entertaining read. Gloss over the cheesetastic dialogue and enjoy the sex.
2,103 reviews24 followers
November 11, 2018
Not sure what this series was trying to achieve or the authors who had a part in writing it, but it was poor a really bad storyline with mediocre characters
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1,170 reviews76 followers
July 8, 2012
This was a fun read... Like a 3.5 Will read the rest of the series.
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14.4k reviews543 followers
December 4, 2013
This was a fun one. I liked that all the men were so different and that they ganged up on Kylie to show her that she really didn't need to pick between the guys.
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71 reviews20 followers
August 17, 2013
Whew..."his 6 foot shoulders and wash board abs turned me into a puddle of need! Wow, very sexy...3 1/2 stars for this steamy island resort fantasy.
10 reviews
January 29, 2018
Quickie is the best description of this book. Plenty of heat and not much plot.
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17 reviews
June 26, 2018
Too short

Would have liked more of the story instead of it being all over and done with in a day .
816 reviews4 followers
March 20, 2017
Sexy hot

Very good for a short erotica story. When you think you're playing with three guys and think they don't know then find out they all want her together
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5,476 reviews177 followers
September 5, 2011
Originally posted at: http://whippedcream2.blogspot.com/201...


Pack your bags and hop the next flight to the beautiful island Paradise of Bandicoot Cove, where indulgence isn’t optional, it’s inescapable.

Kylie Sullivan has a dilemma, one that most women can merely dream about. Three men, gorgeous and totally delicious men, fulfill her every need and then some. The problem: How long can it last? How long will they allow her to continue without forcing her to choose? Choose? What a silly word!!

Take three amazing writers of some of today’s sexiest romance and give them the chance to write four stories that overlap and are intertwined and you have a recipe for one sensational series. Did I mention the whole thing takes place at a fabulous resort in Australia? *sigh* These stories won me over on that detail alone. Okay, so maybe it helped that the writers are all super talented and each novella has an interesting and unique premise.

This first story sets the stage for the other three. Readers are not only treated to a tour of the grounds of Bandicoot Cove via Kylie’s inspection walk before the soft opening, but everywhere she goes it seems one of her men are determined to show her the hidden pleasures of the island. Don’t expect a lot of background to Kylie, Brad, Hemi and Finn’s story because it just isn’t there. And that was fine by me because in this short story I was more interested in where they are now and what was in store for their future.

Kylie is a fun character to read. She’s responsible, mature and level headed about everything…except the men. But who can blame a girl for not wanting to choose between three men that are so different and yet so focused and in tune to a single woman. Thankfully, Brad, Hemi and Finn have a plan that will leave Kylie breathless and guaranteed to singe your e-reader.

If you need a quick escape to an island getaway then Exotic Indulgence is your ticket. All four books in the series are out, so now is the perfect time to get your feet wet with Exotic Indulgence. These stories are not to be missed if you enjoy ménage as each one focuses on men that share and women that hate to choose!

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100 reviews70 followers
September 21, 2011
Kylie is a very busy girl with a lot on her plate right now. She is the manager in charge of opening a new resort in a few weeks to the public and a is currently working on the soft opening for VIP guests, that along with the trouble of three hot men.

Kylie knows it's wrong to lead them on, but she can't seem to choose between Brad - her hands on man, Hemi - the tattooed Maori SCUBA instructor, or Brad the sexy bartender. What's a girl to do when she is head over heels for three sexy men at the same time? Kylie is determined not to do a thing about this. She can't/won't make herself choose just one. She is trying to keep her mind on the opening.

Kylie finds herself being slowly seduced by each man (yes, I said each man and wow! what wonderful scenes.). She just can't help herself, she can't resist the pull they have on her and the way she feels for them all. Why does she have to choose, why can't this be like in her dreams where she doesn't have to choose and she can have them all? Could that really happen?

Like everything I've read by these ladies I LOVED IT! This is a short story introduction to The Bandicoot Cove Series (BK-2 Paradise Found by Vivian Arend, BK 3- Tropical Sin by Lexxie Couper, BK 4 - Island Idyll by Jess Dee). This short story gives you a quick insight into the Bandicoot Cove Resort and what to expect from the next reads. From the first few pages you are drawn in by the scorching hot scenes. If you have ever read anything by these ladies you know what I'm talking about, and if by chance you have been hiding somewhere and haven't read these ladies before... this is a great opportunity to do so, especial since it's FREE!
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194 reviews1 follower
September 22, 2014
Honestly, I would rate this book higher except that it is a bit confusing. Is it one book, or is it three? The beginning seems like it is an actual novella by Vivian Arend, but then the next two parts seem more like samples from the next books written by the other two authors. The Vivian Arend part is good, if not really crammed into a very tightly edited into a really unbelievably short time span of one opening day of the resort where the femme fatale manages to have sex with all 3 of her guys, which are also her employees, individually while trying to track them down and make sure they are ready to go for the soft opening of the Grand Resort that day. The 1st tryst in her office, ok, I'd buy that, the 2nd out on the beach? And the 3rd on top of the bar that is about to open? Then the grand finale with all 3 guys in the same bar but moved to one of the lounges? First, can anyone say "Health Code Violations!" and eww, sand all up in my skirt, not to mention the whole exhibitionist part of that one. And 3rd, it's an opening, where are the customers? I know there won't be a lot while you are training staff, but there should be some! I'm all for getting your loving when & where you can, but please, I've said for years that these books should be designated as Fantasy's and not Romance, and this one really proves that point. Still, if they ever do figure out what is actually going on with the other authors, or with the almost Readers Digest type editing of Vivians, it could be worth checking out a more fleshed out version of this series.
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3,204 reviews188 followers
October 26, 2011
review copy for ARRA
1.5 stars rounded up

Bandicoot Cove is a new and exclusive luxury resort. Prior to the grand opening, the resort is holding a ‘soft opening’ to sort out any hiccups in the service/facilities and has invited guest to stay for a free three-day weekend. Kylie Sullivan is the resort manager and despite this being the biggest weekend of her career, still finds time to have hot sex with three separate men—all employees of the resort. While they are not her direct reports, ultimately she’s the boss and the whole thing felt very uncomfortable to me. She’s the manager and she’s getting it on with three employees in the same day (on one occasion in broad daylight on a public beach), all the while getting ready for the resort’s big weekend? It is only toward the end of the story that the reader is told that each man is aware of the others’ involvement and doesn’t mind. And then they decide they’ll all get together at the same time and have a happy relationship into the future. The end. There’s no real romance, no character development and no believable HEA. Maybe I expect too much plot-wise from erotic romance but this one didn’t push any buttons for me. I felt it also suffered from having been written by three different hands as well—it’s only 45 pages long and it felt to me a case of ‘too many cooks’.
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1,852 reviews245 followers
October 5, 2014
3-3.5 stars

This was a good story and I liked the MCs, Kylie, Brad, Hemi and Finn. Their story is rather hard for me to rate as it's very short and contains mostly sex. The story isn't bad for what it is but doesn't give a good expectation for the rest of the books in the series (and the other books I've read are better...they still have sex prominent in the story but also have a bit more plot added in).

Basically, Kylie is the manager of the resort and is getting it prepared for it's grand opening in a few weeks. While she's been getting the resort up and running, Kylie became involved with 3 very different men working at the resort (not under her direct supervision). She's been dating them for a few months and discovered that she has developed strong feeling for all 3 men. Kylie is convinced that she has to choose between the men and is stressing about it. The story takes place over the space of a day and basically revolves around the men each having individual moments with her and then coming together at the end of the night to take her all together in an effort to convince her they all want her and will happily share her. This works and the story ends with a 4-way HEA. :D

Overall this was an enjoyable story but not a major amount of substance outside of the sex. Still it was a nice, hot little story and wasn't a bad way to spend an hour or so. :D
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527 reviews7 followers
June 24, 2012
If you do not mind erotica then Exotic Indulgence is a okay read. This book is the combined work of three different authors. Kylie is the manager of Bandicoot Cove and is getting ready for a 'soft' opening at the resort Bandicoot Cove and is a bit stressed out over it.

The story line, if you can call it one, is basically sex between a Kylie and three men, which work with/for her, and in which she is in love with each one of them. Even though the scenes are short I will admit they are a bit steamy. The story ends with Kylie and the decision she was having to make as to which one she would keep. Keep in mind in reading this that there is a lot of sex--no violence and little to basically no character build up and basically no story line except which man will Kylie choose--and you don't read much about that except her encounter with all three men in the same day.

Each one of the authors has also written another individual book that carries on about Bandicoot Cove. This was a free book and if you are looking for a fairly quick read with no expectations and don't mind reading about sex, then this story is perfect.
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122 reviews17 followers
January 6, 2016
You have the plot of the book. On the surface, it sounds interesting. Open the book and start reading, 1 hour later I am writing a review.

As you know, Kylie has it all. Dream job, beautiful life and 3 men that she dreads having to choose between. Each man is unique in his own way. They each touch a part of Kylie that one alone cannot touch. How do you decide this kind of thing. The topper is you are falling for each one of them. She encounters each one through the day. Leaving her an orgasmic mess and with a charm from each one. By the end of the night, the choice will be left for her to make. When they each complete your heart, what should you do?

This was my first read by the three authors. No grammatical errors that interrupted the adventure and feelings of the story. I enjoyed the first to the last pages. They are very adept at creating pictures in your mind. You can visualize the resort and every happening taking place. Hence, why I am changing my name to Kylie and moving to the resort...for life.

So pick up this short wonderful read. Let the real world go and fulfill your needs. Enjoy!
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