Hernando Heat

by Tymber Dalton

Katie Dorchester's heart died with her husband. Worse, her ex-in-laws would kill to steal her property. Forced to leave town, she tries to build a new life in Brooksville.

Enter Joe Lansing and his cousin, Deputy Mason Carlisle. Joe’s had run-ins with the Dorchesters before…and suspects his fiancée paid the price. Mason lost his sister to a rich bully. The men have heartache of their own, but when they intercede on Katie’s behalf to protect her from the Dorchesters, they know she is the one for them.

Katie would do anything to protect Joe and Mason’s reputations in town, including giving up her own happiness with them. When the Dorchesters threaten her men, she tries to protect them the only way she knows. Now her men are in a race to save her life and their new family. Can they keep her safe in the deadly Hernando Heat?

Genres: Menage, Erotica, Historical, BDSM, Erotic Romance

152 pages, ebook

First published October 31, 2011

About the author

Author Lesli Richardson, who is better-known by her more prolific wild-child Tymber Dalton pen name, lives in the Tampa Bay region of Florida with too many pets of various species. Other pen names of hers include PT Long, Calliope Clockwork, Ravyn Wolf, and Zoe Park. She writes in a wide variety of heat levels and genres, from mainstream sci-fi all the way to scorching ménage.

The USA Today Bestselling Author (as Tymber) and two-time EPIC award winner is a part-time Viking shield-maiden in training who loves to sing karaoke and play D&D with her friends. She’s also the author of over 250 books and counting, including The Reluctant Dom, Cross Country Chaos, Her Vampire Obsession, the Bleacke Shifters series, the Governor Trilogy series, and many others.


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Reviews

[BookAddict ✒ La Crimson Femme · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love the rugged countrymen who take care of the "little lady"? Did you think that ménages were only invented in the last few decades? Introducing the town of Hernando where the men are hot and protective.

Widower Katie Dorchester is not only grieving for her husband, but fighting to keep what he gave her. Katie is unfortunately saddled with male in-laws from hell. They will do anything to take her land from her, even if it is to kill her. Fearing for her life and peace of mind, Katie moves to Hernando for a quiet life.

Katie isn't living as a lady of leisure despite her husband's forethought and planning. She wants to still be useful. She opens up shop as a seamstress. Soon she catches the eye of cousins Joe and Mason. As they both woo Katie, these confirmed bachelors luck out when her in-laws threaten her with bodily harm. Since Joe and Mason share a home, they can both protect Katie if she lives with them. Moving in with the town pastor's blessing, pretty soon Katie heats up both Joe and Mason.

This ménage is a first for me from Ms. Dalton where the setting is in the 1800s. There are no cars, electronics and indoor plumbing, yet the life seems no different than today. Men and women fall in love. There are good and bad people. The condemnation and acceptance of ménage relationships seems virtually the same as today. Actually, I found the acceptance of an open ménage relationship a bit more progressive than what we have today.

HERNANDO HEAT is an enjoyable quick read with smooth and easy transition between the conflicts through to the resolution. The sexual tension between the three was sweet. The threesome progressed faster than I anticipated to a double penetration that was hot from a voyeuristic view. I only wish the men weren't related as lately, I'm more interested in a ménage where the men also interact with each other. The v triad ménages don't do it for me anymore. It's just missing that extra little oomph. Still, this is a sweet ménage I recommend to lovers of hot country boys who love and cherish their women.

[Katy Beth Mckee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really loved the love story between all three characters. It was interesting to see the interaction between the characters and the way there were interconnected to the the bad guy. Their feelings seemed very real and possible.

Some people commented that they didn't think that their acceptance was really possible but knowing how wild Florida has really been I don't find that as hard to believe. My the late 1800's Florida's coasts were full of Northern investors building railroads and resorts but Florida's interior was still pretty rough and wild. Florida's real history is full of real characters and I could easily picture these characters fitting right in.

[Tasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very interesting book. She finds love after the death of her husband (even with her ex-father-in-law badgering her to give him the land) but surprisingly she doesnt find love in just one man she finds love in two men (who are related, cousins). She will do anything to keep them safe and ALIVE, she will even do things she doesnt want to do but will the men know what she has done and why?

[Obsessed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story. My only observation/complaint is how quickly everyone, and I mean everyone adapted to the idea of a threesome. The only people with lingering issues were the bad guys and the widow's dead husband's best friend, and his was a token protest. I guess I'm just used to more angst and persecution with my ménage stories. Still good, though.

[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't realize this is a historical western. Bummer.

[Bec · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely not her best.

[Book Dragon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Tymber Dalton's books but this one was an avarege, I love others more. But it's a quick and easy read with hot cowboys.

[Charlene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly good read.

[Storm Chase · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a patch on her other books (I've read three). Disappointing.