Letters to the Baumgartners

Baumgartners #2

by Selena Kitt

TOP 100 BAUMGARTNER SERIES ~*~FREE!~*~ Meet the Baumgartners amazon.com/dp/B0042RUM9G --------- FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING & AWARD WINNING AUTHOR SELENA KITT --------- Danielle Stuart is spending a year abroad studying in Venice, the most romantic place on earth. But while Danielle loves the language, she’s not interested in love itself. Not until she meets a handsome, Italian gondolier named Nico. He’s got his eye on her, and Danielle simply can’t resist his flirtatious charms. But when her ex-husband, Mason, shows up on her doorstep looking to reconcile, she finds herself with a dizzying dilemma. Finding herself torn between the two men, desperate Dani writes to her former lovers in hopes they might help her clarify her muddled emotions. Will the Baumgartners and their polyamorous insight give her the courage she needs to choose? IF YOU LIKED THIS BOOK you may want to have more fun with this family! Listed in Chronological Order! *FREE* Meet the Baumgartners amazon.com/dp/B0042RUM9G A Baumgartner Christmas amazon.com/dp/B006P5A644 Babysitting the Baumgartners amazon.com/dp/B003G2ZVF8 The Baumgartners Plus One amazon.com/dp/B004LGRZXO Letters to the Baumgartners amazon.com/dp/B006CW59VK Crazy About the Baumgartners amazon.com/dp/B00LPPE0LE A Baumgartner Reunion amazon.com/dp/B003GDI6JA Baumgartner Janie amazon.com/dp/B003P9X2N0 Baumgartner Henry amazon.com/dp/B004C43H14 A Baumgartner Valentine amazon.com/dp/B00THLQL6A *NEW* Baumgartners Empty Nest amazon.com/dp/B00W7X74QQ The Baumgartner Dirty Show amazon.com/dp/B00CSXHLAO

Genres: Erotica, Menage, M M F, Romance, M F M, Smut, Erotic Romance

166 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 23, 2011

About the author

Selena Kitt is a NEW YORK TIMES bestselling and award-winning author of erotic and romance fiction. She is one of the highest selling erotic writers in the business with over two million books sold!

Her writing embodies everything from the spicy to the scandalous, but watch out-this kitty also has sharp claws and her stories often include intriguing edges and twists that take readers to new, thought-provoking depths.

When she’s not pawing away at her keyboard, Selena runs an innovative publishing company (www.excessica.com) and bookstore (www.excitica.com), as well as two erotica and erotic romance promotion companies (www.excitesteam.com and www.excitespice.com) and is now head of the Erotica Readers and Writers Association (www.erotica-readers.com).

Her books EcoErotica (2009), The Real Mother Goose (2010) and Heidi and the Kaiser (2011) were all Epic Award Finalists. Her only gay male romance, Second Chance, won the Epic Award in Erotica in 2011. Her story, Connections, was one of the runners-up for the 2006 Rauxa Prize, given annually to an erotic short story of “exceptional literary quality.”

She can be reached on her website at www.selenakitt.com

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Danielle returns in LttB as she experiences Italy and struggles to come to turn with her attraction and desire for the two men who are after her heart. If anyone can help her make sense of her feelings, it's Carrie and Doc.

Danielle, Nico (her Italian fling) and Mason (her ex-husband) find themselves in a love triangle that soon shifts and they begin to further explore their desires.

*f/m f/m/m and m/f/m scenes - get your batteries!

[Bitchie · Rating 4 out of 5]

When we first met Dani, she had just lost a child and her marriage was falling apart. She met her neighbors, the Baumgartners, and they helped her to heal from both of her losses.

In the newest offering in the series, we only see the Baumgartners through Dani's letters, because Dani is finally living her dream of studying in Venice, Italy. She's been there several months, and if finally starting to get over Mason, her ex-husband. One lonely night, she meets handsome gondolier Nico, and they form an immediate connection. Of course, who should show up on Dani's doorstep but her ex, Mason, determined to win her back.

Interestingly enough, both men are ok with Dani seeing the other, so we are treated to lots of hot, steamy scenes of each man trying to win Dani's heart. They both love her, both desire her, and treat it as a bit of a competition, and it is very hot. Dani can't decide who she wants, she knows she has to choose soon. Or does she?

My only complaint about this one was that, while Nico was bisexual, Mason was straight, and once the sharing started, he didn't seem to have much issue with sexual contact with Nico, he fell into it way too easily. I also wanted to see a bit more of the growing relationship between Mason and Nico, but maybe that's just the M/M lover in me.

All in all though, this book delivers exactly what you'd expect from a Selena Kitt series- lots of hot sex, dirty talk, and buttons being pushed. Highly recommended.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dani, from the Baumgartners plus one, is in Italy.
While there she falls for a gandalier named Nico. Things are going great then he wants more and that is when we enter Dani's ex-husband Mason; who has come to Venice to win Dani back.

Now she has two guys who both love her and is letting her choose....but how can she choose she loves them both.

Okay so you can look forward to some hot sex. Plenty of one-on-one then a couple M/F/M scene with no male touching then a couple other with exploratory male touching. Then of course a quick M/M scene that turnes into a DP for Dani. ..so why choose when she wants them both.

Great sex, good drama.

[Ava · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always love Selena... but this is a M/F/M one, and should appeal to a wider audience. If you avoided her other work because of F/F story lines or taboo topics, this is the perfect chance to stick your toes in the water! You won't be disappointed!

This is part of her Baumgartner's work, but it was fine read out of order and as a standalone.

*My copy did have a few typos, and the epilogue had a confusing name switch, but it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story.

[Marilicious · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was quite the panty wetter. So keep a spare underwear handy, your hubby available and your vibrator fully charged. I was happy to find out Selena was writing Dani's story and she did not disappoint.

[Sassafrass · Rating 4 out of 5]

So, Dani's story was great. Very spicy, super juicy, and extremely engrossing. Not quite the smut-tastic perfection that is hard to replicate. I like that finally there is a threesome in this series that actually stays together. :)

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

missed the girl on girl but it was enjoyable as always

[Alma (aka Mrs. Rhaw) · Rating 4 out of 5]

hawt (check)
threesome (check)
no one left out bitter (check)
HEA (check)

this book made my day.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fourth book in this terrific series and IMO the best so far. Set in Venice, where Dani is finally realizing her dream of completing her studies in Italy, Dani falls in love with a gorgeous, sexy Italian called Nico. But steamy hot sex doesn't make personal baggage just evaporate, and Dani is still suffering Isabella's loss. And then of course, there's her ex, Mason.

Loaded with absolutely sizzling sex scenes as well as tons of character development and some delicious plot twists, with each chapter prefaced by a letter from Dani to the Baumgartners back home in the U.S., I thought this the strongest volume in an already strong series.

Selena's writing is, to me, the best in page-turning, character-driven Erotica. Her sex scenes are inventive, original, and plentiful, and guaranteed to get you wet and squirmy. I can't say enough good things about this author.

[Makeba Stewart · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second book in the Baumgartners series of Danelle, Nico, and Mason. Danelle is in Venice, where she was studying, and she meets Nico. At first she thought that he was gay, but he confessed to liking both sexes. As Danelle and Nico start their sexual relationship, in comes Danelle's ex-husband that wants her back. The two mean tries to one-up each other to win her love, but she wants them both and in no time all three of them are in bed together. And even though Mason never been with a man, he slowly eases his way in. This book was very steamy, just like all of Selena Kitt's reads, and I enjoyed every moment of it. The story line, characters, and sex scenes were great. This was a great reads.

[Isabeau Delaunay · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one was entirely too rushed. I liked that we got to continue with Dani's story, I even liked the concept of her meeting someone in Italy (Nico), and her ex-husband coming back to make nice with her, and then exploring polyamory and things moving toward an HEA...but everything happened far too quickly. Dani writing letters to the Baumgartners was a perfect example of this lazy sort of "fast forward" approach to the narrative. It was like all the plot points of the full story were there, but we were just zipping from one to the next with a few sex scenes smashed in between. Those scenes were hot, but on a story side: sorry, but no. Sadly, it all felt unearned.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story of Dani in Italy. She starts to date/sleep with Nico, then her ex Mason shows up. There’s lots of hot, dirty sex. Selena doesn’t disappoint!

[Makayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four stars because I don't know if it's possible for novelas (even book porn novelas) to be five star. The depth part of this story was rushed. But great book porn again *insert thumbs up*

[Gi's Spot Reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 Stars

[Dana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fresh off her divorce from her husband Mason, Dani is finishing up her graduate degree in Italy. Having lived in Venice for almost a year now, and just about fluent in the language, Dani meets Nico, a gondolier. After flirting back and forth for a bit, Dani agrees to go out with Nico. However, she's reluctant to let her heart be exposed to another possible break, especially if she moves back to the states after graduation. But after witnessing Nico kissing another man, she relaxes and assumes he's gay. Considering she's bisexual, that's a bit narrow-minded of her, but to each her own.
When Nico comes on to Dani at dinner, she asks if he's gay. He replies that he's bi. Then she sleeps with him. Thus begins a torrid affair.
But there is no story without conflict.
After picking a fight with Nico over the word Bella (he uses it as an endearment, she neglects to tell him it was the name of her stillborn baby), she leaves Nico's home only to find Mason on her doorstep. Of course, Dani cant help but fall into bed with Mason.
So now Dani is juggling two men, and at first, doesn't tell the other that she's juggling two men. But these things have a way of being let out of the bag.
In the meantime, Dani is writing to her former lovers, the Baumgartners, for advice. What should she do with two men that she's in love with?
Selena Kitts' writing usually goes for the titilation factor, but this story, with the exception of the surprise twist at the end, was predictable. The writing left a lot to be desired in that editing was neglected, so there were words missing, words repeated or wrong word usage. This book also adds nothing to the Baumgartners series, and can be skipped.

[Justin · Rating 3 out of 5]

this one was more like a 2.5 for me. when I realized it was a sequel to The Baumgartners Plus One I was excited to find out what was next for Dani, after reading it though it kind of felt like a stand alone book with enough changed to turn a different character into dani. while reading Baumgartner plus one her ex husband mason is such an asshole and then in this book he is so different that I just couldn't see them as the same person, in the book there are comments about him being a whole new person and how much he had changed after losing her but to me it felt like a different character changed into him, and it's not just him that changed but the light in which he is written, the domestic abuse from the first book is not even mentioned. I was also disappointed that the Baumgartner's where not in the book at all, during the book dani writes 5 or 6 letters to them explaining exactly what we just read. they are pointless and again it felt like they where added just to turn this book into a sequel and also put Baumgartner into the title and sell it as a party of that top selling series even though it is not. on top of those disappointments I just couldn't get into the setting of the book being in Italy.

[Heather in FL · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though the Baumgartners didn't make an appearance, Dani took up the torch and ran with it!

I thought it was a little quick to fall in love with Nico or for him to fall in love with her, but then maybe the time frame just wasn't clear. And I wonder why Mason's domestic violence wasn't brought up at all in this one. It was just one instance, but still, he lost his cool in The Baumgartners Plus One. But generally, as expected with a Selena Kitt story, there was smoking hot sex scenes as well as a really nice story as a backdrop. Makes me want to visit Italy! I'm glad Dani got her HEA. The story wasn't disappointing in the least, and I swear these Baumgartner stories get better and better as they come out.

The copy I got (from Fictionwise) didn't have a real break between some scenes, which made some parts a bit confusing, and then there were several word choice issues that probably just one more read by someone else would have picked up. (Pick me! Pick me! Lol!) But generally an enjoyable read.

[Ann Lister · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the setting of Venice in this one. Loved the loose tie, via the letters, with the Baumgartners and I loved Dani feeling she must chose between Nico and Mason, for certainly she couldn't have both men. I would have given this story five stars if there had been more menage sex between them. It happened so late in the story, I really expected there to be more. I would have especially enjoyed more sex between Mason and Nico. Loved the shower scene with Mason and Nico but wished there had been more encounters like that. I enjoyed this added dynamic of the m/m relationship, but wished there had been more development. For a straight man, Mason seemed a bit too casual with his first encounter with Nico, almost like it wasn't all that big a deal. All the straight men I know certainly would have made a big deal about an encounter like that! I think I needed/wanted more character development, with what I would think, would be some kind of inner struggle with that aspect of Mason's sexuality. Other than that, I truly enjoyed this book.

[Gerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

In Letters, Dani is living her dream of studying in Italy. She gets a romance going with a handsome gondolier named Nico, and enjoys the hot, steamy sex of this Italian hunk.

A wrench is throw into the romance when her ex-husband Mason, shows up on her doorstep, hpoing that he can win her back.

Since both men are not wanting to lose her, they strike a bargain, Dani can see both of them, and we get lots of hot, steamy scenes as each man tries to be the best lover. Dani is torn up over having to choose one, because she will break the heart on the one she rejects. However, thanks to her idea of what her life was like when she was living with the Baumgartnerts, and Carrie and Doc confirming her idea, she knows what to do.

One small quibble, not having Doc and Carrie make even a brief appearance in the flesh, only the letters Dani writes to them, asking "What to do?"

"Letters" delivers what you want from a Selena Kitt series- lots of hot, steamy sex, dirty talk, and buttons being pushed. Highly recommended.

[Blanca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Selena Kitt writes smutty, sexy books about menages. So far I have read two women and one man menage. Carrie is the usual suspect here with her husband 'Doc' joining in on all the fun with a second female. But, in this book we have Dani from the previous book in this series and her adventures in Italy. This time we have Dani with two men. The plot is that Dani is studying in Italy. This has been a dream of hers and it caused friction between her and her now ex-husband. So after about a year of her studies she finally falls for a great guy and she writes to the Baumgartners about her exploits. A fun read and as I said before smutty, sexy and overly steamy. Loved it.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Letters to the Baumgartners is an erotica story by Selena Kitt, which takes place after #0.5 The Baumgartners Plus One. This story is about Dani, Carrie and Doc's former lover. Dani is studying in Italy and falls for a local, just when her ex-husband shows up to win her back. Rather than fight for her, both men decide to room together while she works on her feelings for them both. This part took away from the story, since it was obvious where things would end up. The story is hot though and the three decide to make a go of it together.

[Kent · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this story! I suspected that the two guys would end up together and being a straight 52 year old man you would expect that to be a problem for me, but the way it was handled was very erotic and well done. It's too bad The Baumgartners never made an appearance in Italy, but that would probably have just complicated things much more than they already were. Still it would have been cool if they had made it to the wedding. Overall an excellent story!

[Arlyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the final book in the series and I now have read all 10 books related to the, ahem, unconventional Baumgartner family. The series was a lot of fun, with this last book being one of my favorites. While I appreciate the sensuality of the mff combination, I find the rawness of the mmf combo much more exciting. After so many mff combos, I was pleased that a mmf story was finally included. Italy was never so much fun to read about...3 for a Gondola ride, anyone?

[Lana · Rating 2 out of 5]

NOTE: I received a free copy of this book from Goodreads in exchange for an honest review.

This is a hot, steamy book, but I thought the story line behind it was a little weak. I found there were a lot of holes in the storyline and that made it more difficult for me to enjoy.

I'm not sure if it would have helped to read the other books in order they were written or not.

Overall, it wasn't a bad book, I just wish there was more of a plot story.

[Scarlet · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is sequel of The Baumgartners Plus One but I really really missed the Baumgartners.
Sexy Italian guy and Mason were hot as hell, but they were not Doc or Henry.

[Andrea Mcbride · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this series, its so sexy! Now with this book you got Dani who is in a predicament and writes to her former lovers The Baumgartners for advice! The only thing I wish this story had was the Baumgartners side of the letters! We see what Dani writes but I would have loved to hear Doc and Carrie side! But the story is awesome !

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 sexy as hell stars!***** the ending threw me but in the best possible way. I didnt like mason in the previous book but here he just made me all hot! Him and nico...god help me! Loved the sex parts!

[Edit · Rating 2 out of 5]

Danielle's character was so very different considering the first novel, and something was off so this one is only just 'ok' for me. She seemed manipulative, and right after doing Nico, she just hopped at ex-husband Mason. Like... why?! It felt really unrealistic, but the threesome scenes were hot.

[C Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the setting and the story. The Baumgartners aren't physically here, nor do we directly hear from them because it's Dani's point of view.

To sum it up, this is a story of true love with lots of burn-the-sheets hot sex.

[Karsyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5. Good, but I don't think I was quite in the mood for it, it being 4am and I've been awake going on 24 hours. Don't think I'm gonna read more of this series, as much as I'd like to, I'm too god damn sick of the pregnancy/baby stuff. No more. :/