Sunrise

Monarch Club #3

by Briana Michaels

Love doesn't hurt. It destroys...
When Knox and Vault come to me for help, I don't hesitate to be their Domme. Their long, heartbreaking history has ripped them apart, and I'm the bridge that will help them find their way back to each other.

At least, that was the plan.

I tried not to, but I've fallen in love with both of these incredible men. Trust is paramount in our dynamic, but the guilt of hiding my secrets guts me with every kiss, touch, and scene we share. I've been an imposter since I joined the Monarch Club and it's time to come clean.

Will they forgive me for my lies, or will my confession destroy their bonds with me... and each other?

Genres: BDSM, M M Romance, M M F, Why Choose, Second Chance, Dark Romance

409 pages, Paperback

Published July 10, 2025

About the author

Briana Michaels grew up and still lives on the East Coast. When taking a break from the crazy adventures in her head, she enjoys running around with her two children. If there is time to spare, she loves to read, cook, hike in the woods, and sit outside with a fire. She does all of this with the love and support of her amazing husband who always has her back, encouraging her to go for her dreams. Aye, she’s a lucky girl indeed.

Reviews

[The.SmuttyBookClub · Rating 4 out of 5]

***Please note that this review is mainly for my benefit as it is more of a summary of the book and may contain spoilers.***

🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
[ ] Abduction
[v] Actor M
[v] Addiction (M
[v] Adopted Siblings
[v] Adoption of neice
[v] Adult breastfeeding
[v] Age Gap (27 F & 43 M)
[v] Age play
[v] Airplane Sex
[v] Alien M
[v] Alpha/Bega/Omega (omega F, 3 Alpha Ms)
[v] Amnesia
[ ] Anal
[v] F to F anal
[ ] F to M anal
[ ] M to F anal
[ ] M to M anal
[v] Anal Beads
[v] Anal Felching
[v] Anal Fisting
[v] F to F anal fisting
[v] M to F anal fisting
[v] M to M anal fisting
[v] Anal Gaping
[v] Anal Hook
[v] Anal Knotting
[v] Anal Play
[v] F to F anal play
[v] F to M anal play
[v] M to F anal play
[v] M to M anal play
[v] Anal Rimming
[v] F to F anal rimming
[v] F to M anal rimming
[v] M to F anal rimming
[v] M to M anal rimming
[v] Anthology
[v] Anxiety Attacks
[v] Arranged Marriage (marriage contract)
[v] Arrangement
[v] Artist M ( artist)
[ ] Assault
[v] Auction
[v] Auralism Kink (sounds and voices)
[v] Author F
[v] "Baby Boy"
[v] "Baby Girl "
[v] Bar Sex
[v] Baseball/MLB, former MLB player
[v] Bath Sex
[v] Bathroom Sex
[v] Begging
[v] Ben Wa Balls
[v] Belt
[v] Best Friend's Brother
[v] Best Friend's Dad
[v] Best Friend's Daughter
[v] Best Friend's Mom
[v] Best Friend's Son
[v] Bi-Awakening
[v] Billionaire M
[v] Birth Control Tampering
[v] Biting
[v] Blackmail
[v] Blood Kink
[v] Blood-Play
[v] Blue Collar (cop M
[v] Body Guard
[v] Boat sex
[v] Bookstore Sex
[v] Branding (Forced tattoo)
[v] Brat
[v] Breast Binding
[v] Breath-Play
[v] Breeding Bench
[v] Breeding Kink
[v] Brother's Best Friend
[v] Bully to Lover
[v] Butt Plug
[ ] CSA (Child Sexual Assault) in M's past, off page
[v] Cage
[v] Candaulism Kink (desire to show off one's partner)
[v] Cane
[v] Car Sex
[v] Carriage sex
[v] Cat of Nine Tails
[ ] Chastity Cage
[v] Cheating (she cheats on her boyfriend then fiance with MMC. boyfriend/fiance is a POS)
[v] Chef M
[v] Child Abuse (in M's past, off page
[v] Childbirth (off page)
[ ] Childhood Friends
[v] Choking
[v] Christmas
[v] Church Sex
[v] Classroom sex
[v] Claws
[v] Clit Clamp
[v] Closet Sex
[v] Cock and Balls Harness
[v] Cock Piercing(s)
[v] Cock Ring
[v] Cock Sleeve
[v] Cock Warming
[ ] CNC (Consensual Non-Consent)
[ ] Collar
[v] College Romance
[v] Communication Barrier
[v] Cousins (not blood related)
[v] Cowboy M
[v] Cozy
[ ] "Crawl to Me"
[v] Crime (hit woman
[v] Cuckhold
[v] Cult (she escaped religious cult
[v] Cum Kink
[ ] Cumming in his pants
[v] "Daddy "
[v] Dad's Best Friend
[v] DADVP (Double Anal and Double Vaginal Penetration)
[v] DAVP (Double Anal and Vaginal Penetration) with fist (P) and anal hook and cock (A)
[v] Dark Romance
[v] Daughter's Boyfriend
[v] Death of a Child (in M's past, off page)
[v] Death of a Parent (F, off page)
[v] Death of a Sibling
[v] Death of a Spouse (F's fiance in past, off page)
[v] Degradation
[v] Demisexual M
[v] Dentist F
[ ] Dildo
[v] Dining Room Sex
[v] Disability (M, cant feel pain due to nervous system damage
[v] Dissociation
[v] Divorced M
[v] Doctor M
[ ] Dom and Sub
[ ] Dom and Subs
[v] Doms and Sub
[v] Doms and Subs
[ ] Domme and Sub
[ ] Domme and Subs
[v] Dommes and Sub
[v] Dommes and Subs
[v] Domestic Voilence (F's ex)
[v] DP (double penetration) with cock (P) and tentacle (A)
[v] DP (Double Penetration) with cock (P) and vibrator (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with vibrator (P) and finger (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with cock (P) and butt plug (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with cock (P) and finger (A)
[ ] DP (double penetration) with two cocks
[v] DP (double penetration) with fingers (P) and anal beads (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with cock (P) and anal beads (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with vibrator (P) and cock (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with fingers (P) and butt plug (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with cock (P) and finger (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with fingers (P) and cock (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with fist (P) and anal hook (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with dildo (P) and cock (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with champagne bottle (P) and fingers (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with tongue (P) and tentacle (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with fingers (P) and Tail (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with tail (P) and fingers (A)
[v] DP (double penetration) with cock (P) and bed footboard spindle (A)
[v] Drinking Blood
[v] Drug Use (weed)
[ ] Drugging
[v] DUBCON (Dubious Consent)
[v] DVAP (Double Vainal and Anal Penetration) with cock and Vibrating bulb (P) and butt plug (A)
[v] DVP (Double Vaginal Penetration) with cock and fingers
[v] DVP (Double vaginal penetration) with vibrator and fingers
[v] DVP (Double vaginal penetration) with vibrator and cock
[v] DVP (Double Vaginal Penetration) with cock and dildo
[v] DVP (Double Vaginal Penetration) with two cocks
[v] DVP (Double Vaginal Penetration) with fingers and tentacle
[v] Eating Disorder
[v] Edging
[v] Electrical Stimulation
[v] Elevator Sex
[v] Enemies to Lovers
[v] Ex's Dad
[v] Ex's Uncle
[v] Ex-Convict
[ ] Exhibitionism
[v] F Masturbation
[v] F Virgin
[v] FF
[v] F to F oral
[v] FFF
[v] FFM
[v] FMF
[v] FFFF
[v] FFFM
[v] FFMF
[v] FFMM
[v] FMFM
[v] FMMF
[v] FMMM
[v] FFMMM
[v] FMMMM
[v] Face Fucking
[v] FaceTime Sex
[v] Fairy
[v] Fairytale Retelling (Cinderella)
[v] Fake dating
[v] Fall/Autumn
[v] Fangs
[v] Fantasy
[v] Fated Mates
[v] Feet Fucking
[ ] Flogger
[v] Food Play
[v] Foot Fetish
[v] Football/NFL NFL player
[v] Forced Marriage
[ ] Forced Orgasms
[v] Forced Proximity
[v] Four cocks
[v] Free Use
[v] Friends-to-Lovers
[v] Friends with Benefits
[v] Frotting (Jacking off two dicks together with one hand)
[v] Fucking machine
[v] G-Spot Stimulator
[v] Garage Sex
[v] Gaslighting
[v] Glory Hole
[v] "Goddess"
[v] Gods (Dragon shifter god M)
[v] Golden retriever M
[v] Golden Shower (peeing on someone)
[v] Grumpy and Sunshine
[v] Gun-Play
[v] Gym Sex
[v] Hair-Pulling
[v] Halloween
[v] Harness
[v] He didnt know she was a virgin
[v] He falls first
[v] Heat/Rut
[v] Hidden Cameras
[v] Hidden Identity
[v] Hockey/NHL retired NHL player & college player
[v] Hood
[v] Horns
[v] Horror
[v] Hospital Sex
[v] Hot Tub Sex
[v] Hotel Sex
[v] Humiliation
[v] Imprisonment
[v] Incest
[v] Infertility
[v] Interracial (Mexican/Italian M & white F's)
[v] Jacob's Ladder Piercings
[v] Kendo Sticks
[v] Kinging (face-sitting)
[v] Kitchen Sex
[v] Knife-Play (cutting, vaginal penetration with knife hilt
[v] Knot
[v] Labia Clamps
[v] Lactation Kink
[v] Lake Sex
[v] Laundry Room Sex
[v] Lawyer M
[ ] Leash
[v] Library Sex
[v] Limo Sex
[v] Lip Piercing
[v] "Little Girl"
[v] Locker Room Sex
[v] Love triangle
[ ] M Masturbation
[v] M Virgin (inexperienced)
[ ] MF
[ ] F to M oral
[ ] M to F oral
[ ] MM
[ ] M to M oral
[ ] MFM
[ ] MMF
[v] MMM
[v] MFFM
[v] MFMM
[v] MMMF
[v] MMMM
[v] Make-a-Baby Arrangement
[v] Marriage of Convenience
[v] Married Couple
[v] "Madame"
[v] "Master"
[v] Mask
[v] Mating Mark
[v] Medical experiments
[v] Medical play
[v] Mental illness (agoraphobia F
[v] Military (veteran M
[v] Milking Machine
[v] Miscarriage (off page)
[ ] "Mistress"
[v] Mistaken identity
[v] "Mommy"
[v] Monster (minotaur M
[v] Motel Sex
[v] Motorcycle Club
[v] Mouth Gag (
[ ] Murder (off page)
[v] Mutual Masturbation
[v] Muzzle
[v] Nanny
[v] NBF
[v] F to NB oral
[v] NB to F oral
[v] NBM
[v] M to NB oral
[v] NB to M oral
[v] NBFM
[v] Necrophilia kink
[v] Needle Play
[v] Neighbors
[v] Neurodivergent M, can't process or name emotions
[v] Nipple Clamps
[v] Nipple Enlargers
[ ] Nipple Piercing(s) M
[v] No Happily Ever After
[v] Non-Binary (NB)
[v] NC (non-consent)
[v] Novella
[v] Nurse F
[v] Office Sex
[v] One Night Stand
[v] Orgy
[v] Outdoor Sex
[v] Overdose
[v] Paddle
[v] Panic attack(s)
[v] Paralytic Poison
[ ] Pegging
[v] Period Sex
[ ] "Pet"
[v] Pet Play
[v] Phone Sex
[v] Piercing
[v] Pillory
[v] Pleasure Dom
[v] Plus Sized FMC
[v] Plus Sized MMC
[v] Pocket Pussy
[v] Police Officer F
[v] Politics (president M, first lady F, and vice president M)
[ ] Polyamory
[v] Pool Sex
[v] Postapolyptic
[v] Praise
[v] Pregnancy
[v] Pregnancy Sex
[v] Prehensile Cock
[v] Prehensile Tail
[v] Priest M
[v] Primal Play/Kink
[v] Prince Albert Piercing
[ ] Professional domme
[v] Professor M & Graduate student F
[v] Prostate Massager
[v] Psychosis
[ ] PTSD M
[v] Public Bathroom Sex
[v] Public Sex (on sidewalk, at night
[v] Punishment
[ ] "Pup"
[v] Pussy Pump
[v] "Queen"
[ ] Queening (face sitting)
[v] Reincarnation
[v] Remote Controlled Vibrator
[v] Restaurant Sex
[ ] Restraints (rope
[v] Reverse Age Gap (24 M & 39 F)
[v] Reverse Harem (1 F & 3 M's)
[ ] Riding Crop
[v] Rock Star M
[v] Role Playing
[v] Roommates
[v] Rose Toy
[v] Royalty (princess & prince
[v] SA (Sexual Assault) in F's past, off page
[v] Saw Horse
[v] Schizophrenia
[v] Scissoring
[v] Scratching
[ ] Second Chance Romance
[v] Secret baby
[v] Secret Society
[v] Selective Mutism
[v] Self harm (in F's past)
[v] Sentient Object(s)
[v] Serial Killer F
[ ] Sex Club
[v] Sex in a Corm Maze
[v] Sex in the Woods
[v] Sex lessons
[v] Sex on a Carousel
[v] Sex on a Motorcycle
[v] Sex on a Piano
[v] Sex Swing
[v] Sex Tape
[v] Sex trafficking (in F's past
[v] Sex Worker (stripper & prostitute M
[v] Sexting
[v] Shape-Shifting
[v] Shibari
[v] Shock Collar
[v] Shower Sex
[v] Single Dad
[v] Single Mom
[v] "Sir"
[v] Sissy Man
[v] Size Difference
[v] Slapping (pussy
[v] Slit
[v] Slow burn
[v] Small Town
[ ] Snowballing (passing cum from one mouth to another)
[v] Soccer (pro team owner)
[v] Social Media Influencer
[v] Somnophilia
[v] Sounding
[v] Spanking
[v] Spanking Bench
[v] Spitting
[v] Spreader Bar
[ ] Squirting
[v] St. Andrew's Cross
[ ] Stalker (not MMC
[v] Stepdad
[ ] Strap-On Dildo
[v] Step Cousins
[v] Step Siblings
[v] Stepbrothers
[v] Stepsisters
[v] Stockade
[v] Suicide (not a main character)
[v] Suicide Attempt (in F's past, off page)
[ ] Suspension
[v] Swingers
[v] Tail
[v] Tangy Dinger (giving blow job after doing anal)
[v] Tattoo Artist
[v] Teacher F
[v] Teenagers
[v] Temperature Play (ice in her pussy and ass, hot wax
[v] Tentacles
[v] Terminal Illness
[v] Thanksgiving
[v] Therapist
[v] Titty Fucking
[v] Tongue Ring M
[v] Torture
[v] TVP (Triple Vaginal Penetration) with three tentacles
[v] Two Cocks
[v] Unplanned Pregnancy
[v] Vaccuum Play
[ ] Vaginal Felching
[v] Vaginal Fisting
[v] Vaginal Gaping
[v] Vaginal Knotting
[v] Vaginal penetration with tequila bottle
[v] Vaginal Piercings (clit hood
[v] Vanilla
[v] Vibrating bullet
[v] Vibrating cock
[v] Vibrating egg
[v] Vibrating Tongue
[ ] Vibrating Wand
[v] Vibrator
[ ] Vision Deprivation (blindfold
[ ] Voyeurism
[v] War
[v] Watching Porn
[v] Wedding (off page)
[v] Wet Dreams
[ ] Whip
[v] Why choose
[v] Widow
[v] Wings
[v] Workplace Romance
[v] Yacht

1 F
21 MF
5 MM
1 MFM
2 MMF

[Carly Fay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well this was an emotional journey. Sophie, Knox & Vault all have lots of past trauma, & are all hiding these from each other. Knox & Vault are childhood friends/lovers, but when Vault encounters his trauma, he pushes Knox away. After her trauma, Sophie becomes a Domme at the Monarch Club, Knox & Vault’s best friends club. They’re both trying to heal themselves with Sophie, unknowingly trying to work their way back to each other. This is a story of overcoming their pasts, healing & moving towards the sunrise - together.

[Baby Got Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whew I just finished this one and it was hot with lots of angst!

If you read or liked the any popular s*x club series (SPC) I think this is a great variation to that. The whole series (3 so far) is a group of childhood friends most of which work or frequent the Monarch Club. They can definitely be read as standalones but the characters connections to each other are just great.

This book follows friends Knox and Vault who were once more than friends and the Dominatr*x, Sophie, who wants to mend their relationship...actively! She also has some secrets of her own. I really loved these 3. They meshed so well and the characters all had such dynamic chemistry between them all in different ways. I did really love that there seemed to be a lot of communication and care between everyone especially with the very dark history and traumas each one was carrying. They were all fighting in their own way to be better for themselves and for each other in order to be a better partner.

This was fast moving, very emotional, hot and full of angst. These characters were easy to invest in and root for and cry for!

I recommend the whole series but this one was my personal fav so far.

Has:
MMF
Dom/Sub/Switch dynamics
P3gging
Exhibition/Voyeur
Shibari
***check the triggers quite a few

[laur · Rating 4 out of 5]

Briana never misses

[Colleen Beville · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again Briana Michaels has written a book that I could not put down to save myself. But I didn’t want to be saved. I wanted to sit in the darkness with these three and hold on tight until sunrise. 

Between the angst and the heat I think I was leaking from multiple orifices at any given point through this one, but it was so worth it. Sophie, Knox, and Vault were put through the wringer but that just made their happily ever after all the sweeter. Because, like Knox says, legendary love is chef’s kiss. 

[Christina Grimes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Knox, Vault, and Sophie! Holy crap!!!

This trouple is everything, they will make you smile, swoon, and rip your heart out with tragedy.

Briana has done an amazing job and making sure each character of the Monarch Club is necessary and fit together perfectly! Absolutely loved this book, may be my favorite of the trilogy!!

Thanks for breaking my heart and putting it back together all before Sunrise!!

[Kenz Rosewood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Knox, Sophie and Vault are 🤌🏻 the perfect love story to end this series.

This whole series was perfection but their love story was my favorite.

Watching Vault work through his trauma with Sophie so he could find his way back to Knox (and love her, was so beautiful. The struggle he had with having the two versions of himself due to what he's been through to protect himself was so relatable, you separate those versions to have one to protect yourself.

Knox my sweet boy, all he wanted was to always protect and love Vault, he was his first true love. He was there to hold him together, and there to save him from himself. The way he plasters on the smile to make sure everyone else is happy and okay, and the love he has for Sophie and is there at the drop of a hat for his girl!

And our gorgeous Mistress Sophie! I was so happy when I saw she was getting her love story with this book, most strong women have something they went through to get them that way. To watch how she's grown and taught herself to be strong no matter what, and to watch her open up to Knox and Vault 🥹.

Their love story was perfect, as a polyamorous person sometimes throuple love stories can feel really forced and so insta love, watching how they all slowly found their love together and how Sophie helped Knox and Vault to find their love 🥹 Brianna girl this book was utter perfection!!!

[mk meow · Rating 3 out of 5]

source KU
3⭐
4.5🌶️

Eh, not sure but I didn't love it. It almost seemed like the author hurried up and tied up the series really quick. I wanted to like the characters, but I just didn't.

FMC, Sophie, works at the club as a Domme and has a "day job" as a "rocket scientist" working on alternate fuels for space applications.

M1, Sean, aka Vault, is a security electronics guy for the club, along with being a pleasure Dom occasionally.

M2, Knox, is the 4th of the childhood friend group, now owns a club with an underground restaurant where he is chef.

The M's were BFF turned to exploring lovers until HS when 1 was raped and despite best efforts, they splintered.

M1 has been working with Sophie at the club trying to get his mojo back. M2 has been her sub in an effort to get a bit of M1 back, by proxy. (All aware and consented to non-monag.)

They all are in love with each other. But life and trauma. Sigh. It was a bunch of work and I'm not sure it was worth it.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many inter connections and beautiful healing

*This book has some serious trauma that is handled in different ways that work for the characters but may need to be reviewed for those who may have trauma activation.

That being said hot hades and sweet sweet heart ache this was an intense and emotional engaging experience. It was also super scrumptious and hot as all get out. The reflection and depth of the characters move you. The story had so many sub levels that each expanded in a way that was satisfying. I feel like Work Song by Hozier could have been the theme music throughout and would fit in different ways each chapter and for each character.

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best of the Series!

This is the third book in the Monarch Club series and definitely my favorite! I adore the three main characters of this MMF dynamic. They each have suffered so much trauma, but being together helps them work through it. I am delighted that this story shows how their love, acceptance and devotion to each other brings them to their HEA. The writing, plot and character development is chef’s kiss. This whole series is so worth your time. Slightly dark, somewhat kinky and so very steamy! Btw, I love that Knox’s POV is so distinct, like he is talking the audience at times.

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh my heart. This is a great why choose book! The past of Knox and Vault and all the drama they had to overcome.
Knox is for sure the glue of the found family that stretches through the whole Monarch family. He is such a golden retriever but has such protectiveness about him.

Vault oh that poor baby. His past his trauma his love goodness....

Then add Sophie to this mix. She is the glue for the three of them.
I would say the only reason I took a star away is because the mystery of this story felt a bit rushed.

But this was a great end of the series

[Evilangel1281 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing read!

Rhiana has done it again. Sophie, Vault and Knox all have past trama. Vault and Knox have been friends forever. Sophie entered their world and works at Monarch with Vault. Knox and Vault have a relationship that is barely holding on and Sophie is the tie that binds them, ALL. Amazing story as always. If she writes it, I will read it

[Courtney P · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a great story! I loved learning about their pasts and seeing the flashbacks. I loved seeing how they were healing and finding their way back to each other.

Thank you for the ARC copy, all opinions are my own.

[Johanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exactly what I hoped for.

If you’ve ever fantasized about the bdsm scene without ever trusting anyone enough to participate, I think you’re going to enjoy this book as much as I did. You should definitely read the other Monarch Club books first.

[Gemma Swid · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this more than Ryker and I loved Ryker a lot haha. The traumatic pasts were realistic and not over done or over explained. Love the love triangle aspect. And of course pretty smutty. I think Ryker was a dirtier book, but the back story of this one really made it

[Suzanne McNeill Taviner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fab read.

This series had been so good, I have loved reading about the other guys finally getting their happy endings. And now Vault and Knox finally get theirs too! I just loved that they managed to work their way through the past and so enjoyed the dynamic that they got with Sophie too.

[Anna Koltracht · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book and just couldn't put it down. It was witty, spicy, funny... It was everything.



I loved how Sophie, Knox, and Alex were able to get past their trauma and I fell in love with their love story. Love a good happily ever after.

[Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!!!

I just love Knox and his nerdy talk kink and love of smut books and his love for Vault and Sophie. Knox, Vault and Sophie are all damaged but help save each other. This was The best book of the series!!!

[L.R. Douglas · Rating 4 out of 5]

'Catch me at the bottom...'

I don't quite know why this took me so long to read; it was a really good MMF sub/Dom/Domme dynamic with Briana's typical spice level.
Lots of backstory to work out, although there were a couple of moments I wish had gone a little deeper. Solid read though

[Ashley Griffith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! I loved the Vault and Knox dynamic and soph was the perfect addition to them.

[jamies_bookreads · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25/5

Truly enjoyed!

Briana really does know how to write a MMF with grit and love. This book is an emotional roller coaster with all the feels and k!nky spice.

[Sayde · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5⭐️