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Anna in the Middle
This book has been previously published but is now updated with an epilogue added. Anna is in the middle of a mess. She’s being stalked by a manipulative guy who’s about to marry her sister and has everyone convinced Anna is jealous. Her luck changes when she meets tall, blond and gorgeous Jax. But after a scorching night of sex, Anna discovers something that makes her think he’s married. Jax is in the middle of a dilemma. He’s torn between the man he loves and a woman he’s just met. Tracking her down means risking what he already has—but he wants them both. Jax is desperate to find her, but will she understand what he has to tell her? Will is in the middle of heartache. He knows Jax loves him, though he’s never said it. He also knows Jax has found a woman. Torn between being a good friend and Jax’s lover, Will’s not sure their relationship will survive. The only way to find out is to locate Anna for Jax. But when Will finds her, he discovers the reason Jax has fallen so hard.
282 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 27, 2009
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Barbara Elsborg
101 books1,679 followersBarbara Elsborg lives in Kent in the south of England. She always wanted to be a spy, but having confessed to everyone without them even resorting to torture, she decided it was not for her. Volcanology scorched her feet. A morbid fear of sharks put paid to marine biology. So instead, she spent several years successfully selling cyanide.
After dragging up two rotten, ungrateful children and frustrating her sexy, devoted, wonderful husband (who can now stop twisting her arm) she finally has time to conduct an affair with an electrifying plugged-in male, her laptop.
Her books feature quirky heroines and bad boys, and she hopes they are as much fun to read as they are to write.
After dragging up two rotten, ungrateful children and frustrating her sexy, devoted, wonderful husband (who can now stop twisting her arm) she finally has time to conduct an affair with an electrifying plugged-in male, her laptop.
Her books feature quirky heroines and bad boys, and she hopes they are as much fun to read as they are to write.
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July 3, 2016
This is a beautiful and romantic MMF story. The characters are enchanting and lovable and the book has an actual plot. It starts with Anna being stalked by a creepy guy who has got engaged to her sister in order to be close to Anna and who is spreading lies about her. As a result, Anna's parents and her sister are against her and nobody believes her.
Jax will save her from an embarrassing moment and he will realise from their first night together that they are ment to be together for ever. The problem is that Jax is already in a serious relationship with Will and he knows that he is also ment to be with Will together for ever. Now, he only has to introduce Anna to Will to see if the three of them have a future.
The result is a trio of lust in the beginning and true love in the end.
I absolutely loved their story and it is one of my favourite MMF stories. I enjoyed so much reading it and it made me laughing my head off many times. Anna is a great female character strong and sassy. Jax and Will are complementary to each other. The dialogues are so clever and to the point.
I also loved the settings of the book. The story takes place in London. And how can you not love London?
Jax will save her from an embarrassing moment and he will realise from their first night together that they are ment to be together for ever. The problem is that Jax is already in a serious relationship with Will and he knows that he is also ment to be with Will together for ever. Now, he only has to introduce Anna to Will to see if the three of them have a future.
The result is a trio of lust in the beginning and true love in the end.
I absolutely loved their story and it is one of my favourite MMF stories. I enjoyed so much reading it and it made me laughing my head off many times. Anna is a great female character strong and sassy. Jax and Will are complementary to each other. The dialogues are so clever and to the point.
I also loved the settings of the book. The story takes place in London. And how can you not love London?
July 4, 2012
This is my second time reading this one and I could not put this book down! I just had to know what was going to happen next! And it’s not that this was a thriller or a deep mystery, but Barbara Elsborg makes you care about these characters immediately. Anna’s story is complicated and no one believes her. And then she meets Jax. He's beautiful, incredible in bed. He believes her without question, wants her and can’t stop thinking about her when a misunderstanding causes Anna to end their association abruptly.
OMG I have to know what happens next!
As we meet the other characters surrounding Anna you soon realize how very screwed Anna is, and not in a good way. Until Jax, with the help of his boyfriend Will, finds her again.
Did I mention this was complicated?
And OMG Gareth just made my skin crawl. So completely insidious. It’s a lesson in seeing how ones’ words can be completely twisted and used against them. And we find out right away what his intentions are thanks to BE giving us peeks inside his twisted mind.
But the real story is Anna, Jax and Will. Jax is the dominant in the group and very quickly we want all of them to find happiness, together. BE doesn’t make it easy. There are several twists and turns on the course to true love. But these three fit together so well. They really are just so adorable and hot and quirky all at the same time. It is one of the things I love the most about BE’s heroines – they’ve been thru some serious shit but somehow manage to be brilliant and witty. I love the things that come out of Anna’s mouth.
I plan on reading all of Ms. Elsborg's books!
OMG I have to know what happens next!
As we meet the other characters surrounding Anna you soon realize how very screwed Anna is, and not in a good way. Until Jax, with the help of his boyfriend Will, finds her again.
Did I mention this was complicated?
And OMG Gareth just made my skin crawl. So completely insidious. It’s a lesson in seeing how ones’ words can be completely twisted and used against them. And we find out right away what his intentions are thanks to BE giving us peeks inside his twisted mind.
But the real story is Anna, Jax and Will. Jax is the dominant in the group and very quickly we want all of them to find happiness, together. BE doesn’t make it easy. There are several twists and turns on the course to true love. But these three fit together so well. They really are just so adorable and hot and quirky all at the same time. It is one of the things I love the most about BE’s heroines – they’ve been thru some serious shit but somehow manage to be brilliant and witty. I love the things that come out of Anna’s mouth.
I plan on reading all of Ms. Elsborg's books!
March 3, 2015
This is the porntastical, dysfunctional story of a bully, a doormat, and a woman TSTL. While they all live happily ever after together, I kind of wish they wouldn't. Pretty much the only sympathetic character in the entire damn book is Marie, "The Viper", the woman who gets made fun of for being tall, wide, and in charge of a bunch of gossiping idiots. Yet she's the only one who even once steps up to act like a human being. No one else in this cartoonish monstrosity deserves a second thought. And by "cartoonish", I mean filled with caricatures and ridiculous plots, NOT filled with humor, although I'm guessing that's what the author was aiming for. Things started out amusingly enough with Anna climbing a fence to escape her stalker and her idiot sister. But by the time the first sexy times are through (circa chapter 4) and we learn WHY Anna scaled the fence, nothing is really funny anymore.
The only reason to read this is for the smutty bits, which is why I dredged up two stars for this dreck because Miz Elsborg is nothing if not titillating. And really, it could be three stars if you get off on a) cheating, b) rimming, or c) emotionally manipulative douchebags who use sex to control their partners. I know some people do (no judging... at least for b, anyway), and for those of you into such things, this book was smoking hot as long as you ignored the plot.
Anna in the Middle was a surprise from Miz Elsborg, and not in a good way. I loved Strangers for its emotionally heart-wrenching subject matter and engrossing characters. The characters in this book are enGROSSing, alright, but not the way she intended, I would imagine. You've been warned.
The only reason to read this is for the smutty bits, which is why I dredged up two stars for this dreck because Miz Elsborg is nothing if not titillating. And really, it could be three stars if you get off on a) cheating, b) rimming, or c) emotionally manipulative douchebags who use sex to control their partners. I know some people do (no judging... at least for b, anyway), and for those of you into such things, this book was smoking hot as long as you ignored the plot.
Anna in the Middle was a surprise from Miz Elsborg, and not in a good way. I loved Strangers for its emotionally heart-wrenching subject matter and engrossing characters. The characters in this book are enGROSSing, alright, but not the way she intended, I would imagine. You've been warned.
August 9, 2019
3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK decent reads
October 20, 2023
Oooh, I enjoyed that!
Fans of MMF romance will absolutely need to read Barbara Elsborg's Anna in the Middle! I'll tell you, there are spectacular MM scenes, amazing MF scenes, and some of the best menage scenes I've ever read.
I'd have loved another hundred pages or so of the mystery aspect in the story. The baddie was delightfully bad, and Anna's family drama was great as well. Jax and Will have intriguing backgrounds, and I'd have gone for more of their stories too. But as far as an erotic romance goes? Perfection! Mwaw!
Fans of MMF romance will absolutely need to read Barbara Elsborg's Anna in the Middle! I'll tell you, there are spectacular MM scenes, amazing MF scenes, and some of the best menage scenes I've ever read.
I'd have loved another hundred pages or so of the mystery aspect in the story. The baddie was delightfully bad, and Anna's family drama was great as well. Jax and Will have intriguing backgrounds, and I'd have gone for more of their stories too. But as far as an erotic romance goes? Perfection! Mwaw!
December 17, 2012
You just have to love Barbara Elsborg’s books!!!!!!
Her flowing and easy to read writing style, quirky, endearing and believable characters that just make you fall in love with, her ability to make the implausible, plausible, the unbelievable, believable and her witty dialogue are some of the things that entice and pull in right into her to her books and stories.
Anna in the Middle is just one such book that I loved and so enjoyed reading.
Not only is it a fabulous menage story (my favorite genre!!) but it’s filled with some really “off the world” characters that had me rolling on the floor, laughing my head off so many times. The secondary characters – Anna’s parents, her sister, her stalker who just happens to be her sister’s fiancee, her boss, her friend and neighbors……..I had such vivid pictures of them all in my head, living in London houses I am so familiar with, the parties, Canary Wharf…….what a movie it was!!!!!!!!! These are such well-crafted people that you know are TOTALLY REAL, LIVING PEOPLE!!!
So here we have Anna, a smart, adventurous, cute, sexy and quirky and so “out there” that had me totally engaged from the first moment…that hilarious escape route as she “ducks” away from one of her many “difficult’ situations – a splinter in her “bottom”..How lucky could she have been????? But wait…..she is LUCKY!!!!!! She gets to meet the gorgeous and beyond sexy Jax (just luved his name), the next door neighbor house sitter!!!!
Being an adventurer, she’s soon seduced and given the best sex that she’s ever experienced!!!! The same happens to Jax – she’s some unforgettable woman, because he spends the next few days/weeks thinking of her, wanting her and wanting more than just kissing her!!!!!!!! Never mind that he has a live-in lover!!!
Will is one of those characters that I kept thinking…..no, never….a policeman that is so sweet, endearing, caring, loving is just so hard for me to believable….and here we have it…..the author did something that I suddenly began believing that this guy was totally real…..so much so that any pre-conceived ideas I had about English “bobbies” have forever been changed!!!!!!!
Will and Jax have been living together for over a year and though they have a good and exciting relationship, the both feel that something is missing in their lives. Will loves Adrian but afraid to declare it openly because he believes that his love is not returned and could lead to scaring Jax away. Adrian does have feelings for Will but he’s one of those men that holds back on all that “emotional” stuff, so he keeps his secret of missing a woman in his life and how he would love to have Anne be part of their relationship.
What follows is a hilarious and fabulous trip that you follow with these three people – the scene where Jax & Anna pick up a drunken Will from a club, Will & Jax on a morning run together, her sister’s engagement party……there are some real gems along this humorous and emotional journey.
Anna, Jax, and Will have really hot chemistry and the sex scenes are just totally hot, sensual and scorching.
The dialogue – oh my…totally awesome!!!
“I have enough to do worrying about 007 here”
As it is expected, obstacles have to be faced and overcome before true happiness is finally found for these three so so adorable characters.
The ending leaves you with such an upbeat and uplifting feeling that I had a smile on my face for the rest of the day!!!
Oh yes........I adored the cover!!!!!!!!!!! Anna and the boys....fabulous!!!!!!!!
Her flowing and easy to read writing style, quirky, endearing and believable characters that just make you fall in love with, her ability to make the implausible, plausible, the unbelievable, believable and her witty dialogue are some of the things that entice and pull in right into her to her books and stories.
Anna in the Middle is just one such book that I loved and so enjoyed reading.
Not only is it a fabulous menage story (my favorite genre!!) but it’s filled with some really “off the world” characters that had me rolling on the floor, laughing my head off so many times. The secondary characters – Anna’s parents, her sister, her stalker who just happens to be her sister’s fiancee, her boss, her friend and neighbors……..I had such vivid pictures of them all in my head, living in London houses I am so familiar with, the parties, Canary Wharf…….what a movie it was!!!!!!!!! These are such well-crafted people that you know are TOTALLY REAL, LIVING PEOPLE!!!
So here we have Anna, a smart, adventurous, cute, sexy and quirky and so “out there” that had me totally engaged from the first moment…that hilarious escape route as she “ducks” away from one of her many “difficult’ situations – a splinter in her “bottom”..How lucky could she have been????? But wait…..she is LUCKY!!!!!! She gets to meet the gorgeous and beyond sexy Jax (just luved his name), the next door neighbor house sitter!!!!
Being an adventurer, she’s soon seduced and given the best sex that she’s ever experienced!!!! The same happens to Jax – she’s some unforgettable woman, because he spends the next few days/weeks thinking of her, wanting her and wanting more than just kissing her!!!!!!!! Never mind that he has a live-in lover!!!
Will is one of those characters that I kept thinking…..no, never….a policeman that is so sweet, endearing, caring, loving is just so hard for me to believable….and here we have it…..the author did something that I suddenly began believing that this guy was totally real…..so much so that any pre-conceived ideas I had about English “bobbies” have forever been changed!!!!!!!
Will and Jax have been living together for over a year and though they have a good and exciting relationship, the both feel that something is missing in their lives. Will loves Adrian but afraid to declare it openly because he believes that his love is not returned and could lead to scaring Jax away. Adrian does have feelings for Will but he’s one of those men that holds back on all that “emotional” stuff, so he keeps his secret of missing a woman in his life and how he would love to have Anne be part of their relationship.
What follows is a hilarious and fabulous trip that you follow with these three people – the scene where Jax & Anna pick up a drunken Will from a club, Will & Jax on a morning run together, her sister’s engagement party……there are some real gems along this humorous and emotional journey.
Anna, Jax, and Will have really hot chemistry and the sex scenes are just totally hot, sensual and scorching.
The dialogue – oh my…totally awesome!!!
“I have enough to do worrying about 007 here”
As it is expected, obstacles have to be faced and overcome before true happiness is finally found for these three so so adorable characters.
The ending leaves you with such an upbeat and uplifting feeling that I had a smile on my face for the rest of the day!!!
Oh yes........I adored the cover!!!!!!!!!!! Anna and the boys....fabulous!!!!!!!!
September 10, 2010
It had potential but didn’t hit the mark.
Opinion:
There were some good parts. I laughed at the way Will, Jax and then Gareth all visited the party hosts. I liked the scene where Will and Jax were racing to see who could be the first to do something with Anna. The plot was excellent. My main problem was to carry out the plot, Anna did wimpy and stupid things. I would have liked seeing Gareth stalk her but have her smart and still be outsmarted. Instead she wasn’t smart enough to convince her family and friends. She bowed to her sister’s and mother’s ignorant demands. I was frustrated with her.
Data:
Kindle length: 5206. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: strong/erotic, with rear door activity, MM and MWM. Number of sex scenes: 18. Setting: current day England. Copyright: 2009. Genre: erotic contemporary romance.
Opinion:
There were some good parts. I laughed at the way Will, Jax and then Gareth all visited the party hosts. I liked the scene where Will and Jax were racing to see who could be the first to do something with Anna. The plot was excellent. My main problem was to carry out the plot, Anna did wimpy and stupid things. I would have liked seeing Gareth stalk her but have her smart and still be outsmarted. Instead she wasn’t smart enough to convince her family and friends. She bowed to her sister’s and mother’s ignorant demands. I was frustrated with her.
Data:
Kindle length: 5206. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: strong/erotic, with rear door activity, MM and MWM. Number of sex scenes: 18. Setting: current day England. Copyright: 2009. Genre: erotic contemporary romance.
March 19, 2010
Potential Potential Potential
That is what this book had. The storyline was very intriguing and unique. The problem I had was that the sex scenes were way too long and I eventually started to skip them just to get back to the storyline. I understand that this is erotica, but you have to have an equal balance. I just feel disappointed in the end. I think a good editor could have saved this book.
That is what this book had. The storyline was very intriguing and unique. The problem I had was that the sex scenes were way too long and I eventually started to skip them just to get back to the storyline. I understand that this is erotica, but you have to have an equal balance. I just feel disappointed in the end. I think a good editor could have saved this book.
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October 16, 2014Let's see what all the hype is about. :)
October 5, 2014
Ok, I really liked this story! This is my first story by Barbara Elsborg and she made a good impression on me based on this story. The story revolves around Anna, Jax and Will and I really like this threesome.
The story starts out with Anna having some problems because she's being stalked by a psycho (Anna's psycho stalker = Gareth). This is more of a problem than it normally would be because she kept the issues with Gareth a secret from her friends and family. Gareth then goes out with her sister to mess with Anna and try to force her to be with him. Now if Anna had a decent sister this probably wouldn't have been an issue but her sister automatically believes Gareth over Anna when he tells her that he and Anna used to date and that Anna wanted him back. He convinces her sister, Beth, that Anna is just jealous and then tells Beth and her parents that Anna is still trying to get him back and trying to get him to have sex with her again in any way possible. Because of his lies, Anna is getting attitude from friends and family about her "issues" with Gareth. They all just tell her to "get over it" and be happy for Beth. All this causes Anna to attempt to escape from Beth and Gareth while at a family party...by climbing over a fence in to the neighbors backyard. That's when she runs in to Jax.
Jax and Anna hit it off like wildfire but after a hot and steamy night together Anna finds something that makes her think Jax is married so, upset, she sneaks away while he's sleeping. Jax wakes up later to find her gone. He's sad about it but figures it's for the best because although he's not married he is involved seriously with Will.
Will & Jax have been going out for a year and live together. They love each other but Jax has issues saying he loves Will out loud so Will is left unsure of how much hold he has on Jax. This normally isn't an issue but once Will learns about Anna he starts worrying. They've both had women separately and it's usually ok but Will knows that there's something different about Anna and it freaks him out. He loves Jax a lot though and when he realizes that Jax can't forget Anna and the only reason he doesn't see her again is because he doesn't know where to find her, Will decides to find her for Jax...even if it means risking his relationship with Jax. (Aw...Will is such a sweety!!!)
In the mean time, Anna's stalker has gotten worse. Her sister's apartment gets flooded and Beth guilt-trips Anna in to letting her stay in her apartment. For some reason Beth doesn't get why having Gareth in Anna's apartment is an issue which I don't understand at all. If Beth actually thought Anna was trying to do anything to get Gareth back then why would Beth want him that close to Anna?!?!?! While Beth and Gareth are staying in her apartment he sneaks in to Anna's room while she's sleeping and almost rapes Anna and then she gets arrested for keying his car (which she didn't do).
Around this time Will finds Anna and Jax goes to see her. Jax convinces her that he's not married and to take a chance with him. They end up over at his place and he tells her she can stay there while her sister and Gareth are invading her apartment. Will isn't too thrilled about this and Jax isn't real gentle about his feelings at first. Jax doesn't realize just how unsure Will is of his secure place and Jax doesn't do a very good job at the communication thing...surprising since he's a lawyer. LOL! :)
Anyways...Anna figures out that Jax and Will are involved and they figure out she doesn't have an issue with their being a couple. When they figure out that they all want each other and no one has an issue with it things start looking up. Having a third that's a female is something Jax and Will (sounds like more Will than Jax but there's been thoughts of it from both) have dreamed about in the past but both thought it wouldn't happen because they didn't think they'd find a woman that could and would accept them both and a threesome relationship. Will and Anna become friends and lovers and the boys are happy having her there and involved with both of them and the relationship blossoms.
The drama with Beth and Gareth continues but Anna is bolstered by having Jax and Will at her back. ** Spoiler alert ** In the end, Gareth tries to get her again and Will saves the day as well as sending Gareth to jail when he catches him trying to abduct her (BTW...Will is a cop). ** End spoiler alert ** I liked the ending pretty well, especially the way it resolved their relationship.
I wish the ending had resolved a few of the outlying plot bits though. It wasn't much but I'd have liked to find out if the police were able to recover the voice recording of Gareth from the broken recorder. I'd love to get some reaction from her friends and family now that they know Gareth was a scum. The ending had Anna and Beth talking things out but not much from anyone else (not even her parents who came to the police station with Beth..although her Dad did show some support to Anna at the end). It's just a few unanswered questions I would have loved to have finished up in the ending but not enough to be a serious issue or ruin the story.
I do have to say this though...Anna's family and friends are mostly horrible to her. I can't imagine that all these people that she's been friends with for years and has grown up with would believe Gareth instead of her without any reservations. It doesn't sound like Anna had an history of this kind of behavior in the past so I find it hard to believe that her family and friends just decided that she'd changed in to a psycho?!?! Where is the love!?!?!
All in all her family and friends were bad but Beth was the worst. Beth was just horrible!!! I hope Beth doesn't get her own book because she doesn't deserve it and would make a horrible lead character. I would never ever read it. Even if it were true that Anna was jealous, Beth's actions still would have disgusted me. On the most basic level...shouldn't Beth have issues going out with Anna's ex? Aren't there unwritten rules about going out with exes or your friends or relatives??? Beth was selfish, stupid and didn't have any sense in her head. Even when Beth found out that Gareth really had been stalking Anna and why he had been arrested, she still didn't get it and wanted to know if Anna still thought Gareth might want her (Beth) anyways. I mean what kind of idiot would want a man that was arrested for everything he did to Anna!?!?! And how fair would it have been to Anna if Beth had been able to keep Gareth as a boyfriend? Did Beth think it would be fair to Anna to try to keep her psycho stalker in the family?!?! Beth is a total idiot and if she was my sister I think I would have had to disowned her. Or if nothing else, distanced myself from her to the point where we would only see each other at family events. **Spoiler alert** Beth was the one who keyed Gareth's car. It's not as if Beth didn't know Anna would get blamed for it...Beth engineered it on purpose so Anna would get arrested for it. Anna could have gone to jail for that and Beth would have let her go. **End Spoiler alert** I know I really ranted about Beth but she's such a b*tch, plain and simple. She did piss me off a lot but didn't ruin the story. :)
As I said before, I really enjoyed this story. There are some humorous parts and I love when Anna's being a smart ass. Some of her comments had me laughing. There is a little toy play but no real BDSM action. At one time or another during the story, each of the 3 of them are in charge during sex so no real Dom/Sub relationships. I really liked this story and will probably read it again in the future. I'd recommend it. :)
The story starts out with Anna having some problems because she's being stalked by a psycho (Anna's psycho stalker = Gareth). This is more of a problem than it normally would be because she kept the issues with Gareth a secret from her friends and family. Gareth then goes out with her sister to mess with Anna and try to force her to be with him. Now if Anna had a decent sister this probably wouldn't have been an issue but her sister automatically believes Gareth over Anna when he tells her that he and Anna used to date and that Anna wanted him back. He convinces her sister, Beth, that Anna is just jealous and then tells Beth and her parents that Anna is still trying to get him back and trying to get him to have sex with her again in any way possible. Because of his lies, Anna is getting attitude from friends and family about her "issues" with Gareth. They all just tell her to "get over it" and be happy for Beth. All this causes Anna to attempt to escape from Beth and Gareth while at a family party...by climbing over a fence in to the neighbors backyard. That's when she runs in to Jax.
Jax and Anna hit it off like wildfire but after a hot and steamy night together Anna finds something that makes her think Jax is married so, upset, she sneaks away while he's sleeping. Jax wakes up later to find her gone. He's sad about it but figures it's for the best because although he's not married he is involved seriously with Will.
Will & Jax have been going out for a year and live together. They love each other but Jax has issues saying he loves Will out loud so Will is left unsure of how much hold he has on Jax. This normally isn't an issue but once Will learns about Anna he starts worrying. They've both had women separately and it's usually ok but Will knows that there's something different about Anna and it freaks him out. He loves Jax a lot though and when he realizes that Jax can't forget Anna and the only reason he doesn't see her again is because he doesn't know where to find her, Will decides to find her for Jax...even if it means risking his relationship with Jax. (Aw...Will is such a sweety!!!)
In the mean time, Anna's stalker has gotten worse. Her sister's apartment gets flooded and Beth guilt-trips Anna in to letting her stay in her apartment. For some reason Beth doesn't get why having Gareth in Anna's apartment is an issue which I don't understand at all. If Beth actually thought Anna was trying to do anything to get Gareth back then why would Beth want him that close to Anna?!?!?! While Beth and Gareth are staying in her apartment he sneaks in to Anna's room while she's sleeping and almost rapes Anna and then she gets arrested for keying his car (which she didn't do).
Around this time Will finds Anna and Jax goes to see her. Jax convinces her that he's not married and to take a chance with him. They end up over at his place and he tells her she can stay there while her sister and Gareth are invading her apartment. Will isn't too thrilled about this and Jax isn't real gentle about his feelings at first. Jax doesn't realize just how unsure Will is of his secure place and Jax doesn't do a very good job at the communication thing...surprising since he's a lawyer. LOL! :)
Anyways...Anna figures out that Jax and Will are involved and they figure out she doesn't have an issue with their being a couple. When they figure out that they all want each other and no one has an issue with it things start looking up. Having a third that's a female is something Jax and Will (sounds like more Will than Jax but there's been thoughts of it from both) have dreamed about in the past but both thought it wouldn't happen because they didn't think they'd find a woman that could and would accept them both and a threesome relationship. Will and Anna become friends and lovers and the boys are happy having her there and involved with both of them and the relationship blossoms.
The drama with Beth and Gareth continues but Anna is bolstered by having Jax and Will at her back. ** Spoiler alert ** In the end, Gareth tries to get her again and Will saves the day as well as sending Gareth to jail when he catches him trying to abduct her (BTW...Will is a cop). ** End spoiler alert ** I liked the ending pretty well, especially the way it resolved their relationship.
I wish the ending had resolved a few of the outlying plot bits though. It wasn't much but I'd have liked to find out if the police were able to recover the voice recording of Gareth from the broken recorder. I'd love to get some reaction from her friends and family now that they know Gareth was a scum. The ending had Anna and Beth talking things out but not much from anyone else (not even her parents who came to the police station with Beth..although her Dad did show some support to Anna at the end). It's just a few unanswered questions I would have loved to have finished up in the ending but not enough to be a serious issue or ruin the story.
I do have to say this though...Anna's family and friends are mostly horrible to her. I can't imagine that all these people that she's been friends with for years and has grown up with would believe Gareth instead of her without any reservations. It doesn't sound like Anna had an history of this kind of behavior in the past so I find it hard to believe that her family and friends just decided that she'd changed in to a psycho?!?! Where is the love!?!?!
All in all her family and friends were bad but Beth was the worst. Beth was just horrible!!! I hope Beth doesn't get her own book because she doesn't deserve it and would make a horrible lead character. I would never ever read it. Even if it were true that Anna was jealous, Beth's actions still would have disgusted me. On the most basic level...shouldn't Beth have issues going out with Anna's ex? Aren't there unwritten rules about going out with exes or your friends or relatives??? Beth was selfish, stupid and didn't have any sense in her head. Even when Beth found out that Gareth really had been stalking Anna and why he had been arrested, she still didn't get it and wanted to know if Anna still thought Gareth might want her (Beth) anyways. I mean what kind of idiot would want a man that was arrested for everything he did to Anna!?!?! And how fair would it have been to Anna if Beth had been able to keep Gareth as a boyfriend? Did Beth think it would be fair to Anna to try to keep her psycho stalker in the family?!?! Beth is a total idiot and if she was my sister I think I would have had to disowned her. Or if nothing else, distanced myself from her to the point where we would only see each other at family events. **Spoiler alert** Beth was the one who keyed Gareth's car. It's not as if Beth didn't know Anna would get blamed for it...Beth engineered it on purpose so Anna would get arrested for it. Anna could have gone to jail for that and Beth would have let her go. **End Spoiler alert** I know I really ranted about Beth but she's such a b*tch, plain and simple. She did piss me off a lot but didn't ruin the story. :)
As I said before, I really enjoyed this story. There are some humorous parts and I love when Anna's being a smart ass. Some of her comments had me laughing. There is a little toy play but no real BDSM action. At one time or another during the story, each of the 3 of them are in charge during sex so no real Dom/Sub relationships. I really liked this story and will probably read it again in the future. I'd recommend it. :)
April 10, 2017
So, we all know that when you pick up an Ellora's Cave book there will be a lot of sex. That is to be expected. So going into this book I knew that. The story starts off interestingly and dives right into the sex though. Now, reading about Anna's stalker and how he's charmed her sister and parents and friends and seeing it first hand pissed me off. Anna didn't speak up, she didn't do anything, she just let it happen in some ways. And while I can understand why she did in some aspects others I can't believe she didn't say anything, this guy is a nightmare. I was so pissed during those scenes I wanted to know what was going to happen, but the story is more about Anna, Jax and Will. Jax and Will are in a relationship together, they are both bisexuals, they both love each other but neither has admitted it and Jax needs more in their relationship, specifically he needs a woman and make this duo a trio. Will is afraid that he will be pushed to the wayside because he is insecure about Jax's feeling for him because Jax hasn't actually come out and said anything. So Will feels disposable. Anna meets Jax and starts a kind of relationship with him, sort of. They first meet when she jumps into what she thinks is his back yard, but is really his sisters house. They get down and dirty pretty quickly and Anna sees children's things and freaks. Why he couldn't just have a child and not be married or involved and why that freaks her out if he did is beyond me. She automatically jumps to him being a liar. So she ditches him. They don't really talk to each other during this time and a lot of shit goes down with Anna's stalker turned sisters boyfriend, Gareth. In the meantime Will and Jax are a bit at odds, Jax is obsessing about Anna and Will is obsessing about Jax and finding Anna for Jax. See interesting storyline. But sadly there are soooooooooo many sex scenes that happen a bit too frequently even for my tastes and even for my expectations. As expected there were also M/M scenes. The scenes were quite long and detailed, and while that's fine, there were times I wanted to know what was going on with the overall storyline ie the stalker issue. The scenes were hott, but I didn't feel like we needed them so close together or so long, maybe if they were spaced out or didn't seem like they were going like rabbits idk? I mean can a man really recover that quickly and continually orgasm? The way the author wrote this is it's pretty much back to back to back sex with not much recovery time between. Moving along to the conflict and resolution to the stalking I was disappointed. It happened very quickly and was almost swept under the rug. Her parents seemed to care more about Beth, her sister, than what had actually happened to Anna. Gareth, the stalker sister boyfriend, suddenly loses his credibility it just happened way too quickly for the amount of shit he put Anna through.
So because of those flaws I am rating it 3 stars, if there were more storyline put between some of the scenes I could have given it a higher rating.
So because of those flaws I am rating it 3 stars, if there were more storyline put between some of the scenes I could have given it a higher rating.
March 13, 2016
Lots of sexin' just the way I like it. Anna runs away from a stalker guy who has taken up with her sister to mess with her and she jumps the fence and meets Jax and spends a very hot night with him. Through a misunderstanding, she thinks he's married with a kid. He's not, though he's bi and has a bi partner, Will. Will knows Jax has been looking for a woman to complete them. The stalker guy continues to chase Anna, and she goes to stay at Jax and Will's and falls for them both as they fall for her too. Barbara Ellsborg just writes hot mmf menages that I find hard to resist.
January 18, 2013
i always love Barbara Elsborg's book!
i kinda like the idea of slash but i think sometimes she describes it waaay too blatant and i'm definitely lack of experience. but still, the storyline made my heart boiled.
fuck you, Garreth.
anyway, Anna's the luckiest girl in the whole wide world.
period. *sigh*
i kinda like the idea of slash but i think sometimes she describes it waaay too blatant and i'm definitely lack of experience. but still, the storyline made my heart boiled.
fuck you, Garreth.
anyway, Anna's the luckiest girl in the whole wide world.
period. *sigh*
March 9, 2024
if you liked this book you’re a f moron, sorry. this was TERRIBLE, really really terrible.
jax is a complete asshole, he couldn’t care less about will’s feelings, he was only after what he cared, which was anna. will was feeling completely left out and he thought that maybe jax would dump him to be with anna, and to be honest, if this was real life and if the author knew what she was doing with the characters actions and feelings, will wouldn’t be a part of anna and jax’s relationship. period.
and god, the plot was so rushed out, anna was a complete idiot, couldn’t defend herself even if the world was ending. i don’t wanna read about a fmc lacking self esteem and about a mmc that cares more about himself than the people he says he loves.
jax is a complete asshole, he couldn’t care less about will’s feelings, he was only after what he cared, which was anna. will was feeling completely left out and he thought that maybe jax would dump him to be with anna, and to be honest, if this was real life and if the author knew what she was doing with the characters actions and feelings, will wouldn’t be a part of anna and jax’s relationship. period.
and god, the plot was so rushed out, anna was a complete idiot, couldn’t defend herself even if the world was ending. i don’t wanna read about a fmc lacking self esteem and about a mmc that cares more about himself than the people he says he loves.
September 16, 2017
Un relato que nos habla sobre Ana, una joven que huyendo de un obsesivo y supuesto novio, termina enfrascada en los brazos de Jax, quien en su auxilio le da la mejor noche de placer que esta pueda tener, cuando su vida esta patas arribas.
En este trance, los malentendidos, como a Will, quien juga un papel en esta historia de los mas estraño junto a la familia de Ana, quien ve en ella una demencia iracunda a causa de los celos que provoca el matrimonio de su hermana pequeña.
Un enfonque erotico fuerte que habla sobre la homosexualidad y la bisexualidad, y como las mujeres lo ven sin consecuencias, y que ocurre tras los secretos en las relaciones. Un libro bueno para quien le gusta este tipo de genero y quiere deversificar su lectura.
En este trance, los malentendidos, como a Will, quien juga un papel en esta historia de los mas estraño junto a la familia de Ana, quien ve en ella una demencia iracunda a causa de los celos que provoca el matrimonio de su hermana pequeña.
Un enfonque erotico fuerte que habla sobre la homosexualidad y la bisexualidad, y como las mujeres lo ven sin consecuencias, y que ocurre tras los secretos en las relaciones. Un libro bueno para quien le gusta este tipo de genero y quiere deversificar su lectura.
November 4, 2017
I really liked this book. The sex scenes were really hot, and even if I am not usually a huge fan of M/M scenes, I liked the ones in this book.
Both Jax and Will were really lovable characters, I espacially loved Will, the fact that even though he is a cop, we do not fall into the "cliché" badass Alpha male, he was sensitive and also fragile and so madly in love in Jax, ready to do anything for him, it was really moving.
The only thing I did not like was the ending, I found it too easy the way they catch the bad guy. I was a bit frustrated.
Both Jax and Will were really lovable characters, I espacially loved Will, the fact that even though he is a cop, we do not fall into the "cliché" badass Alpha male, he was sensitive and also fragile and so madly in love in Jax, ready to do anything for him, it was really moving.
The only thing I did not like was the ending, I found it too easy the way they catch the bad guy. I was a bit frustrated.
February 17, 2016
I'm conflicted on how to rate this book. I think the only reason I enjoyed it at all was because of the silly British humour in it, because normally I can't stand heroines who are too stupid to act logically, bastard men who abuse their partners (yes, I am talking about Jax), heroes who are somehow always desperate for sex even when they've been having it every day (sets very unrealistic standards..), and the horrendously caricature villain who succeeds much too easily. Although maybe this book was rescued by Will (pun not intended), and his relationship with the heroine, because wow he was sweet and I felt so bad for him, and the heroine took proper care of him. That's what saved the heroine's character - her taking care (emotionally) of Will when for some obscure reason no one else would.
February 25, 2013
Argggg this book. Its frustrating!
This author usually does well balancing the angsty emotionally charged portion of her work with the blatantly sexual and frank interactions of her protagonists. In this book, however, she made it more about a weird combination of errors and missed identities and then over-used this tool to the point where i agree with other reviewers that said it made the book completely frustrating and rather pointless to read. Surely no one is as much of an idiot as Anna. What really frustrated me was that the three romantic leads of this so-called love story do not meet and i am 50 percent into the story.....and ready to give up. I think that is exactly what i will do.....hope no one else wastes their money on this drivel!!!!
This author usually does well balancing the angsty emotionally charged portion of her work with the blatantly sexual and frank interactions of her protagonists. In this book, however, she made it more about a weird combination of errors and missed identities and then over-used this tool to the point where i agree with other reviewers that said it made the book completely frustrating and rather pointless to read. Surely no one is as much of an idiot as Anna. What really frustrated me was that the three romantic leads of this so-called love story do not meet and i am 50 percent into the story.....and ready to give up. I think that is exactly what i will do.....hope no one else wastes their money on this drivel!!!!
February 8, 2013
this was a nice fun read with lots of good lovin. hehe. the characters were fun and had some emotion, which was nice. one of the main characters Will was a bit whiny in the beginning and got on my nerve, but he improved as the book went on.
the side story involving Anna was funny in the beginning then got a bit ridiculous cause this crazy narcissistic bastard went way too far. lucky she had Will and Jax to help her out.
real glad i read this one and will definitely be reading more by Elsborg =D
the side story involving Anna was funny in the beginning then got a bit ridiculous cause this crazy narcissistic bastard went way too far. lucky she had Will and Jax to help her out.
real glad i read this one and will definitely be reading more by Elsborg =D
October 1, 2014
3 stars
I've read Barbara E's Susie's Choice and I loved it! It was a MFM story and it's just crazy that I loved it. That's why I read this novel.
It's written well, I like the characters and story flow. Though I didn't like the threesome that much, it wasn't as hot as Susie's Choice but it's good enough.
I love the story though, I felt bad for Anna because of her family and that Asshole Garret. I wanted to tear Garret's jugular. He's so infuriating! I wanted the story to be more about that but well, it ended too soon!
I've read Barbara E's Susie's Choice and I loved it! It was a MFM story and it's just crazy that I loved it. That's why I read this novel.
It's written well, I like the characters and story flow. Though I didn't like the threesome that much, it wasn't as hot as Susie's Choice but it's good enough.
I love the story though, I felt bad for Anna because of her family and that Asshole Garret. I wanted to tear Garret's jugular. He's so infuriating! I wanted the story to be more about that but well, it ended too soon!
April 14, 2017
What a fantastic book!!
I loved it!!
This is definitely going on my favorites shelf!
I loved the guys' relationship!
I loved how real all the emotions were in this book From jealousy to love It was amazing!
I loved how Anna got introduced in the book
And this book has some great laugh out loud moments
I really enjoyed it and I wish there was a second one!
I loved it!!
This is definitely going on my favorites shelf!
I loved the guys' relationship!
I loved how real all the emotions were in this book From jealousy to love It was amazing!
I loved how Anna got introduced in the book
And this book has some great laugh out loud moments
I really enjoyed it and I wish there was a second one!
June 15, 2017
Hasta en 3 ocasiones he leído este libro. No puede gustarme más de lo que ya lo hace. La historia entre Jax, Anna y Will te atrapa, tal vez sea por lo adorable que es Will. Es una pena que no lo publiquen en español y mucha gente se la pierda, porque realmente merece la pena. Si te gustan las historias a tres, sobre todo las relaciones chico-chico, este es tu libro.
De mis favoritos.
De mis favoritos.
May 27, 2011
Romance/erotic, threesome, slash. Started with a fluffy encounter where we learn that she´s stalked by a man now coupled with her sister but still making her life miserable, then some angst and suspense.
3.5 Stars. Easy, quick read with lots of smut.
3.5 Stars. Easy, quick read with lots of smut.
May 30, 2012
Well, this was probably more like a 3.5 for me. Enjoyable, romantic, sexy and by the end I wanted to know more about the lead characters. Do they make it? Would read other titles by this author. m/f, m/m, m/f/m
June 30, 2016
Awesome
Great characters. Very well written, about 200 pages. A little to fast on the I love you's but still a wonderful read.
Drama, angst, a little danger and suspense plus amazing passion, HOT. Great erotica with a good story. M/M, M/F, M/F/M
Great characters. Very well written, about 200 pages. A little to fast on the I love you's but still a wonderful read.
Drama, angst, a little danger and suspense plus amazing passion, HOT. Great erotica with a good story. M/M, M/F, M/F/M
March 4, 2017
uhhh I was so frustrated with the way Anna's whole family believed her sister's boyfriend. It was annoying. It seemed as though her parents and sister beth were so excited that beth was dating someone that they ignored all of the red flags that Anna was throwing out to them....
October 5, 2015
good read. well written. loved the characters!
May 16, 2012
I can recommend this to anyone who loved the Eden series By Kele Moon.
December 14, 2022
This book should have been a thriller. In fact, I would love if someone did just that! Take the concept of a stalker trying to become a part of the family to get closer to their victim, and fooling everyone along the way. Yes, please....
That said, this family was a shit excuse for family. Who believes a random stranger over their own daughter/sister?? I can make excuses for Beth, as she was besotted, and people in love tend to be blind. But her parents, too? Were they also in love with Gareth, or did they just hate Anna? If someone in my family came to me and said they were in trouble, I would believe them. Actually, that did happen once, several years ago. Mind you, said person had a history of drama, attention-seeking behavior, and histrionics. But we still took her side, helped her talk to the police, and took her to the hospital. Because that is what you fucking do. This family supposedly didn't believe Anna because she hadn't told them before that she was being stalked, as if that's a reason at all. But on the same note, why didn't she tell them she was seeing someone? That was Gareth's story, that they'd been dating, he broke it off, and Anna couldn't accept it. So how was Gareth's side any more believable than hers? It's like they truly didn't care all that much for Anna or her well-being, and that is beyond sad. Anna should've ditched them and run. Literally. Thousands of women are stalked every year, and many of them will end up assaulted and even killed by their stalkers. Anna got lucky, but she shouldn't have needed two boyfriends to save her. Her family should've been there, and if they couldn't step up, she should've run. And so I was disappointed, when the truth finally seemed to be being accepted, and Beth still wanted to know if Gareth liked her. And her parents didn't seem to want to accept it at all. Anna would've been beyond justified to never speak to any of them again.
All in all, I would've rather this had been a thriller. I found I was enormously uninterested in the romance plot, honestly. It didn't seem to mix; the heavy, near-constant sex scenes, the romance, and the stalking. Very drastic tone changes from one scene to the next, no proper blending. There should have been less sex and more plot and character development.
That said, this family was a shit excuse for family. Who believes a random stranger over their own daughter/sister?? I can make excuses for Beth, as she was besotted, and people in love tend to be blind. But her parents, too? Were they also in love with Gareth, or did they just hate Anna? If someone in my family came to me and said they were in trouble, I would believe them. Actually, that did happen once, several years ago. Mind you, said person had a history of drama, attention-seeking behavior, and histrionics. But we still took her side, helped her talk to the police, and took her to the hospital. Because that is what you fucking do. This family supposedly didn't believe Anna because she hadn't told them before that she was being stalked, as if that's a reason at all. But on the same note, why didn't she tell them she was seeing someone? That was Gareth's story, that they'd been dating, he broke it off, and Anna couldn't accept it. So how was Gareth's side any more believable than hers? It's like they truly didn't care all that much for Anna or her well-being, and that is beyond sad. Anna should've ditched them and run. Literally. Thousands of women are stalked every year, and many of them will end up assaulted and even killed by their stalkers. Anna got lucky, but she shouldn't have needed two boyfriends to save her. Her family should've been there, and if they couldn't step up, she should've run. And so I was disappointed, when the truth finally seemed to be being accepted, and Beth still wanted to know if Gareth liked her. And her parents didn't seem to want to accept it at all. Anna would've been beyond justified to never speak to any of them again.
All in all, I would've rather this had been a thriller. I found I was enormously uninterested in the romance plot, honestly. It didn't seem to mix; the heavy, near-constant sex scenes, the romance, and the stalking. Very drastic tone changes from one scene to the next, no proper blending. There should have been less sex and more plot and character development.
September 24, 2023
I usually don't mind a stupid weak gullible heroine, but Anna's stupidity and blonde moments were beyond too much for me to appreciate this book.
Second JAX IS A JERK. No other way to describe him.
Will is a sweetheart. Literally the only reason I kept reading the book.
Ok, so lets start with the stupid way Anna handled Gareth. We can blame her nervousness to do as he wanted in her apartment, and let's argue that there was a hint of half a dose of date-rape involved. But what she allowed to happen for months while completely sober and alert was beyond unjustifiable.
How stupid can Beth be, or her parents to not believe Anna but guess it was her inability to describe the situation with Gareth for him to be able to pull that off.
Now concerning how the police handled him in one swift breeze was such a deflating moment. All this built up and he just stopped like that. I thought that he would follow them to Jax's apartment try something else, but nope all the suspense but and we were left thirsty for drama.
I can't believe that Jax didn't even mention to Will what happened in the bathroom and he just rolled with the threat.
Spoiler alert
So Beth was the one who scratched his car? And Anna overlooked it and just proceeded with loving her sister like she wore her favorite shirt and destroyed it !!!!! That scene was totally unbelievable and unrealistic.
For Jax's endless stupidity, selfishness and insensitivity. Well I can talk for ages, but really his lover Mark and Sam heartbreaking story, didn't he learn anything? Wasn't Mark's death a lesson for him not to sideline a partner over another?
The way Will was hurt by Anna, and how he added fuel to the fire was not acceptable at all.
How he simply wanted his hands in two pies and wanted Will to just tag along and love Anna was so cruel.
Also Anna loved Will after a week. OK we all like Will but wasn't that too fast.
Will broke my heart literally. Jax doesn't deserve him, and Anna doesn't deserve a sweet guy like him.
Second JAX IS A JERK. No other way to describe him.
Will is a sweetheart. Literally the only reason I kept reading the book.
Ok, so lets start with the stupid way Anna handled Gareth. We can blame her nervousness to do as he wanted in her apartment, and let's argue that there was a hint of half a dose of date-rape involved. But what she allowed to happen for months while completely sober and alert was beyond unjustifiable.
How stupid can Beth be, or her parents to not believe Anna but guess it was her inability to describe the situation with Gareth for him to be able to pull that off.
Now concerning how the police handled him in one swift breeze was such a deflating moment. All this built up and he just stopped like that. I thought that he would follow them to Jax's apartment try something else, but nope all the suspense but and we were left thirsty for drama.
I can't believe that Jax didn't even mention to Will what happened in the bathroom and he just rolled with the threat.
Spoiler alert
So Beth was the one who scratched his car? And Anna overlooked it and just proceeded with loving her sister like she wore her favorite shirt and destroyed it !!!!! That scene was totally unbelievable and unrealistic.
For Jax's endless stupidity, selfishness and insensitivity. Well I can talk for ages, but really his lover Mark and Sam heartbreaking story, didn't he learn anything? Wasn't Mark's death a lesson for him not to sideline a partner over another?
The way Will was hurt by Anna, and how he added fuel to the fire was not acceptable at all.
How he simply wanted his hands in two pies and wanted Will to just tag along and love Anna was so cruel.
Also Anna loved Will after a week. OK we all like Will but wasn't that too fast.
Will broke my heart literally. Jax doesn't deserve him, and Anna doesn't deserve a sweet guy like him.
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