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Strength in Numbers #1
Double Jeopardy
Strength in Numbers - Double Jeopardy By Rachel Bo Book 1 in the Strength in Numbers series Kendall Aaronson can't believe the incredible attraction she feels to the two young hunks, Joshua Reed and Sutter Campbell, the first time they enter her shop. Soon, she finds it's an attraction she can't resist! As their unique relationship heats up, so does the temper of Sutter's father. When David Campbell threatens to destroy everything Kendall has come to cherish, her strength and determination are the only things standing in his way. This ménage a trois story contains male/male sex scenes.
187 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2004
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Rachel Bo
22 books22 followersRachel Bo is an award-winning author currently published in multiple genres, including Erotic Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, and yes, even Inspirational! To keep one foot grounded in reality, she also works as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.
Rachel Bo lives in Texas with her husband, three daughters and a menagerie that includes the perfect dog, a python, a white rabbit, and some remarkably hardy goldfish. She has yet to tame a dragon, but HAS discovered they are quite fond of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
Rachel Bo lives in Texas with her husband, three daughters and a menagerie that includes the perfect dog, a python, a white rabbit, and some remarkably hardy goldfish. She has yet to tame a dragon, but HAS discovered they are quite fond of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
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July 9, 2008
This was my first m/m/f romance and I can't say I liked it for a number of reasons - the men were too young and I only buy "rubenesque"-heroine romances by mistake. Other than my personal negative reactions to the book, it wasn't good enough for me to want to read David Campbell's stoty when it came out. Yet it was David (Sutter's father) whose character resonated with me. I think my icky feelings were because of David's inclusion and it was obvious he was secretly gay. I don't like family members included in my erotic romances and parents would be double ick even if there are no sex scenes involving them.
David's involvement is limited to his objection to Sutter's gay relationship so no worries about menages including Daddy.
David's involvement is limited to his objection to Sutter's gay relationship so no worries about menages including Daddy.
March 8, 2009
This book is erotica, so if that's not your thing, stop reading.
This is a romantic menage book where the two men and one woman end up happily ever after married. The premise is that the three main characters share a psychic bond that allows them to feel what the others are feeling and explore each other's minds. The two men, Josh and Sutter, eventually discover their bisexual sides, and the woman, Kendall is not your typical svelte heroine. If that doesn't put you off, it's a very hot book. The tension in this story has to do with Sutter's dad trying to break up the trio.
This is a romantic menage book where the two men and one woman end up happily ever after married. The premise is that the three main characters share a psychic bond that allows them to feel what the others are feeling and explore each other's minds. The two men, Josh and Sutter, eventually discover their bisexual sides, and the woman, Kendall is not your typical svelte heroine. If that doesn't put you off, it's a very hot book. The tension in this story has to do with Sutter's dad trying to break up the trio.
May 24, 2018
Found this hidden in my files from years ago and have finally read it. Very enjoyable story.
Liked the three main characters and how they made a great life for themselves.
The carry on with Sutter's father was interesting and understandable. The only thing that lost it a star was the Pollyanna attitude of Kendall with the just too good to be believed outcome with David after everything he had done to them all.
Hope Josh never forgives him.
Liked the three main characters and how they made a great life for themselves.
The carry on with Sutter's father was interesting and understandable. The only thing that lost it a star was the Pollyanna attitude of Kendall with the just too good to be believed outcome with David after everything he had done to them all.
Hope Josh never forgives him.
August 15, 2019
Im in a MMF streak, but havent found one that I really like lately 😕
February 15, 2020
This trio story has a touch of sci-fi. They can sense, hear, feel the others’ thoughts and emotions. They’re never quite clear about it. Even how they know she’s The One just by looking at her, when it requires touch to work. At first. It’s never fully explained. It is what it is, sort of...because while the connection does justify the instalove between these two very hot very charismatic (or so were told, we never see), but one-dimensional 21 year old men and a very not hot very large (you’ll see just how big below) 32 year old sort-of survivor of abuse entrepreneur artist woman with no friends, it doesn’t explain why they need to watch her face carefully at times to see if she’s okay. Can’t they sense, hear, feel it? And I’m not sorry about that run-on sentence, because I’m just...not.
This chick is screwed with pool cues and breadsticks and spaghetti noodles. I’ll be honest, I cringed for that pool table. Most people are more careful with the felt. For the record, “both portals” and “her furry crotch” and IMHO “lifting her belly” to lick under it are not sexy. I’m still disturbed by the physics of sucking a nipple down one’s throat. Note: If two guys need that many weird ass props in bed, run. At 50% this gal has been screwed more with inanimate objects than with d$cks. Seriously, a tarp? Sure, put it on her living room floor but not the pool table. We are told “it was incredibly erotic.” Yeah...no, it really wasn’t. By the time they get to the actual effing, it’s - and I’m not making this up - “he took her slowly”....srsly? That’s it?
This was on track in the first couple of chapters to be a 4 star read. I would have skipped over the sex chapters, but I was curious to find out what they’d do next. Sort of like being unable to look away from a train wreck. Will it be stuffing her with golf clubs? Brownie mix? Or just more fingers. I mean, pop the corn y’all! The sad part is, they actually did buy sex toys. There is a lot of anal action. With tongues. But at 65% they’ve only f@cked twice. There are two of them. Two. Fully. Functional. Men. Do we need a diagram on how to use them? Oh, right - lest I forget...at 75%, she can suck her own nipples. Neat trick. 😳
To sum it up, I don’t understand why she needs to be fat. I’m not saying I disagree with that decision but it’s a weird choice that I just never bought. It’s unbelievable. And it makes the sci-fi mental bond crap look like a device instead of an integral part of their story. Especially since it isn’t used by the author. For example, Kendall can’t seem to “convince” Sutter about his dad...um, can’t he just read your mind?
Would they have been attracted to her without the bond? Likely no. But we’re given nothing else to explain their love/lust, which is a shame. The first couple and last few chapters are like a different book. But skip all the really bad porn sex and the story is still just average. Even the gratuitous epilogue is wasted on the villain of the story - to set up his book, although he belongs in prison. Meh.
Note: Bail hearings are NOT weeks after an arrest.
This chick is screwed with pool cues and breadsticks and spaghetti noodles. I’ll be honest, I cringed for that pool table. Most people are more careful with the felt. For the record, “both portals” and “her furry crotch” and IMHO “lifting her belly” to lick under it are not sexy. I’m still disturbed by the physics of sucking a nipple down one’s throat. Note: If two guys need that many weird ass props in bed, run. At 50% this gal has been screwed more with inanimate objects than with d$cks. Seriously, a tarp? Sure, put it on her living room floor but not the pool table. We are told “it was incredibly erotic.” Yeah...no, it really wasn’t. By the time they get to the actual effing, it’s - and I’m not making this up - “he took her slowly”....srsly? That’s it?
This was on track in the first couple of chapters to be a 4 star read. I would have skipped over the sex chapters, but I was curious to find out what they’d do next. Sort of like being unable to look away from a train wreck. Will it be stuffing her with golf clubs? Brownie mix? Or just more fingers. I mean, pop the corn y’all! The sad part is, they actually did buy sex toys. There is a lot of anal action. With tongues. But at 65% they’ve only f@cked twice. There are two of them. Two. Fully. Functional. Men. Do we need a diagram on how to use them? Oh, right - lest I forget...at 75%, she can suck her own nipples. Neat trick. 😳
To sum it up, I don’t understand why she needs to be fat. I’m not saying I disagree with that decision but it’s a weird choice that I just never bought. It’s unbelievable. And it makes the sci-fi mental bond crap look like a device instead of an integral part of their story. Especially since it isn’t used by the author. For example, Kendall can’t seem to “convince” Sutter about his dad...um, can’t he just read your mind?
Would they have been attracted to her without the bond? Likely no. But we’re given nothing else to explain their love/lust, which is a shame. The first couple and last few chapters are like a different book. But skip all the really bad porn sex and the story is still just average. Even the gratuitous epilogue is wasted on the villain of the story - to set up his book, although he belongs in prison. Meh.
Note: Bail hearings are NOT weeks after an arrest.
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December 1, 2018
A really sweet and yet, hot book!
May 19, 2011
The book started out with a "paranormal" feel to it with the "bonding" connection the three characters felt upon meeting, but that's where it ends.
Kendall Aaronson owns a shop specializing in home decor. Two young male college students walk in one night and there was an instant connection with the both of them. She didn't understand why they would be attracted to her since she's a 32 year old woman who happens to be on the "plumpier" side. What can they possibly see in her?
Sutter Campbell is a 22 year old college student studying law and his best friend since third grade is Joshua Reed. They've been best friends for 14 years and share a "unique" friendship. Many thought they were gay and were a couple, but that was far from the truth...until they meet Kendall.
The two young men were attracted to her from the very beginning and they instantly knew she was the "one." Kendall had reservations being with two gorgeous, young men who were still both in college. As mentioned before, there was a paranormalesque feel in the beginning, especially the "connection" all felt when they were together (they can communicate feelings with one another), but that's as far as it went. Once Kendall got over "it" and accepted the two males as her "mates" the bulk of the book was all sex - and PLENTY of it! I found the characters flat and were not quite developed. You get a brief history about them, but their personality didn't seem appealing. Unbelievable instant feelings of "love" or romance, but rather more lust and NO true emotions (no matter how much they profess their feelings to one another). The author brought the story in too many directions with this book in terms of "theme" and didn't quite establish a solid story. It was like watching a porn movie rather than reading erotica. I considered the story rushed from all directions and the author tried to redeem herself towards the end.
Explicit Menage sex, M/F/M, M/M, involving a pool table (and accessories), food, toys, etc.
Kendall Aaronson owns a shop specializing in home decor. Two young male college students walk in one night and there was an instant connection with the both of them. She didn't understand why they would be attracted to her since she's a 32 year old woman who happens to be on the "plumpier" side. What can they possibly see in her?
Sutter Campbell is a 22 year old college student studying law and his best friend since third grade is Joshua Reed. They've been best friends for 14 years and share a "unique" friendship. Many thought they were gay and were a couple, but that was far from the truth...until they meet Kendall.
The two young men were attracted to her from the very beginning and they instantly knew she was the "one." Kendall had reservations being with two gorgeous, young men who were still both in college. As mentioned before, there was a paranormalesque feel in the beginning, especially the "connection" all felt when they were together (they can communicate feelings with one another), but that's as far as it went. Once Kendall got over "it" and accepted the two males as her "mates" the bulk of the book was all sex - and PLENTY of it! I found the characters flat and were not quite developed. You get a brief history about them, but their personality didn't seem appealing. Unbelievable instant feelings of "love" or romance, but rather more lust and NO true emotions (no matter how much they profess their feelings to one another). The author brought the story in too many directions with this book in terms of "theme" and didn't quite establish a solid story. It was like watching a porn movie rather than reading erotica. I considered the story rushed from all directions and the author tried to redeem herself towards the end.
Explicit Menage sex, M/F/M, M/M, involving a pool table (and accessories), food, toys, etc.
June 28, 2012
The moment Joshua Reed and Sutter Campbell walk into Kendall Aaronson's shop, she knows there is something special about them. Sutter and Josh ask her out, but she quickly refuses. Despite this, they pursue her knowing they have found their soul mate. As they begin to explore their newly founded relationship, complications with Sutter's interfering dad rears it's ugly head, threatening to destroy their happiness.
This was interesting, it has a fantasy element to it that underlines the whole story. Kendall is torn because Sutter and Joshua are both younger and she is at a point in her life where she is looking for the white picket fence and bushel of children and she wonders if they are ready for the commitment.
This was interesting, it has a fantasy element to it that underlines the whole story. Kendall is torn because Sutter and Joshua are both younger and she is at a point in her life where she is looking for the white picket fence and bushel of children and she wonders if they are ready for the commitment.
December 2, 2008
I got this one and the SIN antho from Loose Id and read both in 2 days. Hothothot and I like that each story is different - one with older woman, younger men, one with all older, and one with younger and switching it around to f/m/f with BDSM. Hadn't read BDSM before, but it didn't seem too extreme to me - won't try it myself but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy reading it, LOL! I hope she writes more in the series, she's a good author and every book is a little different so it's a great way to sample a variety of menages.
March 11, 2012
I have wanted to read this book for a while. I am sooo glad it was a loan. It did not work for me. Most of the plot just seemed to far fetched. And the immediate sex and admission of love annoyed me.
April 7, 2009
Menage book, includes m/m contact, I never felt much connection to the characters. There are sequels, Danger in Discovery & Branded, available from Loose Id.
May 15, 2012
3.5 stars
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