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Twin Fantasies
What's your most forbidden desire?
Jenna Kerry has a secret. She's always fantasized about sharing her bed with two men, but her fiancé Ryan would never approve. Then one night at a posh reception, Ryan unexpectedly appears and shows her the wildest night of her life. The trouble is, he isn't Ryan. When she discovers the truth—that her fiancé has a twin—she reignites a long-standing rivalry. Both men are determined to have her, and they set out to prove their talents in the most erotic ways imaginable. But does she dare ask them to explore her most hidden fantasy... and can she handle all that these hot-blooded twins have to offer?
Lock your door and indulge in this wickedly uninhibited tale from Opal Carew—an irresistible new voice in erotic romance.
Jenna Kerry has a secret. She's always fantasized about sharing her bed with two men, but her fiancé Ryan would never approve. Then one night at a posh reception, Ryan unexpectedly appears and shows her the wildest night of her life. The trouble is, he isn't Ryan. When she discovers the truth—that her fiancé has a twin—she reignites a long-standing rivalry. Both men are determined to have her, and they set out to prove their talents in the most erotic ways imaginable. But does she dare ask them to explore her most hidden fantasy... and can she handle all that these hot-blooded twins have to offer?
Lock your door and indulge in this wickedly uninhibited tale from Opal Carew—an irresistible new voice in erotic romance.
265 pages, Paperback
First published June 26, 2007
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April 6, 2009
Accidently clicked on a GR link while finishing up this review – so I clicked “back” button and review is gone! I’m finally done cursing, screaming and slapping my couch cushion, so here I go…again.
I enjoyed it, but I liked Carew’s previous books “Swing” and “Blush” much better. No scene here could compare with the hotness of Swing’s dungeon scene or that memorable door scene in Blush.
I took major issue with Ryan, Jenna’s fiancé. Before Jenna accidently sleeps with his twin brother Jake, whom she’s never met and actually thinks is just Ryan playing out her “sex with a stranger” fantasy, Jenna has been in a relationship with Ryan for nearly a year. Ryan has neglected Jenna, not giving her enough of his time or satisfying her sexually. And he had the lamest excuse, too – something about, “oh, if I REALLY give in to my crazy intense desire for Jenna, I’ll just get lost in it and it will be overwhelming and completely take over!” He doesn’t tell HER this. No, he just keeps this to himself, so Jenna doesn’t actually know if he really loves her due to his lack of attention.
The guy I really liked was his twin, Jake. Jake was adventurous, fun, attentive and sexy as hell. When Jenna moved in with Jake, to give a relationship with him a try, I was ecstatic! But then about a week into it *guessing, I read this a week ago*, Ryan moves in, too, and I was so disappointed. I wanted Ryan out of the picture. I didn’t think the chemistry was as strong with Ryan and Jenna, and I didn’t think he deserved her. This book ends as a HEA ménage, and I would have preferred no ménage and just Jenna and Jake.
On the plus side, the humor in the beginning was great, especially during those post-coital conversations with Jenna and Jake, before she realized he wasn’t Ryan. I’m still a Carew fan, just didn’t like this book as much as the others I’ve read.
I enjoyed it, but I liked Carew’s previous books “Swing” and “Blush” much better. No scene here could compare with the hotness of Swing’s dungeon scene or that memorable door scene in Blush.
I took major issue with Ryan, Jenna’s fiancé. Before Jenna accidently sleeps with his twin brother Jake, whom she’s never met and actually thinks is just Ryan playing out her “sex with a stranger” fantasy, Jenna has been in a relationship with Ryan for nearly a year. Ryan has neglected Jenna, not giving her enough of his time or satisfying her sexually. And he had the lamest excuse, too – something about, “oh, if I REALLY give in to my crazy intense desire for Jenna, I’ll just get lost in it and it will be overwhelming and completely take over!” He doesn’t tell HER this. No, he just keeps this to himself, so Jenna doesn’t actually know if he really loves her due to his lack of attention.
The guy I really liked was his twin, Jake. Jake was adventurous, fun, attentive and sexy as hell. When Jenna moved in with Jake, to give a relationship with him a try, I was ecstatic! But then about a week into it *guessing, I read this a week ago*, Ryan moves in, too, and I was so disappointed. I wanted Ryan out of the picture. I didn’t think the chemistry was as strong with Ryan and Jenna, and I didn’t think he deserved her. This book ends as a HEA ménage, and I would have preferred no ménage and just Jenna and Jake.
On the plus side, the humor in the beginning was great, especially during those post-coital conversations with Jenna and Jake, before she realized he wasn’t Ryan. I’m still a Carew fan, just didn’t like this book as much as the others I’ve read.
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December 2, 2008
Rating: 4.5 / 5
I requested this book through my library's ILL program...then put off reading it for like two months. I wanted to read it, but I'd read a lot of so-so comments about the book, about it not being as good as her others. So I kept setting it aside. But I had to get it back to the library (it was overdue, actually) so I had to either read it, or just return it. I read it, and I'm glad I did. I really enjoyed it! I'd have probably given it five stars if it weren't for one thing (which I'll talk about shortly).
Twin Fantasies is a erotic romance book about a menage a trois relationship between two brothers and the woman they both love. Jenna and Ryan have been in a long-term committed relationship, but Ryan is a workaholic who keeps blowing Jenna off. She's finally about to break up with him after he ditches her as her date for a wedding when suddenly Ryan shows up...or so she thinks. It's actually Ryan's twin brother Jake. Jenna thinks he's playing out her stranger fantasy and goes along. Then a month later, she realizes she's pregnant. Ryan proposes despite the fact that he's knows he's not the father. He loves her too much, and Jenna just thinks Ryan is the father. But just before the wedding, Jenna finds out that Ryan has a twin brother named Jake, and all three realize what has happened. Now Jenna must figure out which man to choose. The only problem? She realizes she loves them both.
This book was SUPER hot. I really could have used a cold shower more than once, LOL. What I really enjoyed about this book, though, was that even though it was an erotic romance, and there was lots and lots of yummy sex, it wasn't all about the sex. It was about the characters, how they grew and changed, and about the unusual problem of a woman falling in love with two brothers. Sometimes, I get a little bored with erotic romance books when they are just all sex, but this one didn't bore me at all. Carew kept me in the story from start to finish with a solid romance and great characters to go along with the yummy sex.
I knew going into this story that a lot of the mild complaints were about Ryan, about many not liking him, and how Jenna should have picked Jake. But I never really felt that way. I kinda saw them as two halves of a whole. Jake was the fun-loving, laid back half, and Ryan was the intense, serious-minded half. And together they made up a whole that was, well, the perfect man. I could completely see how Jenna loved both of them.
The one thing I wished had been a little more thorough was the epilogue. It was sweet and a nice wrap-up, but I wanted to know more. Did Jenna marry one of them? Or did they just have an unofficial commitment between the three of them? What did their families and friends think of what they were doing? Had they had any serious backlash from it? I wanted to know all that, but instead the epilogue was just a brief glimpse saying they were happy. If I'd gotten some of that info, I'd have given this book five stars.
Great book, despite that, though. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'd definitely recommend it for those of you whole like menage erotic romance books. And I definitely plan to read more from Carew.
I requested this book through my library's ILL program...then put off reading it for like two months. I wanted to read it, but I'd read a lot of so-so comments about the book, about it not being as good as her others. So I kept setting it aside. But I had to get it back to the library (it was overdue, actually) so I had to either read it, or just return it. I read it, and I'm glad I did. I really enjoyed it! I'd have probably given it five stars if it weren't for one thing (which I'll talk about shortly).
Twin Fantasies is a erotic romance book about a menage a trois relationship between two brothers and the woman they both love. Jenna and Ryan have been in a long-term committed relationship, but Ryan is a workaholic who keeps blowing Jenna off. She's finally about to break up with him after he ditches her as her date for a wedding when suddenly Ryan shows up...or so she thinks. It's actually Ryan's twin brother Jake. Jenna thinks he's playing out her stranger fantasy and goes along. Then a month later, she realizes she's pregnant. Ryan proposes despite the fact that he's knows he's not the father. He loves her too much, and Jenna just thinks Ryan is the father. But just before the wedding, Jenna finds out that Ryan has a twin brother named Jake, and all three realize what has happened. Now Jenna must figure out which man to choose. The only problem? She realizes she loves them both.
This book was SUPER hot. I really could have used a cold shower more than once, LOL. What I really enjoyed about this book, though, was that even though it was an erotic romance, and there was lots and lots of yummy sex, it wasn't all about the sex. It was about the characters, how they grew and changed, and about the unusual problem of a woman falling in love with two brothers. Sometimes, I get a little bored with erotic romance books when they are just all sex, but this one didn't bore me at all. Carew kept me in the story from start to finish with a solid romance and great characters to go along with the yummy sex.
I knew going into this story that a lot of the mild complaints were about Ryan, about many not liking him, and how Jenna should have picked Jake. But I never really felt that way. I kinda saw them as two halves of a whole. Jake was the fun-loving, laid back half, and Ryan was the intense, serious-minded half. And together they made up a whole that was, well, the perfect man. I could completely see how Jenna loved both of them.
The one thing I wished had been a little more thorough was the epilogue. It was sweet and a nice wrap-up, but I wanted to know more. Did Jenna marry one of them? Or did they just have an unofficial commitment between the three of them? What did their families and friends think of what they were doing? Had they had any serious backlash from it? I wanted to know all that, but instead the epilogue was just a brief glimpse saying they were happy. If I'd gotten some of that info, I'd have given this book five stars.
Great book, despite that, though. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'd definitely recommend it for those of you whole like menage erotic romance books. And I definitely plan to read more from Carew.
February 9, 2016
I'm like...
The concept was kind of creepy and ridiculous. I thought it was going to be hot but I felt... guilty.
Sex scenes were so boring!
I felt bad for Ryan SO BAD. SO SO SO BAD. There was no one to blame but...
How the hell can you spend a month in... with... AARRGG I hate her in that moment ¬¬
I didn't like the ending very much but I have to admit that the story was entertaining.
The concept was kind of creepy and ridiculous. I thought it was going to be hot but I felt... guilty.
Sex scenes were so boring!
I felt bad for Ryan SO BAD. SO SO SO BAD. There was no one to blame but...
How the hell can you spend a month in... with... AARRGG I hate her in that moment ¬¬
I didn't like the ending very much but I have to admit that the story was entertaining.
February 13, 2013
Competitive twin brothers + one lusty woman = unbelievable but utterly smutastic story.:)
July 19, 2008
Jenna is dating Ryan and has been for a year or so. He's a workaholic and she's deciding weather or not to end it all. Until one night, at a hotel where she's attending a friend's wedding she spots "Jake". Thinking this is her sex with a stranger fantasy come true she plays along with Ryan's game and has the time of her life.
Later Jenna finds out she's pregnant and tells Ryan. He knows he never slept with her that night, but asks her to marry him anyway. It all come to a head when Jake is caught kissing "Aurora" and Ryan spots them. Jenna thinks she's kissing Ryan and realizes she's made a terrible mistake. Not only has she been kissing her brother's twin, but sleeping with him too!
Well this is only the half of it. The story is one that I believe will make you a fan of Opal Carew if your not already. She develops her characters and story very well. Her love scenes are mentally engaging and physically stimulating and while not conventional you root for this romance in the end.
Later Jenna finds out she's pregnant and tells Ryan. He knows he never slept with her that night, but asks her to marry him anyway. It all come to a head when Jake is caught kissing "Aurora" and Ryan spots them. Jenna thinks she's kissing Ryan and realizes she's made a terrible mistake. Not only has she been kissing her brother's twin, but sleeping with him too!
Well this is only the half of it. The story is one that I believe will make you a fan of Opal Carew if your not already. She develops her characters and story very well. Her love scenes are mentally engaging and physically stimulating and while not conventional you root for this romance in the end.
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March 18, 2011
I don't want to say this book sucked, because that's unfair to the author who I am sure worked hard on this. I read Swing before and found that lacking. But it's a masterpiece compared to Twin Fantasies. This is seriously lacking. The entire concept is kind of creepy and ridiculous. I actually found myself skipping through a lot of the sex scenes because they were repetitive and boring. I was curious to see how the situation was going to resolve (although, let's face it, we all know what the ending is going to be).
I had to practice buttloads of suspesion of disbelief. For example, I don't find it credible that Jenna and Ryan dated for a year but he never told her he had a brother (let alone that a twin)? The excuse given for that is flimsy at best. Especially when his brother is in town helping him work on a project. They aren't estranged, so it makes no sense that it never came up in conversation.
I just found so much of this implausible and the ending rather squicky. But then again it kept my interst enough that I breezed through it rather quickly.
I had to practice buttloads of suspesion of disbelief. For example, I don't find it credible that Jenna and Ryan dated for a year but he never told her he had a brother (let alone that a twin)? The excuse given for that is flimsy at best. Especially when his brother is in town helping him work on a project. They aren't estranged, so it makes no sense that it never came up in conversation.
I just found so much of this implausible and the ending rather squicky. But then again it kept my interst enough that I breezed through it rather quickly.
February 7, 2017
El comienzo lo adore… pero en el transcurso que leia me decepcionaba de la protagonista; pienso que nunca decidió si adoro el amante listo llama a Ryan y dile que ya no quiere con el pero me parece muy hipócrita todo lo que le hizo pasar a el. Y de verdad detestaba cada vez que tenia que leer la parte de Jack por eso odios los hermanos. Es mejor ser hemano y hermana; que hermano y hermano porque uno nunca sabe cuando le va dar a dar el tiro por la espalda.Ademas que desgraciado hizo todo lo posible para hacer quedar mal a su hermano.Ademas que el solo pensaba en sexo a diferencia que Ryan si tenia verderos sentimientos.Gracias a Dios termine de leer este libro fue horrible; ni una estrella se merece este libro; por libros comos estos hacen quedar a la mujeres como una putas; y ademas que hace quedar como si uno nunca sabe decidir lo que uno quiere en la vida
April 28, 2009
Ehh. this one was a little weird to me. I don't want to go into detail because it would ruin part of the book.. but I was just a tiny bit creeped out. But I enjoyed the overall story and thought it was interesting.
April 8, 2012
Me contuve de ponerle una estrella. No digo que el libro no sea .. er ..bueno pero el final, es el más absurdo que leído jamas en mi vida.
O sea la trama estaba buena, tenía para mucho, que decepción.
O sea la trama estaba buena, tenía para mucho, que decepción.
March 25, 2013
This book has a hilarious story. It is crazy Two better than one. This book has lots of sex. This is the first book I read about threesome.
October 2, 2013
This book was exactly as I expected and it was a good read. Jenna is in love with Ryan and he with her but he has not been showing it lately because he was spending too much time at work and she felt neglected. when he cancelled plans to come to a wedding with her she was very upset then she saw him later at the same hotel and when he introduced himself as Jake she thought he had come to th help her with one of her fantasies - making love to a stranger - she introduced helself as Aurora. They had a great night together and when they were next together she never spoke to Ryan about because he never brought it up. Then she finds out that she is pregnant, Ryan asks her to marry him. It is not until the wedding that she discovers Ryan has a twin brother Jake and that he was who she had spent the night with and he was the father of her baby. She breaks off the wedding because she is such a dilemma as to what to do - it is suggested that she spend some time with Jake - next thing she is in love with him too - it gets interesting then. I enjoyed the intimaties between these 3 people.
This book was recommended to me and I agree with the recommendation.
This book was recommended to me and I agree with the recommendation.
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May 24, 2014
Dejé esta lectura en pausa hace algunos meses, y hoy que lo vi en mis pendientes me propuse terminarla, total, no faltaba mucho, al seguir leyendo no recordaba porque la había dejado de lado, ya que me atrapo, seguí leyendo y entendí porque lo había hecho.
La historia prometía mucho, al menos para mí, pero no sé, le faltaba algo, decidí seguir leyendo, esperando que mejorara un poco, pero nada. Ninguno de los personajes hizo que al menos sintiera algo de identificación, Jenna me enfado en algunos momentos, Jake, a pesar de ser alegre, jovial, y divertido, no me agrado tanto, Ryan, muy absorbido por su trabajo, y demasiado competitivo.
Estoy de acuerdo que al ser una lectura erotica, y de trios, debe haber escenas sexuales, pero a mí, llegó un punto en el que me salté muchas de ellas (y si que hubo) se me hicieron muy repetitivas, y aburridas.
**** SPOILER ****
El final... yo hubiese preferido que se quedará sola, o sea, si con sus gemelos, pero sin Jake ni Ryan, no sé, eso de ser hermanos y compartir a la misma mujer, no me agrado mucho.
Pero definitivamente, me agrado la forma de escritura de la autora, muy ágil, y directa, definitivamente buscaré más de Opal Carew.
La historia prometía mucho, al menos para mí, pero no sé, le faltaba algo, decidí seguir leyendo, esperando que mejorara un poco, pero nada. Ninguno de los personajes hizo que al menos sintiera algo de identificación, Jenna me enfado en algunos momentos, Jake, a pesar de ser alegre, jovial, y divertido, no me agrado tanto, Ryan, muy absorbido por su trabajo, y demasiado competitivo.
Estoy de acuerdo que al ser una lectura erotica, y de trios, debe haber escenas sexuales, pero a mí, llegó un punto en el que me salté muchas de ellas (y si que hubo) se me hicieron muy repetitivas, y aburridas.
**** SPOILER ****
El final... yo hubiese preferido que se quedará sola, o sea, si con sus gemelos, pero sin Jake ni Ryan, no sé, eso de ser hermanos y compartir a la misma mujer, no me agrado mucho.
Pero definitivamente, me agrado la forma de escritura de la autora, muy ágil, y directa, definitivamente buscaré más de Opal Carew.
June 11, 2011
Jenna Kerry has been in love with the methodical and work-a-holic Ryan since the day they met, accepting his determined focus with it. When Ryan disappoints her with canceling their plans her mood goes from hurt to ecstatic when he shows up and acts out one of the fantasies she has always wanted to try, sex with a stranger, the problem is it is not far from the truth...Ryan never mentioned his twin brother Jake.
Mistaken identity sets the path to a riveting story that has Jenna torn between two brothers. You really feel for her quandry because Ryan was afraid to love her to much, where as Jake is more than willing not to hold back on anything, between the two of them they balance each other out on the perfect man. Had some areas where I thougth hmmmm...but overall very good. Love the cover on this one. 3.75.
Mistaken identity sets the path to a riveting story that has Jenna torn between two brothers. You really feel for her quandry because Ryan was afraid to love her to much, where as Jake is more than willing not to hold back on anything, between the two of them they balance each other out on the perfect man. Had some areas where I thougth hmmmm...but overall very good. Love the cover on this one. 3.75.
February 5, 2011
This is probably one of the most ridiculous books I've ever read. The writing style seemed juvenile and the sex scenes were boring. Plus I had to suspend huge amounts of belief. It was like a train wreck and I couldn't stop reading this. I don't find it believable that Jenna and Ryan would be dating for a whole year and he never mentioned that he had a twin brother. Nor did he tell his brother Jake about Jenna.
December 13, 2011
This author has good ideas for her books but for some reason her writing falls short for me. I can't get into her characters, usually I want to be the woman in the book or have the man or men in it. But not in this case and I was so excited about her being with twins which has always been my own fantasy! I was disappointed that I was not turned on by this book. I did finished this book by her which was more then I can say of her previous works.
February 6, 2011
Identical twins are hard to figure out. But seriously, when their personalities are totally different, you can't tell which one is the one you are engaged too? What is your problem?? Jenna, grow a pair. I did end up liking this story only because I liked the twins. Jenna, not so much.
March 29, 2025
The plot wasn’t the worst and honestly I would have given this book a 3 star for the weird wacky concept, BUT the ending. Yes I am a Jake girly in this one. Ryan was just so gray and lackluster compared to Jake plus he really didn’t treat Jenna the way a woman should be treated in a relationship. Especially that he even admitted that to his brother in the book when Jake confronted him that he neglected her needs and Ryan’s response was - Yes I did, and? - like ewwwww I get he gets brownie points that he wanted to marry her and be with her even though he knew she slept with a stranger and got pregnant (that’s before he knew the stranger was his twin brother), but deep down I truly believe that it may have been partially to the fact that he was so competitive and didn’t want to lose another girlfriend in his life, since we find out that, he had a bunch of exes that left him in the past for basically the same reasons. IDK, I really think that Jenna should have just chosen Jake and created a normal looking family instead of squeezing boring Ryan into the mix at the end. The ending just seemed forced for a everyone gets a happy ever after sort of way.
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August 22, 2025
3.5 stars of smutty fun and drama
This book helped me pass the time enjoyably on my flight from London Gatwick to LAX. I started and finished my paperback on that flight.
Jenna's been dating Ryan for a year and is in love with him, but he doesn't pay her enough attention, seeming to prioritize work over her. At a wedding he fails to show up to, she plans to end things with him when out of the blue, Ryan seems to show up & fulfill her fantasy of having sex with a stranger!
Unfortunately for Ryan (but great for us), he failed to mention his identical twin brother Jake!! How will Jenna choose between the two? I honestly didn't know how this book would end, which made it all the more fun, but I won't lie: I was Team Jake!
This book helped me pass the time enjoyably on my flight from London Gatwick to LAX. I started and finished my paperback on that flight.
Jenna's been dating Ryan for a year and is in love with him, but he doesn't pay her enough attention, seeming to prioritize work over her. At a wedding he fails to show up to, she plans to end things with him when out of the blue, Ryan seems to show up & fulfill her fantasy of having sex with a stranger!
Unfortunately for Ryan (but great for us), he failed to mention his identical twin brother Jake!! How will Jenna choose between the two? I honestly didn't know how this book would end, which made it all the more fun, but I won't lie: I was Team Jake!
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December 26, 2021Sto passando un periodo in cui sono curiosa e desidero capire come può funzionare una relazione di questo tipo e devo dire che questo libro mi ha delucidato molto bene il tutto. Come si può capire prevale molto la parte sessuale e la parte relazione segue un senso logico, non so se sia stato tradotto ma sarebbe un libro da introdurre alla platea italiana per l'apertura mentale che la nostra epoca richiede. Ho trovato rinfrescante che i personaggi non erano addicted come me dal telefono, consiglio assolutamente la lettura.
December 28, 2017
1,5
Może i pomysł ciekawy, ale poziom żenady jednak dość wysoki. :p
Może i pomysł ciekawy, ale poziom żenady jednak dość wysoki. :p
February 17, 2018
Had to stop my other book to read this one when it came it. Very good and well written, also very hot!
June 29, 2018
i honestly dont have words.
March 24, 2020
Al principio me gustó la trama, pero conforme lo fui leyendo fue lo más absurdo que he leído hasta ahora, la verdad no lo recomiendo, le evito horas, o días perdidos con este libro
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July 30, 20210
August 13, 2021
Terrible writing and the characters were so completely fake and unrealistic.
May 7, 2022
La mayoría de las escenas de este libro dan vergüenza ajena. No se conecta ni con la trama, ni con los personajes, ni con la situación ni nada.
March 13, 2025
Best erotic fiction I’ve ever read. So sexy.
September 5, 2019
Read for #smutathon Aug 31, 2019
June 26, 2009
Opal Carew, Twin Fantasies (St. Martin's, 2007)
Back when I was in middle school, I had a somewhat lucrative sideline to my allowance writing porn for my classmates. I would take something from Penthouse Letters or some other silly magazine as a template, give it some twists of my own, and sell it for fifty cents an episode (plus extra if you wanted me to write you into the story). It seems that I was actually twenty years ahead of my time, because now major publishers are hiring writers who pretty much do the same thing, though I have to admit that Twin Fantasies, which actually goes farther than anything I wrote back in the day, does have more character development and a few pretty good plot twists. But I'm still wondering if I have my old notebooks lying around. I could do with a new career.
Jenna Kerry seems to have it all; she's at a good friend's wedding reception and she's engaged to a very successful software company owner. Problem is that it's all surface; he's so wrapped up in his business that he barely has any time for her. She and her best friend have a heart-to-heart that leads to Jenna resolving to break up with him, and right then he walks through the door, even though he's supposed to be out of town on business, and treats Jenna to a night of passion through the filter of one of her favorite fantasies (which here we will call “the stranger and the harlot” to try and give you the idea without tripping Amazon's filters with words that are a bit more appropriate). All's well and good, and Jenna is newly enthused with the relationship, until she finds out the guy really was a stranger—her fiancé has a twin brother. And now they're both in love with her. What's a girl to do?
For a novel that's really nothing more than a passel of (pretty darned good) sex scenes strung together with an admittedly paper-thin plot, it holds up rather well. When your plot is not your book's strong point, you've got to rely on your characters to drive the action. Carew's characters are a bit on the shallow side, and a few of their decisions are more convenient to the plot than they are realistic, but when you're reading porn (and let's face it, that's exactly what this is, whether it's published by Beeline Books or St. Martin's), the last thing you expect is three-dimensional folks acting like three-dimensional folks instead of blow-up dolls with voice boxes. (Not that the characters are realistic in any other way. Everyone in this book, as in most romance novels, conforms to someone's ideal, lookswise. I don't know whose, but someone's.) They're plastic-looking, but they're well-thought-out and just this shy of real, and that makes us able to identify with and care for them. As good porn writers know, this makes the sex scenes just that much hotter. (Though I have to say, for those reading this somewhere other than Amazon—which would never even consider letting this through, I'm sure—that I find myself unable to take any sex scene using the term “fur-covered balls” seriously. That's not sexy, that's silly. Are your hot studs part werewolf? And for the love of pete, she uses the term twice.)
Quite a pleasant surprise, this. I'm going to go look for those notebooks now. *** ½
Back when I was in middle school, I had a somewhat lucrative sideline to my allowance writing porn for my classmates. I would take something from Penthouse Letters or some other silly magazine as a template, give it some twists of my own, and sell it for fifty cents an episode (plus extra if you wanted me to write you into the story). It seems that I was actually twenty years ahead of my time, because now major publishers are hiring writers who pretty much do the same thing, though I have to admit that Twin Fantasies, which actually goes farther than anything I wrote back in the day, does have more character development and a few pretty good plot twists. But I'm still wondering if I have my old notebooks lying around. I could do with a new career.
Jenna Kerry seems to have it all; she's at a good friend's wedding reception and she's engaged to a very successful software company owner. Problem is that it's all surface; he's so wrapped up in his business that he barely has any time for her. She and her best friend have a heart-to-heart that leads to Jenna resolving to break up with him, and right then he walks through the door, even though he's supposed to be out of town on business, and treats Jenna to a night of passion through the filter of one of her favorite fantasies (which here we will call “the stranger and the harlot” to try and give you the idea without tripping Amazon's filters with words that are a bit more appropriate). All's well and good, and Jenna is newly enthused with the relationship, until she finds out the guy really was a stranger—her fiancé has a twin brother. And now they're both in love with her. What's a girl to do?
For a novel that's really nothing more than a passel of (pretty darned good) sex scenes strung together with an admittedly paper-thin plot, it holds up rather well. When your plot is not your book's strong point, you've got to rely on your characters to drive the action. Carew's characters are a bit on the shallow side, and a few of their decisions are more convenient to the plot than they are realistic, but when you're reading porn (and let's face it, that's exactly what this is, whether it's published by Beeline Books or St. Martin's), the last thing you expect is three-dimensional folks acting like three-dimensional folks instead of blow-up dolls with voice boxes. (Not that the characters are realistic in any other way. Everyone in this book, as in most romance novels, conforms to someone's ideal, lookswise. I don't know whose, but someone's.) They're plastic-looking, but they're well-thought-out and just this shy of real, and that makes us able to identify with and care for them. As good porn writers know, this makes the sex scenes just that much hotter. (Though I have to say, for those reading this somewhere other than Amazon—which would never even consider letting this through, I'm sure—that I find myself unable to take any sex scene using the term “fur-covered balls” seriously. That's not sexy, that's silly. Are your hot studs part werewolf? And for the love of pete, she uses the term twice.)
Quite a pleasant surprise, this. I'm going to go look for those notebooks now. *** ½
August 7, 2014
This book gets the 2.5* solely for it's hotness factor. If we took the plot into consideration, it would get NEGATIVE 2.5* (i.e. -2.5*)!
The sex was steamy and since this is an erotic romance, that's what I based the review on... Chemistry between the characters....
However, all else - EPIC FAIL!
So many things that didn't make sense and required MAJOR SUSPENSION OF BELIEF:
- Ryan and Jenna are dating and in love, yet he purposefully ignores her for weeks at a time because he "doesn't want to spend too much time with her, because he's trying to make his company as successful as his brother's and thinks if he spends too much time with Jenna, he will lose track of all else!" (?!?!) How does this make sense?! You are aware that you are being rude and neglectful to your girlfriend, but you just don't want to get "too attached" because "beating your brother in business" is more important?! What an insecure loser! Major issues!
- Ryan and Jenna dated for a year yet he never mentioned he had a (twin) brother! He is actually on good terms with his twin brother yet he didn't tell him about Jenna, either! So this is not an estranged brother that he doesn't speak to - no no, this brother is in town and they are working on a project together!
- Ryan, the neglectful, turns out to be sooo much in love with Jenna, that when she tells him she had (what he thinks is) a one night stand with a stranger and got pregnant - he offers to marry her immediately! What guy would do this?! There were no harsh words, no accusations, no blaming her for cheating! No, no - he tells her he doesn't care and wants to marry her and love the kid as his own! WHATEVER! UNREALISTIC is too mild a word for this...
- The twins are SOOOOOOOOOOOO identical, that Jenna can't tell them apart, even AFTER she knows that there is two of them. Ok, maybe I would understand it at first, if she didn't know there was a brother...but once she finds out and starts seeing both of them - she STILL can't tell them apart?!!?!? COME ON!!! No twins are THAT identical...
- I hated the fact that Jenna couldn't decide between the two!! I honestly don't understand! Yes - they are both hot! Yes - you are attracted to both of them. But - their personalities were completely different, surely she could have figured out which one she is more compatible with! The whole "i can't decide thing" bothered me to no end!
- Ending! MAJOR SUSPENSION OF BELIEF!!! I just don't see how this ending was plausible...
The sex was steamy and since this is an erotic romance, that's what I based the review on... Chemistry between the characters....
However, all else - EPIC FAIL!
So many things that didn't make sense and required MAJOR SUSPENSION OF BELIEF:
- Ryan and Jenna are dating and in love, yet he purposefully ignores her for weeks at a time because he "doesn't want to spend too much time with her, because he's trying to make his company as successful as his brother's and thinks if he spends too much time with Jenna, he will lose track of all else!" (?!?!) How does this make sense?! You are aware that you are being rude and neglectful to your girlfriend, but you just don't want to get "too attached" because "beating your brother in business" is more important?! What an insecure loser! Major issues!
- Ryan and Jenna dated for a year yet he never mentioned he had a (twin) brother! He is actually on good terms with his twin brother yet he didn't tell him about Jenna, either! So this is not an estranged brother that he doesn't speak to - no no, this brother is in town and they are working on a project together!
- Ryan, the neglectful, turns out to be sooo much in love with Jenna, that when she tells him she had (what he thinks is) a one night stand with a stranger and got pregnant - he offers to marry her immediately! What guy would do this?! There were no harsh words, no accusations, no blaming her for cheating! No, no - he tells her he doesn't care and wants to marry her and love the kid as his own! WHATEVER! UNREALISTIC is too mild a word for this...
- The twins are SOOOOOOOOOOOO identical, that Jenna can't tell them apart, even AFTER she knows that there is two of them. Ok, maybe I would understand it at first, if she didn't know there was a brother...but once she finds out and starts seeing both of them - she STILL can't tell them apart?!!?!? COME ON!!! No twins are THAT identical...
- I hated the fact that Jenna couldn't decide between the two!! I honestly don't understand! Yes - they are both hot! Yes - you are attracted to both of them. But - their personalities were completely different, surely she could have figured out which one she is more compatible with! The whole "i can't decide thing" bothered me to no end!
- Ending! MAJOR SUSPENSION OF BELIEF!!! I just don't see how this ending was plausible...
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