Seduction Games

Game For Cookies #1

by Allyson Lindt

Saying Andi's had better days is an understatment.

Her cookie business is going nowhere fast, and she just walked in on her boyfriend screwing another woman.

Kane and Isaiah, her online gaming partners and the cutest couple ever as far as Andi’s concerned, know exactly how to cheer her up. They’re thinking road trip to Las Vegas, compete in a national first person shooter competition for a cash grand prize, and find her a one night stand to take her mind off her cheating ex.

Andi’s all in… except she’s not sure she can seduce a random hookup. Isaiah and Kane offer to give her some hands-on experience. With each new lesson, it becomes harder for Andi to remember the guys are just friends.

If Andi can’t put some distance between their seductive three-way hookups and her heart, it will cost their team the competition, and she’ll lose two of the best friends she’s ever had.

Publisher's Note: This book was previously released, under the same title.

Genres: Romance, Menage, Erotica, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, M M F, Novella

116 pages, ebook

First published October 23, 2018

About the author

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Allyson Lindt has been telling stories since before she could put the words on paper. She was lucky enough to marry her muse and soul mate. Their cats are their children, and when they’re not spending way too much time gaming, they’re building new worlds together. She loves a sexy happily-ever-after and helping deserving couples find their futures together.

Reviews

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[Sabrina · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Alex (HEABookNerd) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately, SEDUCTION GAMES just didn't work for me and I had a hard time believing the romance between Andi, Kane, and Isaiah. In all honestly I wasn't really even impressed by the romance between Kane and Isaiah and they were already together as a couple. Right at the beginning of the book we learn that these three are online gaming buddies who've never met in person until this competition in Vegas. We're told in basically one paragraph that before Andi met her (now ex) boyfriend the three of them would talk dirty, flirt, and have cybersex. The rest of the relationship is built off of that foundation but it was so minimal that I found it really jarring when they went from meeting in person for the first time to having a threesome. Especially considering Andi's awkwardness and lack of self-confidence.

Out of personal preference, I found the sex scenes pretty boring (which is saying something for a ménage) and they seemed to lack the emotion I would expect out of people falling for each other. I felt like Andi had more passion for her cookie business than she did for her relationship. I liked the concept of online friends to real life triad and the gaming competition was neat but the romance/sexual exploration side of the story, the whole reason for the book, just wasn't very good for me.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This isn't really your typical smut book, simply because there's a male queer couple - both of them identify as fluid in their sexual preferences. There's threesomes galore and.. well.. it's geeky?

The combination of all those things got me more than curious. I remember enjoying this short book, but nothing really stuck with me? I left writing this review for too long, I guess.

Most important is I remember enjoying this, I loved the queer aspect and the nerdiness of the gaming aspect added. All in all definitely a worth smut-read in my book, ha!

4 / 5

[Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars rounded up.

The sex was HOT and the chemistry palpable. The vague attempt at a plot was just unnecessary — we don’t need 5 pages of describing their video games. Just give me banter and tension and voyeurism and threesomes. Those scenes are the real strength of this novella.

[Joana · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's still a high two stars, I did not hate this, but this was just not what I expected - I should have known by the cover - but I expected more romance than erotica!!! With them being friends, and the nerdy concept of a gaming competition, I expected more of a slow build, more on the romantic camp, than the sexual side, but you're introduced to the boys and Andi rekindling a friends-with-benefits situation and moving from there to more... There was not enough plot or cuteness from what I wanted, so yeah, I was just meh and disappointed... so yeah, it could be a low three stars actually... but just not for me.

[Leslie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quick and entertaining enough. But the only thing this had going for it was the menage element and the sex scenes.

[Jackie · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF - made it to 35%
The plot, up to the point I quit, did not seem well executed or beleivable. I didn’t like the characters, they were flat & boring. The story felt more like bad porn from the early 80’s. I don’t want to read stuff like this, I want a good story to get lost in with a relationship based on love not sex, the story comes first, and a decent sex scene between people in love is a bonus. This novella had none of that.

[Stephanie Bolen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nope

The story doesn't get decent til the end until then it's three children playing at being adults. The love scenes are awful with dialogue worse than adult films and action that isn't interesting in the least. She's tied up, something I enjoy and it's all about the guy in the corner watching. I wouldn't be surprised if a man wrote this because it is all about the play-by-play. There is no immersion even into something as simple as creating art.

[Kelsey · Rating 1 out of 5]

So short, and the author seemed to go out of her way to make Andi seem nerdy.

[⭐Toonasa⭐ •Romance Book Lovers' Haven• · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Quick but Well-Written, Sexy Fast-paced Gaming Friends to lovers story! I LOVED Andy, Isaiah, Kane. Especially Andy's character development was great❤.

#My 1st by Allyson, totally going for more!

Andy, Cookie business owner wannabe, is Sweet+Shy AND a Amazing gamer.
Isaiah, Muscled+Softie AND Kane, Quiet+Intense, are in an open Relation. They're Andy's Gaming buddies.

Just before the 3's road trip to the Gaming Competition they'd participated, She founds her Boyfriend cheating on her.
Well, quite the mood damper, huh? But She WILL Go.

This Road trip is the 1st time she's seeing the guys in Real life, but they've been ‘Flirty’ friends for 2yrs. The 3 Click well together❤. They suggest she ‘Revenge Fuck’ her ex outta her system..But She's Nervous.
So They're gonna give her Hands On Tips! *HOT*

It was supposed to be a one time thing, but those pesky things called feelings come. As the Gaming Competition starts: Sexy times, Jealousy, Visit by Ex, Dampen Times, Bad game.

Love Confession finally happens, Sexy times afterwards..Which is just the start of the 3's HEA!

The ending rounded all the loose ends and The epilogue was Gorgeous.

P.s. So excited for her bestie's story!

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Needed something to while away a few hours on a dreary wet Sunday.

I’m still in a book hangover from Sorrow. Tried and failed to read an MM book I’ve had on my KU for a while. Went through my unread pile and thought this might fix me.

It was ok.

[AnnieBananie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and sexy

This was another geeky, cute and sexy short story from Allyson Lindt. I like the new characters and a bit more geekiness is always welcome! Looking forward to reading the next one now!

[That Library Girl Moved To Storygraph · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was looking for a MFM erotic romance book, to pull me out of a reading slump. This book started off alright, laying the groundwork and all that. Wasn't fully committed to the plot. There was a MFM scene early in the book and it was hot. Then almost halfway through we get a MM scene with the F watching and I was not into it. Totally skipped over the paragraphs because that is just not my thing. But then it turned me off from the rest of the book, honestly. This is why I gave this book two stars.

[Starr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad...

Not bad for a quick read but it did feel a bit rushed even though you know what's going to happen.

[Kat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really just too short to give me the development I wanted and the switch to the MCs having sex felt so abrupt.

[Katie Konneker · Rating 1 out of 5]

•Could not for the life of me keep the two guys straight
•Author kept referring to the clitoris as either a “button” or a “swollen button” and it made me want to die. Gave me trauma flashbacks to the “third nipple” stuff in Ice Planet Barbarians
•Thought it was incredibly fucked up that the guys kept telling her to be open about what she wanted, taught her how to sex better (except not really, they just boned her and she only seemed to learn how to be more vocal which I guess counts?), and pushed her to hookup with someone in Vegas, only to drive off the potential hookup. Yes she was going to turn him down anyway, but that was absolutely not their decision to make and it was purely because they were both in love with Andi and didn’t want her to sleep with anyone else. This gets brought up but is swept under the rug ridiculously quickly but it really bothered me!

[Jasmine · Rating 1 out of 5]

I got this book for free and had some pretty high hopes.

I haven't seen books surrounding polyamory before and it looked like it had loads of promise. However it was only 128 pages long and due to this, the characters were flat. there was no room for backstory or character development.

The whole thing was rushed (because it's only 100 pages), the gaming event and her cookie company backstory were thrown in and seemed very misplaced.

It was very insta-love and i couldn't connect with the characters at all.

It was literally 100 pages of porn with "plot" thrown in and even the porn wasn't all that well written.

I hate leaving bad reviews but i was too disappointed and felt i needed to justify the one star rating

[Xan]

Content Warnings Begins with MC catching her boyfriend cheating. Somewhat controlling ex. One of the love interests acts in a controlling way (gets called on it & apologizes). Sex on the page.

A fairly enjoyable, tropetastic, whirlwind, friends to lovers geeky foodie "oh no there’s only one bed" let me teach you about sex, we will just keep it casual kind of erotic romance that starts out with a woman who is just going through a break-up; it starts with her being friends, then friends with benefits with an m/m couple, and resolves to a closed triad. I wanted more geekiness, more foodie details, deeper characterization, and more of them actually talking to each other instead of pretending.

[Last Book Marauder · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had pretty high hopes for this book, which could account for my somewhat meh feelings on it, but it did not quite deliver. It was marketed as a book about geeks, cookies, gaming, and polyamory - pretty much everything I could ever want from a book. But I felt like we didn't get a lot of time to enjoy or even get to know the characters. It was so focused on Andi's inner confusion, which was important, but I wish there was a bit more interaction and actual talking between the three main characters.
I liked a lot about this book and I think if it was a little longer it could have solved the issues I had with it.

All in all, it was fun and it was free.

[Maria · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story tries to be a lot of things and does not quite succeed in any of them.

[Yunie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall the book was alright. A lot of things about this book were just alright. I was interested enough to finish it. However, it's not a book I'd probably read again. That being said, I would read more of the author's works out of curiosity. I will say that I'm not use to reading books that broach or include the subject of nerd culture, geekiness, etc.

So to start off with, the writing isn't horrendous. It's easy enough to get through. No flowery writing or anything of that sort. There's a few bits of dialogue that really felt awkward. The characters were okay, however; they didn't feel very fleshed out. Granted, I realize there wasn't much time to give more than a taste of their personalities considering how short the book is. I will say that I did find the dynamic between Andi, Isiah and Kane to be good and even enjoyable. The story is very straightforward, while the ending wrapped everything up. There were no real plotholes that I can recall. The biggest (and probably most petty) nitpick I have is that Andi's business is for cookie bouquets with video game characters painted on the cookies. It's a silly thing that bothered me, mainly because of how niche of a thing it is. Almost like it was just a way to prove how nerdy Andi is. But that's just me.

I will say that there was one scene where I probably rolled my eyes so hard. Said scene was during the gaming competition when Andi got heckled by one of the competitors essentially for being a girl (if I remember correctly). I get that it happens but just the way it was handled was just awkward and so stereotypical.

tl;dr - It's not a bad book. It's too short to really give the characters much fleshing out beyond the basic personality we're given. Some of the dialogue is awkward along with one or two of the scenes. The book is wrapped up with no cliffhangers and a satisfying ending.

[Susan Saltos · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had a lot of potential, but fell short in execution. Menage doesn't have to be all graphic sex. I've read Menage where they focused more on the characters and the relationships. They even went into how their families accepted or didn't accept the poly relationship. It went into how when they decided to have a committed relationship and get married they had to pick who would be the ones who legally got married as legally only two of them could get married. This book didn't get into any of that. It was meant purely for scintillating.
There could have been more about when they first met. Have a prologue or.just early chapters with them meeting online and their chats. There could have been more interaction between the other gamers at the convention. Especially, when the guy said he wasn't going to play against a girl. Maybe have him claim she was cheating...There should have been more about the recent ex-boyfriend, James. He could have caused more problems for them at the convention. So much potential with this book. Was disappointed, but was a quick, okay read.

[Louise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Legit gamer girl?
Hot alpha-mallow boys?
Kindle-melting sex scenes? (although, anal that fast? Brave girl...)
HEA?
Not much more you can ask for, really?
Oh, wait, there is:

Not even a trace of shaming over internet friendships/romances.
And there wasn't.
And it was glorious.

I met my first serious boyfriend on the internet; he messaged me, we clicked, we met, we fell in love. And to this day, that relationship remains something I cherish.
My best friend lives across a body of water, so we verbally abuse each other online ← this is how I show love, it's not weird.
Developing relationships online is just as valid as IRL relationships.
I will not accept otherwise.
Thank you, Allyson Lindt for showing that.
And for the cute as fuck filth.
Oh, the filth...
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[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a pretty good quick read. It was my first book from Allyson Lindt and I've already read the 2nd book in the series since then. I forgot to write a review for this one before, but from what I recall, the book definitely was high on the heat factor and the fact that they were all 'geeks' was even better.

Was it believable that Andi could go from leaving her cheating boyfriend to being in 'love' just 5 days later with her two best friends? Not really, but on the other hand I can see how close they all were before they actually met in person. I mean if you spend that much time gaming together, you'll get to know one another.

The whole blow-up they have was ridiculous. I honestly don't even remember what it was about now, just remember that they should have just gotten over themselves so that they could have focused better in the tournament. But in the end, they get their HEA.

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okayyyy, for a short story this was pretty damn hot. Plus I love a good story where the main characters meet online.

Andi has been online gaming for 2 years with Isaiah and Kane, a couple who have a sort of open relationship. Andi walks in on her boyfriend cheating on her a day before she’s supposed to go on a trip to Vegas for a gaming competition and meet Isaiah and Kane in person for the first time. She decides to go with them anyway and they end up in a threesome FWB sort of situation with her.

... except she kinda starts catching some feelings. There’s a bit of drama but they all work it out. Turns out both Isaiah and Kane have had feelings for Andi for awhile - they’ve actually kinda been in love with her but didn’t wanna push. Awwwww. So cute.

I loved the whole story, loved the epilogue, and I’m excited and looking forward to reading more MMF stories from this author. Especially Julie’s story. Yessssss.

[Cindy Caron · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG! A perfect mix of friendships and love, these on-line bff's are about to discover exactly to what extent they will go to help each other, even if it means taking chances that just might have them loose it all.
After finding her boyfriend with his pants down around his ankles, with another woman, in their apartment, the day she thought was rock bottom just got worse. Taking only a bottle of champagne and her purse, she walks out, leaving it all behind, even her packed suitcase, ready for what was supposed to be a fun weekend getaway with Jason and her online game partners.
But all is not lost, as her online bff's pick her up and drag her away for what might just end up to be a weekend she'll never forget! The only question now is whether or not it will be the best, or worst, weekend of her life!

[Notorious Book Tease · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a quick easy MMF read. The h met the two heros (who are a couple) online several years ago through a gaming website and they are about to meet for the first time and head to Las Vegas for a gaming championship. The day before they are supposed to meet the h finds her boyfriend screwing another woman. While driving to Las Vegas the sexual tension increases between the H and the h and they have an explosive threesome. But is this just blowing off steam or something more.

There is very little background info on any of the characters and, due to the length of this book, “minimal” character development. I do like how the one hero who has been a confusing jerk apologizes and realizes his mistakes. Overall, I enjoyed this book as a sexy quck read with a HEA. There is some contived drama that felt aclittle unnecessary, but didnt hurt the book in anway. If you like MMF check it out!

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Romance Reboot
Andi's self esteem wasn't good in her best days, but the universe was dumping on her big time because it wasn't enough that none of the banks would fund her gaming themed cookie business, she walked in on her soon to be ex boyfriend inflagrante on the sofa with a condescending bimbo. Hastily leaving the apartment without any of the things already packed and staged for her trip to Vegas might have been a mistake, but she couldn't put enough distance between her mediocre past and the hope of a better future when she drove away. She couldn't wait to meet IRL the hunky couple she'd known online for years and was scheduled to compete with in Sin City, but she really didn't want to be just a third wheel. Maybe a grudge hookup with a cute gamer would help launch her forward and she could put her life together. Would what happens in Vegas stay there?

[Jessica CW · Rating 4 out of 5]

They're together and she's newly single...

Andi just witnessed the end of her relationship on the very weekend she finally meets the two men she's been talking to online with for a couple years.

They're close but she can never be as close as Isaiah and Kane as those two are in a relationship together, even though they are also still interested in women too.

But one trip to Vegas can make the sleeping arrangements and a cookie business look a lot different.

I liked this story, a good balance of moving through insecurities, hot chemistry and the right balance of obstacles vs play time. It's also nice to see that it's not about the men working through their bisexuality but her working through that they really do care about her as she does for them.