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Conventional wisdom says you can’t love two people, but I’ve proved that wrong. Because I did.

I’ve loved two boys in my lifetime. Two boys I grew up with; boys I laughed with and cried with and eventually fell in love with.

Our love morphed into an overwhelming devotion eventually opening our eyes, bodies and hearts to a very different type of love.
A Forbidden Love.
A Love others didn't understand.
A Doomed Love.

They say that the heart isn’t meant for that kind of duplicity, but my stupid stubborn heart never listened.
Loving them was a necessity, something akin to breathing.
Nothing could keep us apart.
Until that fateful night - the night that tore my heart into two equal, broken parts.

***NOTE: Reckless Youth is Part One of a three-part, epic, MFM love story that spans the course of 25 years. It has drama, love, betrayal, sacrifice and of course, lots of steamy MFM action.

152 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 18, 2018

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Sierra Hill

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Sierra Hill is a 2020 RONE Award-Winning author of Game Changer, as well as over 30 novels, including the award-winning college sports series, Courting Love, and the twice award-finalist erotic ménage serial, Reckless – The Smoky Mountain Trio.


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Profile Image for Leslie.
Author 37 books1,479 followers
September 9, 2018
DAANGGGG this was HAWT! The best kind of romance read! London's two childhood friends, Cam and Sage, grow up to be so much more. Delicious and sexy! Hot and perfect. Sinful and sweet. I adored this book!!!
Profile Image for Kelly G (Now Accepting Book Boyfriend Applications).
1,148 reviews87 followers
July 24, 2021
Wow! 😳. That cliffhanger though!!!😭. This book was so much more than I could have hoped for! Cam, London and Sage are so wonderful to read about! From the way their friendship began to how they ended up together.. 😍 (swooning!!!). I started this book and next thing I knew it was 11 on and I was 90% through it! Now I find myself shaking and counting down the days until I can get my hands on Reckless Abandon! 💜. Definite one-click worthy! Y'all need this book now!!!
Profile Image for Sarah~Book Obsession Confessions .
1,336 reviews89 followers
September 18, 2018
So good!!! So hot!!
It’s a MFM romance, childhood best friends.

I liked all three main characters very much. I liked how the sexual tension came about.
The hot factor is very high!!

This is the first in a trilogy so I can’t wait to read the next one and see where these characters are at!!

The end.. well I need more now!!
Profile Image for Nina ~ Meleth Bookaddicted ~.
1,577 reviews49 followers
September 12, 2018
***4.5 Stars ***

Ménages are tricky. They have to be executed and written a certain way to be believable. Because usually three people is one too many for a functioning and healthy relationship. If intended or not, at some point, one of those people will feel left out. I know this is Sierra Hill’s first venture into this genre, but she definitely mastered that part. The emotional impenetrable bond these three have been sharing since they were only five years old was literally seeping right through the pages. They are a unit, inseparable, incomprehensible for bystanders, especially once they start growing into adults.

The story starts when they were little, showing the strengthening of their bond, but for most of the book the three of them are on the brink to adulthood, when childish innocence and playfulness slowly gets replaced by curiosity, temptation and something… deeper and more. Their development feels authentic and real, watching them growing closer a beautiful and tender – and blistering hot – thing to watch.

Sage and Cam couldn’t be more different from one another, which maybe is the reason London falls for both of them so hard. She simply is not able to separate one from the other. They are a package deal to her. Then there is the real possibility of this turning from an MFM to an MMF relationship, I’ll definitely keep my fingers crossed for that!!

Being a serial, you can expect a cliffhanger of course, but let me tell you, I absolutely, truly wasn’t expecting anything like *that*! In my imagination it was just an obstacle that comes with them being a trio instead of a conventional couple, well that’s far from what happened! I really hope with it being three parts that every character will get to tell their side of things, especially after an ending like this one…

I’ll be anxiously awaiting the next instalment, for a plethora of reasons.
Profile Image for Sue Ouellet-Cofsky.
2,603 reviews48 followers
September 4, 2018
I read this in one sitting...I just couldn't put it down. Not your average teen/love/sex story and not your average MFM story...but so well written that I was squirming from all the foreplay. Super steamy, way more than I expected and can I say right now I loved every minute of it. London, Sage and Cameron have been best friends forever and while this is not your average "I love my best friend" story, it has true, deep down, to the heart love and while most will never accept it...these three remain as close as ever. Does this end in a cliffhanger, you bet your sweet pants it does..and quite a doozy. I can't wait to see where Sierra takes us after this.
545 reviews9 followers
October 1, 2018
Sierra Hill is a new to me author and I couldn’t wait to read this! Reckless Youth is the story of London, Sage and Cameron. Three best friends with an instant connection from an early age. Over the years their bond remained strong and unbreakable; three sides of a triangle that had no beginning or end. However, that friendship becomes something more and the course of their friendship is forever changed. Will their mutual love carry them through? This is a deliciously sweet, tender, angsty, sexy read that ends in a cliffy and I can’t wait to find out if London, Cameron and Sage receive their HEA! 5 🌟
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4,090 reviews30 followers
September 21, 2018
This is a hot, romantic, suspenceful, emotional and twisted story. It is very well written with nice story line and plot. The characters are so likeable and they are all well described. It is captivating and enjoyable to read the story. Would have liked it to be longer, so I cannot wait for the next part in this trilogy.
Absolutely amazing read.
Profile Image for Jennifer Louise.
119 reviews1 follower
September 12, 2018
Reckless Youth by Sierra Hill is a young adult romance between three best friends: London, Sage, and Cameron. They meet in elementary school when Sage and Cameron are fighting and London decides to get involved, from that moment they develop an inseparable bond. But as they enter adulthood, they begin to develop romantic feelings for one another. London struggles to understand her blossoming feelings for two boys at once, and knows she should not love them both but is unable to choose between jock, Cameron and sensitive, Sage.

As they enter their senior year of High School London becomes physically involved with both boys and this cause tension in their friendship. This book delves into the forbidden topic of multiple relationships at once and whether or not you can have a three-way relationship. I found myself loving this premise because it is such a societal norm to be in a monogamous relationship between two people, but who is to say that is the only way for love to develop? In many books like this you are instantly rooting for one relationship over the others, but I found through this book I could not pick and did not want to pick, I loved the dynamics of three way love and want it to work!

Be ready to question your own beliefs on relationships and to fall in love with this trio (MFM) as they fall in love with each other. When I was presented with this ARC I was warned by the author it ends on a cliffhanger; but as I read I moved that to the back of my mind and nothing could have prepared me for the end of this book. It is rare that I am left speechless at the end of a novel but this one did it for me and I was in total shock. So be forewarned this ends on a cliffhanger and the second and third books are slated for release in October.

Reckless Youth is available at all major online retailers on September 18, 2018, you will want to add this book to your "To Be Read List" as it should not be missed!

Whopping 5 stars!!!!!!
Profile Image for Booked & Busy Book Blog.
924 reviews33 followers
September 15, 2018
Reckless Youth is the story of three best friends, Cam, Sage and London. These three have grown up together and bonded throughout the years. But now they are looking at each other as more than friends and it is HOT!

MFM is not normally my thing but these three characters totally grabbed me from the first chapter and I was on the edge of my seat reading this book. The scenes between Cam, Sage and London, together and separately, go from sweet to so freaking sexy and steamy, I couldn’t put the book down! This book does end with one hell of a cliffhanger and I cannot wait to see what happens in the second book!
Profile Image for Courtney (Bookish Blonde Barista).
621 reviews
September 15, 2018
*** I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.***
This book is a MFM and Sierra Hill has done a wonderful job with this book. Three children are drawn together as best friends and stay that way until sometime in high school when they soon decide they want to explore more with each other.
This book has a slow build to it, but wait it out as this gets HOT! Let's just say I really wish I was London in that moment! Ugh I really want to say so much more, but you need to go grab your copy so you can experience this for yourself.
Highly recommend you go grab your copy now! I am looking forward to book 2 in the series.
Profile Image for Barbara.
2,682 reviews62 followers
September 8, 2018
WOW what a great start to the series. This is a story about three kids, two boys and a girl, that become besties in elementary school and have stayed that way all the way through High School. Three kids from three different backgrounds yet they seem to fit together like puzzle pieces. They have shared everything and as they grow into maturity naturally their bodies become drawn to one another as well. The book is very well written to the point you will feel every emotion these kids go through as their lives evolve into adulthood.

It’s a tender, beautiful thing to watch as the love these three have for one another grows despite what others might think or say about them. This is a very heartfelt MFM story with characters you can’t help but love. However I must tell you the book ends in a HUGE cliffie that will leaving you screaming and wondering what’s going to happen to these three inseparable lives when one is suddenly gone. Despite the cliffie (I say that because I hate them), I highly recommend this book and this reader is anxiously awaiting part two of their journey. 2 Thumbs Up for a great MFM read.
Profile Image for Vivian.
2,923 reviews488 followers
August 19, 2020
Don't usually read YA/NA romances so you can make of this a abbreviated review what you will. Cliffhanger, yay, if that will piss you off then be advised you'll need the second book - pronto. The three protagonists are stereotypical: emo music kid with a tough background (Sage), blond All-Star jock (Cam), and the tomboy girl (London). Also, first person point of view, which helps by narrating the transition London goes through, feels confessional in nature, but for haters of it, beware. This isn't quite a 3 star read for me, but it is way better than two so rounded up.
Profile Image for Jolene St Germain Triggs.
762 reviews9 followers
September 22, 2018
You guys, this book... EPIC! So outstanding. Its an unconventional love story to say the least, I wasn't sure if I'd like it going in, because we start from WAY back, like they met when they were kids, so I wasn't sure how I'd get into it, I mean, I don't want to be fawning over an underage book boyfriend you know? LOL! But the more you get into the story and unpack it all I'm glad the author took us so far back, made it feel very authentic and organic, so the way it played out I didn't feel all pervy over jail bait so its fine. I liked the additional background and set up so you could really see why she'd fallen for them both. Seeing why Cam and Sage acted how they did was essential to the set up as well. It was cute where it called for it, funny and suspenseful where it needed to be, and so very HOT in the yummiest of ways. I am SO ready for the second book! I really REALLY hate cliffhangers especially ones like this that leave us right with a crucial bombshell and I'll be counting the days until the next release!
Profile Image for Teal Wolf.
3,414 reviews26 followers
December 19, 2018
Two guys and one girl who have been the best of friends since early childhood, discover a deeper love together and then the deepest heartbreak. Sage, Cam and London have a love that is true and deep, build on friendship, trust and shared moments, but the real world is coming to change their lives. I love these characters and can't wait to read the next instalment.

I received this book as an Advanced Readers Copy and am voluntarily leaving my honest review and recommendation.
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2,811 reviews243 followers
September 20, 2018
It's a quick read that pulled me in. London, Sage and Cameron met when they were young and they are best friends. There friendship becomes more and it just feels right and works for them. All three characters are very likable. The three of them together just seems perfect. It's is part one of a three-part story so the ending is a cliffhanger. I it read the last bit a couple of time before it sunk in because I just didn't want to believe that ending. I'm definitely waiting for the next one.
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1,158 reviews7 followers
September 19, 2018
Holy Hotness! This book is steamy and has several twists and turns. The book totally wraps you into the story right away. London, Cam and Sage has such a unique bond and London loves both. This book does in in a cliff hanger. Can’t see where the next book leads too.
Profile Image for Jennifer Richey.
1,992 reviews
September 15, 2018
London,Cameron & sage are all friends since elementary school but things change as they grow up will that put a damper on their friendship? I was on my seat reading this book so much chaos can’t wait to find out what happens next!
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Author 15 books191 followers
September 17, 2018
“If I were to compare the way Cam first kissed me with Sage’s kiss, they were as opposite as the sun and the moon; yet both equally as vital to life.”

Coming of age meets ménage! Sierra has a way of telling this story as though the characters are reminiscing with the reader over a meal!
35 reviews
September 13, 2018
I just finished reading Reckless Youth and I love Cam, London and Sage. They make a great trio and there are some steamy scenes in the book...especially if you love MFM . The only downside for me is their age, I prefer to read books with characters who are a bit older. Otherwise definitely a great read and I can't wait to read the 2nd book in the series.
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371 reviews20 followers
September 16, 2018
OMG Soo friggin hawt. Absolutely loved loved this story everyone should read it like yesterday
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979 reviews13 followers
September 10, 2018
Wow what can I say about London, Cam and Sage they do make a beautiful and lovely trio. I just can't wait for the next one to get here I need to know what will happen to them. Sage definitely has my heart I hope they find their HEA they so need it. A beautiful beginning to this series it already has me so excited and anxious for what's to come.
Profile Image for Paula Scott.
161 reviews
September 11, 2018
Wow! This book was so good. Very sweet in the beginning . I liked reading about how they were always there for each other. Then, wow! Very hot. Can’t wait for the next book, because the ending was shocking!
Profile Image for Danielle Robbins.
2,982 reviews12 followers
September 10, 2018
Reckless Youth is the first book in this series. I loved this! I loved London, Cam and Sage. The friendship, bond and love they had was beautiful and sweet. I am dying to read book two!! Can't wait!
Profile Image for Ashley Herndon.
1,300 reviews19 followers
September 7, 2018
Oh my Lordy. This book is GREAT!

Here is a mfm romance that starts in high school.

These 3 have known each other since they were six years old. I flipping loved these characters!!!

One thing I’ll say, I could feel the build up hurtling into a serious cliffhanger. It’s a 3 part series and this is book 1.

Smoking hot sexy. Great plot. Lovable characters.
Love love loved it.

Highly recommend.
1,553 reviews20 followers
September 4, 2018
Holy heck!!! This was a fantastic beginning to this series. Absolutely love London, Sage, and Cam!! The deep bond and friendship these three share is incredible, even if people on the outside don't understand. What they have together is unique and special, something that only comes around once in a lifetime.

I cannot wait for part 2 and wish I had it now......especially after that jaw dropping cliffhanger!!
Profile Image for Sierra Hill.
Author 76 books726 followers
March 4, 2020
Author's comment - please know this is a 3-part serial and books 1 and 2 end in cliffhangers. I hope you enjoy London, Cameron and Sage's romance.
Profile Image for Danielle Spellbound Stories.
848 reviews420 followers
September 18, 2018
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WOW! Sierra Hill's Reckless Youth is soooooo freaking WOW!!! I’ve read Sierra before and knew that I would enjoy the story, but there’s enjoy and then there’s ENJOY 😉!!! As the first book in Sierra’s new The Smokey Mountain Trio, I was prepared for a lot of context material regarding the characters and less heat since that’s been my experience with many trilogies. Regardless, I love Sierra’s writing and this blurb sucked me in right along with the cover art. In light of that, I knew I had to read the books and requested the opportunity to read these for my blog. Oh yeah, let’s be real, I knew that Sierra wouldn’t disappoint, and the heat factor of the book was still going to be sexxxy! (Just for the record, I was more than right on that last bit 😉)

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Reckless Youth is our spectacular introduced to London, Sage, and Cameron--the Three Amigos--lifelong friends that have had each other’s backs from the day they met. As the blurb for the book indicates already that this is a ménage romance, so you can be prepared for the forbidden to develop between the three friends. As Reckless Youth begins with the three as five-years-olds, it lays the groundwork for their friendship. Therefore, the MFM relationship that develops does so in much the ways you’d expect…slowly until it’s suddenly very clear that London’s desperately in love with the two boys who have always been everything to her. I won’t post spoilers so that’s the extent of what I will tell you about the plot. Reckless Youth is face paced, super sexy and impossible to put down. Sierra Hill has this way of writing a book that sucks you in right from the start. I’d forgotten that like fact since it had been a while since I had read one of her books, yet I was reminded of that little gem with Reckless Youth. The story is more of a novella and ends on a cliffy… A HUGE CLIFFY! Geez, such torture for me because I normally don’t read a lot of trios since I hate cliffhangers with an intense passion. As such, if I tell you that I loved a book that contains one, like I am telling you I loved Reckless Youth, you really should take note – that’s a book to immediately one-click! The Smokey Mountain Trio is releasing within weeks of each other and I guarantee that if you like hot ménage and/or friends-to-lovers romances you can’t go wrong picking up this one. Sierra Hill made a quick fan out of me after I read her book Sweetness. If Reckless Youth is your first book by her, you will likely be just as sold with her romances as I was after my first book. But what better time to find out than when Reckless Youth offers you the chance to jump right in with some seriously sexy ménage about three friends in a town where no one has ever understood them…?

4.5 STARS!!

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2,698 reviews140 followers
September 19, 2018
Reckless Youth is one of those books that sucked me in immediately and still won't let go of me. I felt every darn feeling and emotion all the way to my soul. I cannot praise this Sierra Hill book enough.

London, Cam and Sage. One girl and two boys. Best friends since they were five. As adolescence starts to change their bodies, it also changes their feelings. But the bond between them is strong and impenetrable.

As London starts to feel things for both of her best friends, she discovers that they reciprocate the feelings. Eventually London makes it clear to them that she wants them all to be together. Of course, a threesome between young adults is not about to go over easily. They face town rumors and bullying, all as they are about to separate for college.

And, wow, does Sierra Hill know how to create great characters! Sage is the town's troubled boy, as he's poor and lives alone with his alcoholic father. But, to London, he's thoughtful, considerate and loyal. London wants to protect his tenderhearted and tortured soul from the cruelty of the world. And then there's Cam, who's the strong superhero of their group. Everyone loves Cam, respects Cam, and expects him to be successful. As for London, she is just their best friend, someone who would do absolutely anything for them, and would give them anything.

The whole story is written expertly in first person narrative of London, making the reader experience every thought and moment as if they were London. You'll laugh, you'll smile, you'll be mad, you'll be sad, and you'll be left with your heart in pieces.

It is so darn well written, with an amazing pace, and an absolutely gripping and emotional tale. The tone of the story is wonderful, the pace is addictive, and you'll be up reading late into the night.

And, holy crap, the steamy scenes are positively amazing! They are HOT! Definitely don't read this in a waiting room with people around. Enjoy this book when you're alone, able to react to everything the way that you want to. I, for one, was not expecting so much heat.

Honestly, I don't have the words. I have no clue how to explain how much I enjoyed this story. Maybe I should just say "Reckless Youth, oh how I love thee!"

Be warned though, that Reckless Youth ends with a cliffhanger. So now I am oh-so-impatiently waiting for the next book in this Sierra Hill series! It can't come quick enough!!
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1,033 reviews611 followers
January 5, 2019
Overview:
Sage, London & Cam. MFM romance. Book 1. Told from London’s POV. 150 pages and spans from the time they are 5-18. It ends with a cliffhanger.

Sage:
Sage is the tortured hero. He has an abusive father that hits him and belittles him in order to make Sage feel weak and unloved. But Sage is thoughtful and considerate when it comes to the people that he loves, and he loves London and Cam deeply, with all his heart. He is an extremely talented musician and plans to head to Nashville after high school to pursue a music career.

Cam:
Cam is the strong jock of the group. He wants things to be perfect and his aim is to please everyone (parents, coaches, teachers, etc). When he makes a promise, he keeps it. He has been raised in an ultra conservative home with a father who was in the military and a mother who goes to her prayer group meeting every week. Cam is a good guy and stands up for those who are weaker than him.

London:
London is the fiesty girl who keeps these guys on their toes. She knows what she wants and isn’t shy about asking for it. She fiercely loves both of these guys.

 
Together:
These three have been best friends since they were 5 years old and when they hit their late teens things take a more erotic turn for the trio. As this story is only told from London’s POV, it’s clear she needs both guys to balance her. As their hot and steamy ménage romance picks up, it was interesting to see how the roles changed once they were in the bedroom. It just made me love Sage even more. The trio have been best friends for 10+ years and are deeply, emotionally bonded, so their foray into a “forbidden” relationship took a little bit of convincing for all 3 to accept. Cam struggled the most due to his conservative upbringing. But, once he accepted the turn in their relationship he was all in. The three have excellent chemistry and even their bumbling first experiences were hot. The author did a good job of making all 3 necessary and I never felt like there was an odd man out. They are 3 sides of a triangle and each one is integral to the relationship.

Overall:
It was a pretty quick read and flowed really well. I’m looking forward to jumping into Book 2
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