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Make Mine A Menage #3

Triple Knockout

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Allie Saunders has a dirty secret. Make that two fantastically filthy Beau Colton and Van Mitchell. The leading stars of her fantasies also happen to be her brother’s best friends. Hello, big fat hairy complication. It’s no mystery why her unrequited crushes insist on keeping her at arm’s length, but it doesn’t stop her from wishing for the impossible. When she discovers their dirty secret, the once forbidden is suddenly a tantalizing temptation and the key that could turn her dreams into a reality. In addition to being co-owners of a boxing gym, Van and Beau share mutual tastes outside of the ring—they’re both Doms. That’s partly the reason for their unbreakable Bro Code where Allie is concerned. She’s far too sweet and innocent for the edgy games they enjoy. Or so they thought. Their assumption—and willpower—is about to be tested. Big time. All courtesy of an annual Sub-For-A-Night charity event, and the irresistible, thoroughly off-limits woman who just stepped onto the auction block... This wickedly hot MMF ménage contains two deliciously dirty boxers, a not-so-innocent dirty-talking heroine, dirty rope tricks, and dirty ways to break a sweat. Who says exercise can’t be fun?

207 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 4, 2019

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Jodi Redford

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At the ripe age of seven, I penned my first epic, complete with stick figure illustrations. Sadly, my drawing skills haven't improved much, but my love of creating fantasy worlds is still going strong.
Yep, I still love writing about fairies, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures, only my stories pack a little more heat these days.

I currently reside in Michigan with my husband and overgrown lapdog. I'm a member of Romance Writers of America and Greater Detroit Romance Writers of America.

When I'm not writing or working the day job, I'm usually tinkering in the garden (weather permitting) or drooling over those smokin' hot Winchester Brothers from Supernatural. Strictly for research purposes, of course.

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Profile Image for Carol [Goodreads Addict].
3,055 reviews25.3k followers
January 6, 2019
Triple Knockout is book three in the Make Mine A Menage series by Jodi Redford. While I really enjoyed the first two books in this series, I really, really LOVED this book! It had just about everything for me that makes a book great. I think the one thing, well, one of the most important things that made this book so endearing to me was the humor. These three were so much fun. At the most unexpected times, they would throw something out there to lighten the moment. They didn’t let each other take anything too seriously. I smiled so much throughout this book. Then of course, there was the three main characters who I just fell in love with. And of course, the sexy times. Lots and lots of sexy times.

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Allie Saunders has a secret, well, two of them. She has been having oh so naughty fantasies about her older brother’s two best friends, both of them, at the same time, doing oh so scandalous things to her. Allie has had boyfriends before but nothing that was really serious. Most of the fantasies she has of Van and Beau come from the romance novels she reads. She’s gotten all kinds of ideas of what the three of them could do together from those books!

hands tied behind her back

Van Mitchell and Beau Colton are best friends and business partners. Neither of them fight professionally any more but they co-own a gym together, Haymakers. Van and Beau also share interest in a very specific lifestyle. They are both Doms and frequent the club, Arabesque. Only lately, Beau hasn’t been going. Both men also share deep affection for their friend, Eric’s younger sister, Allie. But they view her as a sweet woman who has no knowledge of their lifestyle choices. Plus the fact that Eric would kill them if he knew the way they really felt about his sister. So they keep Allie in the friend zone.

Allie is so tired of playing it safe, of keeping her feelings to herself. She finds out that Van and Beau have been keeping a little secret from her. One that she is very interested in exploring. So she decides that if she really wants these two, she’s going to have to go for it, and go for it she does.

“She was so tired of running. From her feelings. Her longings. Everything that scared her and held her back from truly living life like every day was a precious gift.”

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Allie isn’t the only one that is keeping secrets. While both men have been lusting after Allie, they have also been lusting after each other. While Van does have experience with threesomes and with other men, Beau does not. He can’t understand these feelings he’s been having about Van. But Van is his business partner and best friend. There is no way he will jeopardize that. And bro-code says that Allie is off limits. So he is resigned to a life of denial. Until the night he and Van attend an annual Sub-For-A-Night auction at Arabesque. Who do they see up on the stage up for auction? You guessed it. And there is no way they are going to let anyone else out bid them.

forever

“They were his future. Not a chance he was wasting one more second by not going after the two people who completed him in every way.”

“She and Beau had always owned his heart. They’d always been his future. He just needed them to realize that too.”


It was supposed to be just one night, but there was no way these three could walk away from what they found with each other. Beau, though, still struggled with his true place in all of this.



I truly did love this book. I was so proud of Allie for putting herself out there with these two. She was just so brave. It broke my heart the way the other gym bunnies treated her and made her feel. But it didn’t deter her from her goal, winning over the two men she loved. And let’s just say that she was a very enthusiastic participant in ways to convince them! And Van and Beau, well, they both pretty much had me at hello. If this is a genre you enjoy, then I hope you’ll give this one a try. I think it’s my favorite book of Jodi’s so far!

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134 reviews2 followers
January 4, 2019
Wow, this book took my breath away! Not only the sex scenes were out of this world, but the humor displayed by the main characters dialogues was precious. I laughed and cracked a few ribs while reading this book. It is the first time I have seen one of Jodi’s books go this far and it felt like coming home. The maturity of her writing has become increasingly better in each book and this book is the best I have read in a long time. I love all of her stories, but this one was the cherry on top of the ice cream. Perfection.
If you love countless sex scenes that will curl your toes, and a chemistry between characters that will make you want to connect with them, then this is the book for you. Don’t be afraid, have fun and enjoy the read!
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2,068 reviews39 followers
February 17, 2019
This was so good! I loved the fact that the guys had a sexual relationship together. It’s been awhile since I’ve read anything other than MM so this was a delight!
Profile Image for Liz Donatelli.
306 reviews14 followers
February 12, 2024
*Review previously published on The Romance Reads online.

TRIPLE KNOCKOUT (MAKE MINE A MÉNAGE, #3) by Jodi Redford is an OMG MMF BDSM erotic romance that demonstrates the freedom of authentic sexual expression and loving without labels.

SUMMARY
Allie has harbored hot ‘n’ heavy crushes on her brother Eric’s hunky besties, Beau and Van, for over fourteen years. Spurred on by desire and curiosity, Allie learns that the objects of her lustful fantasies are sex clubbing Doms who live by a strict Bro Code designed to preserve their friendship with Eric and sweet Allie’s innocence.
An enraged, sexually frustrated Allie vows to break Beau and Van’s resolve by releasing her “inner nasty girl.” So, she auctions herself off at Club Arabesque’s Sub For A Night charity fundraiser hoping that Beau and Van will take her home. The guys are faced with a difficult decision – avoid the temptation of forbidden fruit, or give into their baser instincts.
OOOOOHH….YES!!

TRIPLE KNOCKOUT ticks off all the boxes on the “BDSM Erotic Romance Must-Haves Checklist”- a sexually adventurous woman, buff guys, taboo fantasies, sex club membership, domination, submission, bondage, vibrating toys, multitudinous orgasms (with, surprisingly, little recovery time), and steak consumption.

NOTE: A steak dinner is the go-to, pre-sex meal in many erotic romances. Perhaps this is because, much like riding a vibrating butt plug and performing oral sex while blindfolded, feasting on red meat is deemed risky behavior.

TRIPLE KNOCKOUT also contains erotic goodies that elevate into the sex stratosphere, such as a ménage à trois on a gym weight bench and DP action involving a combined total of twenty and a quarter inches of pleasure (based on Beau and Van’s self- measurements).
AWESOME THREESOME

Readers are likely to connect with Allie because her knowledge of BDSM comes from reading erotic romance novels. Her newbie enthusiasm, inquisitiveness, and, at times, awkward humor are highly relatable given her unique situation.
Beau is Allie’s “savior.” How can you not love a man who tells you that you’re perfect, and promises to “…pleasure every inch of your luscious body until you think you can’t take any more.” A less commanding Dom than Van, Beau is reluctant to admit his ultimate Sub desires, which makes a fascinating “B” storyline.
Van is THE man. He is a confident, caring X-perienced Dom with a cocky attitude, upper body tattooes, and a penis piercing. Described as Allie’s “tormentor,” Van revels in the punishment he inflicts and in the pleasure he creates.

SEXY STYLINGS
Jodi Redford is THE Mistress of Dirty Talk and Queen of Kink. Her BDSM play and sex scenes are deliciously graphic and languidly seductive. Sexual tension is effectively heightened with each tantalizing word spoken, each smoldering glance, and each “beckoning erection.”
Although the actual setting of the story is ambiguous, Redford creates a world for her lusty trio in which polyamory and BDSM culture appears to be the norm. This depiction helps to fully immerse the reader in a continuous erotic headspace.

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMM…
According to the Bro Code, Beau and Van stay away primarily to keep Eric from kicking their asses. Eric is portrayed as an aggressively protective older brother. However, he doesn’t emerge as a serious plot complication. He is physically absence throughout the novel, and is more or less forgotten. When Eric finds out about his sister’s involvements with Beau and Van, his reaction is briefly explained away in the epilogue.
An entertaining, but underutilized character is brash dominatrix Mistress Willow. She makes sporadic appearance and is instantly intriguing, but her purpose to the story is unclear.

3 LOVERS/4 STARS
TRIPLE KNOCKOUT is recommended to readers who enjoy insanely satisfying sex scenes, provocative prose, and tales of loving MMF triad relationships.
It seems only appropriate to send book love to Redford on TRIPLE KNOCKOUT’s 4-star review much in the same way that Allie and Eric end their video calls – with an “affectionate middle finger salute.” Here’s to you, Jodi Redford!


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332 reviews17 followers
June 2, 2023
🔥🔥🔥 Holy hotness, Batman 🔥🔥🔥

• Story/Plot: 📖📖📖 /5
• Characters: 🫂🫂🫂🫂
• Drama/Angst: 😰😰😰
• Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
• POV: x3
• HEA? ✔️
• Would I re-read? ✔️
Epilogue? ✔️✔️ a few weeks? Later (it’s not labeled)
• Note: This book has BDSM in addition to MMF (not MFM)


If you’re looking for a ridiculously steamy story about two hot men & a snarky @$$ gal, then you’re at the right place. The MMC has been in love with her brothers 2 best friends forever & fantasizes about having them both. They both own a gym together, have been besties forever and both secretly pine after each other & the FMC but won’t go after her because of the “bro code” and are afraid to ruin their friendship with each other.

The FMC is sick of waiting around and starts to take drastic measures to get what she wants, especially when she realizes they want her too. She totally puts herself out there and you gotta admire her tenacity! She’s also ridiculously hilarious, I adored her and enjoyed her guys as well 🥰

Admittedly, the story is a bit more steam than story, but what story is there is good. Slightly more angsty than I prefer, however all works out in the end which kept me going in the angsty bits! 😉. But holy heck were the steamy bits SPICY *fans self*

Worth a read if this sounds like your bag, even for the cost of a download!

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review. The opinions above are 100% my own & 100% genuine!
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724 reviews11 followers
May 10, 2023
This is a sports themed romance, menage romance, best friends romance, and bdsm romance. Allie has had a crush on her brother's best friends, Van and Beau. Van and Beau are also best friends who own a boxing gym. They treat Allie more like a sister than love interest. There is a definite sexual undercurrent running between Van and Beau. The problem is both are dom's and not willing to submit control. Neither men are willing to risk starting something with Allie. That's when Allie has to get creative to get what she wants. The explicit scenes are so very hot however all 3 are actively involved together. If you're not into MMF or MFM scenes, this book won't be for you. One of the people struggle with their sexual identity, being with a man when they haven't before. This person realizes how freeing it is once they fully submit to who they are, and their relationship. There is some witty banter too. Allie dared to dream and her dreams came true. Allie also didn't think she compared to all the "perfect" women at the gym but Allie was perfect afterall for Beau and Van. Sometimes taking the risk is worth it.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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5,709 reviews228 followers
January 6, 2019
Whoo-BOY! Jodi Redford certainly knows how to bring the heat. TIMES TWO! Because Beau and Van are hottttttt and they find their perfect foil in Allie.

Actually, Allie's ability to submit so easily sort of paves the way for Beau to explore the sides of himself he's been repressing. And WOW. Yes. Okay. Good.

While Allie's learning and Beau's unlearning, Van's doing his Dom thing and easing them both into finding their boundaries and discovering themselves. The dude's a little raunchy, a lot sexy, and WAY into the three of them together. Which works because they make a smokin' triad.

If you like dirty talking heroes (GLORIOUSLY dirty talking, in my opinion) and a woman who wants to explore her sexuality with two men she trusts, this book will be right up your alley. Deliciously naughty and so much fun!

-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
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1,327 reviews12 followers
May 29, 2023
“The kind of chemistry the three of us have together comes around once in a lifetime.”

Third book in this series, it’s the first that’s MMF rather than MFM. I don’t know if this is the reason or not but this one is definitely the hottest so far. After their initial reluctance to be with Allie, once they gave in, there was pretty much no looking back. Beau was a dream and Van was irresistibly dominant. There isn’t a whole lot of plot outside their relationship building and no real angst but it was still great fun. Best part was watching Beau come to terms with his true sexuality. The way Van handled his hesitancy was perfect and Allie was the best support he could ask for. I’m sure these three will have a lifetime of laughter and love together.
1,350 reviews6 followers
March 28, 2023
This was a super steamy read about Allie and her brothers best friends. She has been crushing on them most of her life but didn't know that Van and Beau felt the same about her. From their side, they don't want to do anything to mess up their friendship with her brother Eric. Things come to a head when she learns these two are Dom's She rolls the dice at a their local club that is having an auction. Boundaries are pushed, especially once Van gets Beau to realize his feelings about Allie AND Van. Great read, I loved the characters and plot. Kept me engaged the whole time.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
1,605 reviews13 followers
April 3, 2023
Triple Knockout is the 3rd in the Make Mine a Menage series. Allie has been in love with Van and Beau, her brother's best friends, forever. When she sees people she cares for find love in menage relationships, she decides to quit waiting and start to actively pursue her dream. Van and Beau have another issue to resolve - their growing attraction to each other. The ensuing tug-of-war is a fun read with tongue-in-cheek descriptions, pretty graphic sexy times - most with a kinky twist - all leading to a wonderful HEA.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
384 reviews1 follower
August 21, 2020
2.75* if I had to rate it solely on the last few chapters I would have rated it higher but all I could think about whilst reading was that maybe I would have liked it more if it was just about Van and Beau. I think their relationship and dynamic is already enough for the story and I think Allie is just bonus. Don't get me wrong I thought she was a good character and had to laugh when she was struggling on the treadmill because I related but I just think the guys alone would have been better. Oh and now I know I really am not into the '' yes master'' thing, no turn on for me whatsoever
3,273 reviews20 followers
May 13, 2023
Two Hot Boxers and Their Best-friend’s Little Sister

Allie has lusted over Beau and Van for years, but they won’t go against bro code. On top of that, they’re both Doms - aren’t they? Beau is started to question both this and his hetro orientation, prompted along by Van. When these three finally do come together, the results are inferno level hot! I loved reading Van gentle, but sometimes unsubtle, persuasions with Beau, and I loved that Allie got everything she worked so hard for. Just a wonderful, feel good story.

993 reviews3 followers
May 12, 2023
I really enjoyed this story. Allie has liked her brother's best friends, Van and Beau, for most of her life and didn't realise they felt the same. Being brave and making herself vulnerable enable Beau to recognise his denied needs. Fun, steamy and lots of banter. I'm going to check out the other books in the series now!.

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209 reviews5 followers
January 17, 2019
I feel like I haven’t read a full length novel that I loved in FOREVER!!! Beau stole my heart, Allie deserved those men more than any Heroine and Van was filthy in the most delicious way!

Zero complaints for this work of art, a pleasant surprise from Jody since the first book of hers that I read came in at 3 stars for me.
265 reviews3 followers
March 1, 2021
Great Erotic Read

Really liked the main characters. Very, very steamy sex scenes. Just a question-do Beau and Allie always have to obey Van? Or is there any alone time without the Dom????

I liked the auction I did know she would be part of it. I have read the authors other books and she doesn't disappoint. Recommend this book and her others.
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4,038 reviews6 followers
May 12, 2023
4.5 Stars
This was a hot book. I really liked these three together. Beau and Van know that Allie is off limits but the chance come for them to her, they can't pass it up. I really enjoyed this book with the little bit of drama and HEA that it offered.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Crystal Schroth.
316 reviews4 followers
January 4, 2019
mmf ménage
Allie Saunders has been fantasizing about her brothers best friends Van and Beau for years. They themselves has been harboring secrets as well. Allie decides do place herself up for auction. In the end it could be happy ever after for them all


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505 reviews
May 12, 2023
This book was simply marvelous. The sizzling relationship between Alie, Beau and Van was just perfect with their amazing chemistry.

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276 reviews2 followers
June 20, 2020
Burn baby.

This was truly a wild ride,two smoking hot guys and a beautiful gal n their journey into finding what light their fire that quickly burn out of control....
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8 reviews
February 9, 2021
💥💥💥 Hot

So so good, sex scenes are amazing, Allie, Beau and Van are great together. I need more from Jodi Redford.
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45 reviews68 followers
September 6, 2023
This started off with a great premise...BDSM and a group of folks...but for some reason the two MMC didn't completely gel with me, esp the one who has angst over being sub.

The FMC came across as if she wasn't experienced but had read about a lot of it...didn't really do it for me.

The sex scenes were pretty hot, but I just couldn't keep going with it. I wound up skimming most of the last of the book...others may very well like it...the author is talented in writing, but I am a bit tired of the sub who's always angsting over being sub as well as the almost virginal heroine.
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