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Bridgewater Ménage #5
La sposa di Natale
Un breve racconto natalizio di Bridgewater – Perché un cowboy non basta mai.
Allison Travers è innamorata di due uomini. Due! Quinn e Porter sono entrambi irresistibili e scegliere tra di loro pare impossibile. Tuttavia, lei teme che perderà l’occasione di decidere, quando un uomo malvagio tenterà di costringerla a sposarlo spargendo voci che la dipingono come una donna senza morale.
Quinn e Porter non si bevono certe menzogne. Loro amano Allison e, cosa ancora più importante, vogliono entrambi sposarla. Allison, inconsapevole del fatto che una donna per due mariti è l’usanza degli uomini di Bridgewater, imparerà presto le loro tradizioni. E imparerà anche qualcos’altro: una volta che l’avranno trovata, questi due bellissimi cowboy non lasceranno mai più andare la donna che hanno in mente di far diventare la loro sposa di Natale.
Allison Travers è innamorata di due uomini. Due! Quinn e Porter sono entrambi irresistibili e scegliere tra di loro pare impossibile. Tuttavia, lei teme che perderà l’occasione di decidere, quando un uomo malvagio tenterà di costringerla a sposarlo spargendo voci che la dipingono come una donna senza morale.
Quinn e Porter non si bevono certe menzogne. Loro amano Allison e, cosa ancora più importante, vogliono entrambi sposarla. Allison, inconsapevole del fatto che una donna per due mariti è l’usanza degli uomini di Bridgewater, imparerà presto le loro tradizioni. E imparerà anche qualcos’altro: una volta che l’avranno trovata, questi due bellissimi cowboy non lasceranno mai più andare la donna che hanno in mente di far diventare la loro sposa di Natale.
49 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2015
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Vanessa Vale
241 books2,546 followersA USA Today bestseller, Vanessa Vale has written over 100 cowboy and small town romances. She lives in the American West where she's always finding inspiration for her next story.
You can find out more about Vanessa at VanessaValeAuthor.com
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December 30, 2024
...this was basically what I was expecting. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
December 26, 2023
This is a Bridgewater Holiday Novella-
Where menage meets marriage-
"I have never read this series before, but I wanted something related to Christmas and this book turned out to be a perfect fit. I must say that I ended up liking the story, and it piqued my interest enough to make me want to go back and read the series from the beginning. I also appreciate the fact that it's set in the Western genre, which I've always enjoyed. However, I'm not entirely certain how much of the story is credible since I'm aware that in some places, men had more than one wife, but this particular storyline seems to go beyond the norm."
Allison Travers has found herself in a complicated situation. She has fallen in love with two men, Quinn and Porter, both of whom are irresistible to her. However, her happiness is threatened by a malicious man who is spreading rumors about her and trying to force her into marriage. Despite this, Quinn and Porter believe in Allison's virtue and have been courting her without her knowledge. They both wish to marry her and although she is worried about hurting one of them, Allison soon realizes that she has no reason to worry.
This is a menage with two men and one woman. Some explicit scenes would not be for those under 18.
Where menage meets marriage-
"I have never read this series before, but I wanted something related to Christmas and this book turned out to be a perfect fit. I must say that I ended up liking the story, and it piqued my interest enough to make me want to go back and read the series from the beginning. I also appreciate the fact that it's set in the Western genre, which I've always enjoyed. However, I'm not entirely certain how much of the story is credible since I'm aware that in some places, men had more than one wife, but this particular storyline seems to go beyond the norm."
Allison Travers has found herself in a complicated situation. She has fallen in love with two men, Quinn and Porter, both of whom are irresistible to her. However, her happiness is threatened by a malicious man who is spreading rumors about her and trying to force her into marriage. Despite this, Quinn and Porter believe in Allison's virtue and have been courting her without her knowledge. They both wish to marry her and although she is worried about hurting one of them, Allison soon realizes that she has no reason to worry.
This is a menage with two men and one woman. Some explicit scenes would not be for those under 18.
May 28, 2020
This one was nice, short, and straight to the point. One guy tried to ruin Allison's reputation, but Porter and Quinn knew better. With a little bit of teasing they got it everything out of her and was bale to make sure her reputation wasn't shot.
November 18, 2015
This was a fun sexy short story. I love vanessa Vale's short erotic historical stories. Porter and Quinn chase down Allison after she leaves town in shame and afraid of being shunned by the two men that mean the most to her. Quinn and Porter have been courting Allison for months the only problem is Allison is to innocent to realize it. They know she has not done the things being said abou her. When the catch up to her can they make her believe she's wanted bye them?
December 14, 2017
Vanessa Vale's "Their Christmas Bride" is the fifth tale in the Bridgewater Menage series, but you can read it as a standalone. Great little holiday MFM romp! Quinn and Porter are sexy sexies! As always, there are great sex scenes. Ho ho ho! A little bit of sexy candy cane!
November 12, 2020
YOU’RE OURS, ANGEL
The Christmas story is a short novella and will bring Porter, Quinn, and Allison Travers together. Unlike the other stories in the series, Allison knows both Porter and Quinn, has feelings for them, feels guilty about it, but doesn’t think they reciprocate. When Mr. Matthews makes his pursuit known, and she rejects him, he lets her know he will slander her reputation.
October: “You should not have your sights set on a man. You should, instead, keep your eyes on the man who has his sights set on you.” –Quinn
The story will have Allison leaving by stagecoach on Christmas day but not getting away. When the Sheriff, Porter, and Quinn meet her, open the door, she assumes Mr. Matthews has spread his lies, and she is being arrested. What a shock to find out it is a wedding instead.
“Perhaps it was for the best I left town, for what man would want a woman who had lustful thoughts, even impure actions, about two different men? I lusted after not one man, but two. I eagerly sought the attention of not one man but two. I longed for not one man, but two. I was a—a hussy.”
The three of them make a great pair of husbands and wife. The erotic chemistry is powerful, and once the misconceptions are handled, they can move forward. I wished this story had been longer because I liked these three together.
“We both paid interest you after that because we wanted you. We never would have vied for your attention. We wanted them equally. We want them equally.”
"Do you want us as much as we want you? We wanted you for our wife from the very beginning, but do you want us to be your husbands?”
“It’s Christmas and it’s time for us to unwrap our present.”
The Christmas story is a short novella and will bring Porter, Quinn, and Allison Travers together. Unlike the other stories in the series, Allison knows both Porter and Quinn, has feelings for them, feels guilty about it, but doesn’t think they reciprocate. When Mr. Matthews makes his pursuit known, and she rejects him, he lets her know he will slander her reputation.
October: “You should not have your sights set on a man. You should, instead, keep your eyes on the man who has his sights set on you.” –Quinn
The story will have Allison leaving by stagecoach on Christmas day but not getting away. When the Sheriff, Porter, and Quinn meet her, open the door, she assumes Mr. Matthews has spread his lies, and she is being arrested. What a shock to find out it is a wedding instead.
“Perhaps it was for the best I left town, for what man would want a woman who had lustful thoughts, even impure actions, about two different men? I lusted after not one man, but two. I eagerly sought the attention of not one man but two. I longed for not one man, but two. I was a—a hussy.”
The three of them make a great pair of husbands and wife. The erotic chemistry is powerful, and once the misconceptions are handled, they can move forward. I wished this story had been longer because I liked these three together.
“We both paid interest you after that because we wanted you. We never would have vied for your attention. We wanted them equally. We want them equally.”
"Do you want us as much as we want you? We wanted you for our wife from the very beginning, but do you want us to be your husbands?”
“It’s Christmas and it’s time for us to unwrap our present.”
December 21, 2022
◇ Sinopsis ◇
Una novela navideña de la serie Bridgewater: porque un vaquero nunca es suficiente.
Allison Travers está enamorada de dos hombres. ¡Dos! Quinn y Porter son irresistibles, y elegir entre ellos parece imposible. Pero teme perder la oportunidad de decidir cuando un hombre malicioso busca obligarla a casarse con él difundiendo rumores que la pintan como una mujer con moral relajada.
Quinn y Porter no están dispuestos a creer las mentiras. Aman a Allison y, además, ambos quieren casarse con ella. Allison, sin saber que una mujer para dos maridos es el camino de los hombres de Bridgewater, pronto se entera de sus costumbres. Y también descubre algo más: una vez que la localizan, estos dos apuestos vaqueros nunca dejarán ir a la mujer que planean hacer su Novia de Navidad.
◇ Reseña ◇
¿Que puedo decir de esta historia?
Bueno es bastante corta, por lo que no hay un desarrollando de personajes, ni de la relación. Además, y como es común en este tipo de lectura: esta se centra muchísimo más en las escenas picantes.
Pero eso no le quita que fue entretenida y facil de leer, ademas me gustó como la autora incluyó momentos del pasado en la narración del presente. Dado que esta no se centra en como se conocieron los personajes, ni en como se enamoraráron. Si no más bien en el conflicto que hace huir a la protagonista, y como Porter y Quinn van a recuperarla.
Finalmente la calificación que le doy es de 3.0✨
Una novela navideña de la serie Bridgewater: porque un vaquero nunca es suficiente.
Allison Travers está enamorada de dos hombres. ¡Dos! Quinn y Porter son irresistibles, y elegir entre ellos parece imposible. Pero teme perder la oportunidad de decidir cuando un hombre malicioso busca obligarla a casarse con él difundiendo rumores que la pintan como una mujer con moral relajada.
Quinn y Porter no están dispuestos a creer las mentiras. Aman a Allison y, además, ambos quieren casarse con ella. Allison, sin saber que una mujer para dos maridos es el camino de los hombres de Bridgewater, pronto se entera de sus costumbres. Y también descubre algo más: una vez que la localizan, estos dos apuestos vaqueros nunca dejarán ir a la mujer que planean hacer su Novia de Navidad.
◇ Reseña ◇
¿Que puedo decir de esta historia?
Bueno es bastante corta, por lo que no hay un desarrollando de personajes, ni de la relación. Además, y como es común en este tipo de lectura: esta se centra muchísimo más en las escenas picantes.
Pero eso no le quita que fue entretenida y facil de leer, ademas me gustó como la autora incluyó momentos del pasado en la narración del presente. Dado que esta no se centra en como se conocieron los personajes, ni en como se enamoraráron. Si no más bien en el conflicto que hace huir a la protagonista, y como Porter y Quinn van a recuperarla.
Finalmente la calificación que le doy es de 3.0✨
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December 3, 2023
Vanessa Vale (2015) THEIR CHRISTMAS BRIDE (AUDIOBOOK)
Audible - Vanessa Vale
⭐️ 1 out of 5 stars
Audible writes, "Allison Travers is in love with two men. Two! Quinn and Porter are both irresistible, and making a choice between them seems impossible. But she fears she’ll lose the chance to decide when a malicious man seeks to force her into marriage with him by spreading rumors painting her as a woman with loose morals. Quinn and Porter aren’t about to buy the lies. They love Allison, and what’s more, they both want to marry her. Allison, unaware that one woman for two husbands is the way of the Bridgewater men, soon learns of their customs. And she learns something else as well: Once they track her down, these two handsome cowboys will never let go of the woman they plan to make their Christmas Bride."
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Not for me this. Lacked any Christmas.
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Audible - Vanessa Vale
⭐️ 1 out of 5 stars
Audible writes, "Allison Travers is in love with two men. Two! Quinn and Porter are both irresistible, and making a choice between them seems impossible. But she fears she’ll lose the chance to decide when a malicious man seeks to force her into marriage with him by spreading rumors painting her as a woman with loose morals. Quinn and Porter aren’t about to buy the lies. They love Allison, and what’s more, they both want to marry her. Allison, unaware that one woman for two husbands is the way of the Bridgewater men, soon learns of their customs. And she learns something else as well: Once they track her down, these two handsome cowboys will never let go of the woman they plan to make their Christmas Bride."
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Not for me this. Lacked any Christmas.
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August 5, 2020
I read this several years ago but never reviewed it. After reading it again, NOW I'm reviewing it. LOL It's no secret among my friends that I love Vanessa Vale's books and I do love a really good menage. Add in that it's historical western makes it even more appealing to me. Allison has caught the eye of Quinn and Porter but the three never said anything to each other. When a bad guy tries to pressure her into a marriage she doesn't want and spreads gossip about her to get his way, she runs. This was a quick, hot and steamy read. I really enjoyed it when Porter stops the stagecoach along with the sheriff, pulls her off. What follows is an eye opening experience for Allison. One that will make her dreams come true...............if she has the guts to follow those dreams.
December 10, 2024
Rating: 1.5
Wow I’m so sorry, this is my first rating in the 1 star category. Not for anything egregiously bad, but just bc it was boring as fuck and the writing was super confusing at first.
The guys were barely characters, and the only things that were mildly interesting were just that… only Mildly interesting.
Plot is kind of ridiculous, but I expected that, that’s what I came for, but it just ended up being so uninteresting. It kind of really suffered from the length. Lowkey, this probably would’ve been way more interesting and better, were it like, a 250 page short story perhaps?
As is, the plot is boring, the characters are boring, and the smut was boring, which was the biggest sin of the whole book
Wow I’m so sorry, this is my first rating in the 1 star category. Not for anything egregiously bad, but just bc it was boring as fuck and the writing was super confusing at first.
The guys were barely characters, and the only things that were mildly interesting were just that… only Mildly interesting.
Plot is kind of ridiculous, but I expected that, that’s what I came for, but it just ended up being so uninteresting. It kind of really suffered from the length. Lowkey, this probably would’ve been way more interesting and better, were it like, a 250 page short story perhaps?
As is, the plot is boring, the characters are boring, and the smut was boring, which was the biggest sin of the whole book
December 28, 2024
This was included in the Audible Plus catalog. I was specifically looking for Christmas romances. I have not read any of the other books in the series. I don’t tend to read the synopsis before starting a book, so I was surprised that this was spicier than I was expecting.
I feel like the storyline was too short. Maybe there is continuity from previous books in the series, but it felt like I really didn’t get to know the characters before it got steamy.
Not a fan of the narrator. She seemed a bit bored and there were several mispronounced words.
Glad that I didn’t spend a credit on it.
I feel like the storyline was too short. Maybe there is continuity from previous books in the series, but it felt like I really didn’t get to know the characters before it got steamy.
Not a fan of the narrator. She seemed a bit bored and there were several mispronounced words.
Glad that I didn’t spend a credit on it.
December 4, 2022
This was a good, very short, Christmas erotica. Vanessa’s stories are always very same same: there are alpha men, normally 2+ per female, they rescue her somehow, she is innocent (in every way), they claim her, tons of steamy scenes and hea….the end. Vanessa’s stories are good for a free, steamy tale on catalogue plus and I know exactly what I am going to get. Don’t expect amazing plots, nor a gripping story.
Kylie’s narration was very good as always.
Kylie’s narration was very good as always.
March 29, 2024
Steamy novella - Listened to Audible version. Allison finds happiness with the men who hold her affections, Quinn and Porter. They have been steadfast since she met them, making it hard to select her forever love. But as happens with the Bridgewater men, she need not choose. She just needs to revel in the multiple pleasures they bring. Another great addition to the series, but I do wish it was longer.
September 9, 2017
Their Christmas Bride (Bridgewater Menage Series Book 5)
The Christmas wedding of Allison, Quinn and Porter. When Allison refuse to marry Carton Matthews , he start a rumor that she have sex with him and stolen money from him. So she run but Porter and Quinn rescue her. Very short story.
The Christmas wedding of Allison, Quinn and Porter. When Allison refuse to marry Carton Matthews , he start a rumor that she have sex with him and stolen money from him. So she run but Porter and Quinn rescue her. Very short story.
November 26, 2023
I was just looking for books to listen to as I decorated my tree. Saw the "their" in the title and was sold. Like a MFM Christmas book and I'm definitely picking it up. 😂😂😂 Now, I want to read the whole series because this got me wondering about this little town.
There wasn't really a Christmas aspect, but I'm not judging. I listened to it through my Libby app.
🎄🎄🎄.5
There wasn't really a Christmas aspect, but I'm not judging. I listened to it through my Libby app.
🎄🎄🎄.5
December 16, 2023
I was looking for a Christmas Romance and this series is included in the Audible Plus Catalogue. It’s a super short read to help you with your reading goal but the story was not my favourite. I enjoy reading Vanessa Vale’s books but the time period of this confused me and the story ended kind of abruptly.
December 21, 2023
I was in the mood for some Christmas stories, so I picked up this one. It was a quick one with Allison finding out that she was going to marry the men she had loved from afar. It was a little less sexy than I expected, but it was a good quick read. Great for a holiday read.
The narrator did a great job telling the story.
The narrator did a great job telling the story.
April 21, 2024
I understand we had met the girl once because so maybe we didn’t need the entire backstory, but man this book was rushed.
She was out of a job and an unsavoury man who she refused to marry was blackmailing her, so she decided to leave in the middle of the night.
That is until the sheriff and two of the soldiers from the ranch found her, brought her to jail and married her within minutes.
She was out of a job and an unsavoury man who she refused to marry was blackmailing her, so she decided to leave in the middle of the night.
That is until the sheriff and two of the soldiers from the ranch found her, brought her to jail and married her within minutes.
January 1, 2019
Merry Christmas
This was a fun short story about Allison and her men. It kind of cracked me up because of the way the men courted Allison and a reminder of how important clear communication is.
This was a fun short story about Allison and her men. It kind of cracked me up because of the way the men courted Allison and a reminder of how important clear communication is.
June 22, 2019
This one was ok for a novella. Vanessa Vale gave readers a quick follow up for a character introduced in the previous book. While she managed to give is a reason for the marriage and a quick scene of them hooking up, as usual I'm left wishing more had been done.
December 10, 2019
Short and sweet...
I love Vanessa Vale’s Bridgewater series with hot handsome cowboys and their sassy brides to be...this novella is really short so felt a little rushed, but still had the heat factor, and I was good with that..
I love Vanessa Vale’s Bridgewater series with hot handsome cowboys and their sassy brides to be...this novella is really short so felt a little rushed, but still had the heat factor, and I was good with that..
February 1, 2023
If you've been reading this series, which I recommend, you know what to expect. Bridgewater is a ranch where two men marry one woman then treasure her. Porter and Quinn are after Allison but she doesn't realize what they offer her. Lucky for her they follow her and make sure she understands.
November 22, 2023
Just a quick little read/listen. I do wish it would have had more mention of Christmas....it was more like winter time only.
If you are familiar with Vanessa Vale's writing then you know how this story will go!!!
If you are familiar with Vanessa Vale's writing then you know how this story will go!!!
February 27, 2018
Cute, quick and short read – about Quinn, Porter, and Allison – and how they end up keeping her from leaving town when rumors have been spread.
July 4, 2018
Sweet
This was a great short story addition to this series. It was sweet and chivalrous as well as hot and sexy
This was a great short story addition to this series. It was sweet and chivalrous as well as hot and sexy
December 31, 2018
Loved it
I loved it. Another great story to add to the series. Love the characters and the plot line. Short and sweet
I loved it. Another great story to add to the series. Love the characters and the plot line. Short and sweet
December 31, 2018
Super short MMF, explicit read.
August 15, 2019
erotico menage western in salsa natalizia
October 10, 2019
Wow, that was super short. I liked it alot, but I do wish there was more. I feel like Quinn and Porter needed more of a story.
October 16, 2019
This novella was the perfect length for my bedtime read last night. Allison thinks she needs to run away to save her good name. But she didn't take into account that there are some folks who don't want her to leave. This is their story. Author Vanessa Vale knows how to write a book that keeps you reading from cover to cover.
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