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Trinity Broken
Their love knew no shape, no limit, no boundary. Until someone destroyed their trust.
Scientist Joshua Ames committed the unforgivable sin. He fell in love with his research subjects, shapeshifters Cameron and Sara. Despite the taboo against humans mingling with shifters, Josh left his life behind and moved into theirs without regret.
Then Sara disappeared.
When Josh and Cam finally find her, she is unconscious, emaciated and shackled. They thought the hard part was living without her. But as soon as Sara wakes, they realize the hard part will be putting their lives back together.
Sara barely remembers life with Cam and Josh. All she remembers is a monster, a shifter who wore Cam’s face, who tortured and tested her for two long years. Without a home, conditioned to fear her own abilities, Sara struggles to start over.
Solving the mystery behind Sara’s kidnapping is the key to her recovery, because whoever destroyed their relationship is hunting her, intent on getting her back.
The truth could bring the three lovers peace—or send them spiraling apart.
Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex including m/m and m/m/f, graphic language, violence.
Scientist Joshua Ames committed the unforgivable sin. He fell in love with his research subjects, shapeshifters Cameron and Sara. Despite the taboo against humans mingling with shifters, Josh left his life behind and moved into theirs without regret.
Then Sara disappeared.
When Josh and Cam finally find her, she is unconscious, emaciated and shackled. They thought the hard part was living without her. But as soon as Sara wakes, they realize the hard part will be putting their lives back together.
Sara barely remembers life with Cam and Josh. All she remembers is a monster, a shifter who wore Cam’s face, who tortured and tested her for two long years. Without a home, conditioned to fear her own abilities, Sara struggles to start over.
Solving the mystery behind Sara’s kidnapping is the key to her recovery, because whoever destroyed their relationship is hunting her, intent on getting her back.
The truth could bring the three lovers peace—or send them spiraling apart.
Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex including m/m and m/m/f, graphic language, violence.
255 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2002
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Jamie Craig
112 books173 followersJamie Craig is actually a pen name for the collaboration of authors
Vivien Dean http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... and
Pepper Espinoza http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
ABOUT JAMIE CRAIG
Vivien Dean and Pepper Espinoza have been writing and publishing together as Jamie Craig since 2006. They have published with Juno Books, Samhain Publishing, Liquid Silver Books, and multiple titles with Amber Quill Press.
Pepper Espinoza has been writing and publishing erotic romance since 2005. She grew up in Utah and lives there now, where the landscape and history provide a great deal of inspiration for her work. Besides writing, she enjoys playing video games, watching movies, and going to concerts.
Vivien Dean returned to writing in 2005, and has published with Liquid Silver Books, Samhain Publishing, and Amber Quill Press. She currently resides in northern California with her husband and two children.
Vivien Dean http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... and
Pepper Espinoza http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
ABOUT JAMIE CRAIG
Vivien Dean and Pepper Espinoza have been writing and publishing together as Jamie Craig since 2006. They have published with Juno Books, Samhain Publishing, Liquid Silver Books, and multiple titles with Amber Quill Press.
Pepper Espinoza has been writing and publishing erotic romance since 2005. She grew up in Utah and lives there now, where the landscape and history provide a great deal of inspiration for her work. Besides writing, she enjoys playing video games, watching movies, and going to concerts.
Vivien Dean returned to writing in 2005, and has published with Liquid Silver Books, Samhain Publishing, and Amber Quill Press. She currently resides in northern California with her husband and two children.
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March 28, 2009
Sara and Cam are shifters. They can shift into any animal form and change human shapes as well. Josh is a human who is doing research to learn more about the shifter community. Along the way, the three of them fall in love and build a relationship. Sara gets kidnapped and is held hostage for experimentation for two years. After Cam and Josh find her, the rest of the story is about the rebuilding of their relationship.
Unfortunately, Trinity Broken was not as good as I was expecting. It has many of the premises that I enjoy in a book: paranormal, suspense, m/f, m/m, and m/m/f. However, the story fell short in many ways. There was no real sense of urgency to stay a step ahead of the people who were supposedly after them. When I found out who the bad guys were, I didn't care. This wasn't the main focus of the story and I could tell. It seemed almost an afterthought to create drama, but it didn't work. As far as the relationship, they told each other often how much they love each other, but I wasn't convinced. They were just words and didn't have the emotion to back it up. This is not a book I would recommend. 2.5 stars
Unfortunately, Trinity Broken was not as good as I was expecting. It has many of the premises that I enjoy in a book: paranormal, suspense, m/f, m/m, and m/m/f. However, the story fell short in many ways. There was no real sense of urgency to stay a step ahead of the people who were supposedly after them. When I found out who the bad guys were, I didn't care. This wasn't the main focus of the story and I could tell. It seemed almost an afterthought to create drama, but it didn't work. As far as the relationship, they told each other often how much they love each other, but I wasn't convinced. They were just words and didn't have the emotion to back it up. This is not a book I would recommend. 2.5 stars
November 15, 2010
I think this could have been a lot better, if the danger element of the story had been more developed. It was basically - she'd been missing 2 years, they tracked her, they found her, they got her away, she's afraid of one of them because her captors shifted to look like him, skip to 4 weeks later, she needs the one she's afraid of to shift because not shifting is killing her, they turn into house cats, she's better, they all have sex, the other one feels responsible for the abduction in the first place and leaves, he goes postal on the people he figured out did it, they find him and save the day. Not to mention a whole lot of flash backs in between.
Only once did they mention someone looking for her after she'd been rescued from the bad guys. I think if this angle would have been developed more (and less flashbacks) I maybe would have cared about the characters more - and the story too for that matter.
The sex scenes were hot - m/f, m/m, m/f/m and the such, but they weren't enough to make this book float for me.
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December 11, 2019CONTENT WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT
I was *really* put off by this. After the two men in the triad rescue the woman, Sara, she's unconscious, and they decide it's a "necessary evil" to check whether she's been raped by having one of them spread her legs and look at her genitals. I legit can't even figure out how that was supposed to tell them anything, and no, you didn't have to check - wait until she wakes up and ask her. One of them even says "Sara's the best one to confirm that for us."
I was *really* put off by this. After the two men in the triad rescue the woman, Sara, she's unconscious, and they decide it's a "necessary evil" to check whether she's been raped by having one of them spread her legs and look at her genitals. I legit can't even figure out how that was supposed to tell them anything, and no, you didn't have to check - wait until she wakes up and ask her. One of them even says "Sara's the best one to confirm that for us."
April 28, 2013
Boring. I couldn't even finish this book, and I'm the sort that can't stand to leave things, especially books, unfinished. This books seemed to combine two things that I love but don't find enough of in books: m/m/f romantic relationships (you'll find plenty of m/m/f erotica about orgies and hook-ups, but an actual poly relationship full of love and genuine affection that isn't based purely on sex? nope, that's a rare breed indeed, my friends) and supernatural, specifically lycanthrope, erotic romances. Should have been a home run for me, finding this book and this author. Sadly, it was not even close. This is one of, maybe, five books in the past twenty years that I've started and been unable to finish.
There's nothing wrong with the premise. The third in their relationship has been kidnapped and held captive, long term, and the two men who love her (and each other) have been working tirelessly to make their family whole once again by finding her. When they finally do, due to the abuse she's suffered, both mental and physical, things do not go right back to normal. Realistic. Far too many books, especially ones with either a paranormal and/or erotic storyline, treat major tramatic events like rape, kidnapping, imprisonment, abandonment, psychological torture, ect., as merely bumps on the road. One of my favorite genres, Japanese yaoi manga, are especially guilty of this. I can't say how many (even ones I've enjoyed) manga I've read where the more dominant of the main couple-to-be decides he wants the pretty young boy that he's set his mind on, decides (often, but not always) that he loves him, and that somehow gives him the right to do whatever he wants with little to no consequences. He'll force himself on his soon-to-be lover, sometimes flat out raping him, but instead of the poor victim calling the cops when he gets a chance to escape or at least kicking the bastard in the nuts and running, they'll decided that it was obviously done out of love and the act of betrayal and violence becomes the basis for a long and lasting relationship. WTF?!? Seriously? So, I was pleased to see that this book was treating the heroine's trauma as real, and was choosing to deal with the lasting effects of her ordeal, rather than brushing it under the rug and moving right on into a hot reunion three-way and the happily ever after ending. However, that's about the last good thing I can say about this book.
It's not that it was all that badly written, the author obviously has a decent grasp of the English language, and the characters come off as realistic for the most part. No problems there. But, I don't know, it just kind of falls short of meeting expectations. It's dull. I can't even rant on an on about how bad it was, it just didn't ignite enough passion in me to even care enough to do that, and to me that's worse than being simply bad. I've read books so bad that I can rant on and on about them, sometimes years after I've last read them, and the mere mention of the title will make me see red. Those books, at least, made me feel something... this just made me feel nothing. As far as I'm concerned, that's the far more heinous crime. It wasted my time. And that, above all else in the literary world, is a crime I can not forgive. That's why I caution you to skip this book. It's not worth the effort.
There's nothing wrong with the premise. The third in their relationship has been kidnapped and held captive, long term, and the two men who love her (and each other) have been working tirelessly to make their family whole once again by finding her. When they finally do, due to the abuse she's suffered, both mental and physical, things do not go right back to normal. Realistic. Far too many books, especially ones with either a paranormal and/or erotic storyline, treat major tramatic events like rape, kidnapping, imprisonment, abandonment, psychological torture, ect., as merely bumps on the road. One of my favorite genres, Japanese yaoi manga, are especially guilty of this. I can't say how many (even ones I've enjoyed) manga I've read where the more dominant of the main couple-to-be decides he wants the pretty young boy that he's set his mind on, decides (often, but not always) that he loves him, and that somehow gives him the right to do whatever he wants with little to no consequences. He'll force himself on his soon-to-be lover, sometimes flat out raping him, but instead of the poor victim calling the cops when he gets a chance to escape or at least kicking the bastard in the nuts and running, they'll decided that it was obviously done out of love and the act of betrayal and violence becomes the basis for a long and lasting relationship. WTF?!? Seriously? So, I was pleased to see that this book was treating the heroine's trauma as real, and was choosing to deal with the lasting effects of her ordeal, rather than brushing it under the rug and moving right on into a hot reunion three-way and the happily ever after ending. However, that's about the last good thing I can say about this book.
It's not that it was all that badly written, the author obviously has a decent grasp of the English language, and the characters come off as realistic for the most part. No problems there. But, I don't know, it just kind of falls short of meeting expectations. It's dull. I can't even rant on an on about how bad it was, it just didn't ignite enough passion in me to even care enough to do that, and to me that's worse than being simply bad. I've read books so bad that I can rant on and on about them, sometimes years after I've last read them, and the mere mention of the title will make me see red. Those books, at least, made me feel something... this just made me feel nothing. As far as I'm concerned, that's the far more heinous crime. It wasted my time. And that, above all else in the literary world, is a crime I can not forgive. That's why I caution you to skip this book. It's not worth the effort.
March 4, 2010
A scientist named Josh goes to a small town that is inhabited by shifters to do research on how shifters differ from humans. His initial subject Sara and her lover Cam agree to talk, but they want Josh to answer one question to each of the ones they answer. And their questions are anything but scientific in nature. *g*
All of them fall in love, sharing a home, and eventually a bed. But not long after Josh's paper gets passed on to his superiors, someone kidnaps Sara. It takes two long years for Cam and Josh to find her again. And that's just the beginning of her journey back. She's been starved and tortured and mentally scarred by the event. She had been kept like a lab animal, all in the name of "science".
Can they teach her to love and trust again? And can they find out who did this, and keep her safe?
***
The story opens with Cam and Josh rescuing Sara, and the early story is re-told in flashbacks.
This is an open world. The humans all know shifters exist, although they tend to be low in numbers, and keep to themselves.
Cam and Sara are shifters, not lycanthropes. There is no tie to the lunar cycle, and they can shift into any animal they see and can pattern off of. A bit like Sam in "True Blood". (Can't remember if they explained things the same way in the books.)
They can also appear as other people. While imprisoned, one of Sara's tormentors was a shifter, who wore Cam's face. So when Cam and Josh rescue her, she's initially terrified of her lover.
***
I liked the premise and enjoyed the story. The scene with Cam and Sara as cats was my favorite.
All of them fall in love, sharing a home, and eventually a bed. But not long after Josh's paper gets passed on to his superiors, someone kidnaps Sara. It takes two long years for Cam and Josh to find her again. And that's just the beginning of her journey back. She's been starved and tortured and mentally scarred by the event. She had been kept like a lab animal, all in the name of "science".
Can they teach her to love and trust again? And can they find out who did this, and keep her safe?
***
The story opens with Cam and Josh rescuing Sara, and the early story is re-told in flashbacks.
This is an open world. The humans all know shifters exist, although they tend to be low in numbers, and keep to themselves.
Cam and Sara are shifters, not lycanthropes. There is no tie to the lunar cycle, and they can shift into any animal they see and can pattern off of. A bit like Sam in "True Blood". (Can't remember if they explained things the same way in the books.)
They can also appear as other people. While imprisoned, one of Sara's tormentors was a shifter, who wore Cam's face. So when Cam and Josh rescue her, she's initially terrified of her lover.
***
I liked the premise and enjoyed the story. The scene with Cam and Sara as cats was my favorite.
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February 20, 2013
Sara & Cam are shapeshifters. Josh is a scientist who studies shapeshifters and then falls for them. It isnt just frowned upon, it is NEVER done. He moves in and they have a good life for a while. Sara gets kidnapped. They searched for 2 years until they found her. She is traumatized. A person wearing Cams face tortured her. After she finally accepts josh runs knowing his research got her kidnapped. Josh went to JDs house.
That is as far as I got. I called JD being involved as soon as her character was introduced. I didn't like the flashbacks because I thought the placement of them was done without much concern of flow. What really got me to not like the book was the m/m action without lube. I was like Really!?! This just wasn't my cup of tea. It was a somewhat different on shapeshifters but I didn't like it. I wouldn't recommend.
That is as far as I got. I called JD being involved as soon as her character was introduced. I didn't like the flashbacks because I thought the placement of them was done without much concern of flow. What really got me to not like the book was the m/m action without lube. I was like Really!?! This just wasn't my cup of tea. It was a somewhat different on shapeshifters but I didn't like it. I wouldn't recommend.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 12, 2008
Trinity Broken by Jamie Craig (2008)
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