Honor Bound

Bound and Tied #1

by Myla Jackson

If it feels right, do it...even if it could get you killed.Bound and Tied, Book 1After months of isolation-and celibacy-claim partners Zach Braun and Jake Thompson finally discover gold. And, as their celebration spills over into forbidden lust, an unexpected sexual attraction to each other rises. Then they discover they're not alone...and the spy is trying to make off with their clothes and their gold.On the run from an Indian captor, parson's widow Honor Whitaker is hungry, desperate, and determined to never let another man control her. Stumbling upon two men touching each other in an extraordinary way, she finds herself mesmerized by their tryst.

And scandalously aroused by a totally different kind of hunger.Catching the little thief is easy, but Zach can think of only one way to silence Honor's panicked babbling. Kiss her senseless. One sample of her delightful lips leads to more...then to a night where Zach and Jake show her that a man's control over her body isn't necessarily a bad thing.Even as the three learn to let go of the notion that pleasure is the devil's work, someone else is watching.

Someone who's out to reclaim what's his.Warning: This title contains hot menage a trois scenes, man love, bondage, and two lonely, sexy cowboys/miners who find that catching a thief only takes a little bit of rope and a whole lot of lovin'

Genres: Historical, Menage, M M Romance, Historical Romance, Erotic Romance, Erotica, Romance

76 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 13, 2010

About the author

Twenty years of livin' and lovin' on a South Texas ranch raising horses, cattle, goats, ostriches and emus left an indelible impression on Myla Jackson, one she likes to instill in her red-hot stories. Myla pens wildly sexy, fun adventures of all genres including historical westerns, medieval tales, romantic suspense, contemporary romance and paranormal beasties of all shapes and sexy sizes. or spending time with her family. She lives in the tree-covered hills of Northwest Arkansas with her husband of 20+ years and her muses— the human-wanna-be canines—Chewy and Sweetpea.
To learn more about Myla Jackson and her stories visit her website at www.mylajackson.com.

Reviews

[Book Utopia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honor is running away from the Indian who has been holding her captive for nearly six weeks. A parson’s widow, she’d been on her way to San Francisco to start her life over when they were ambushed. Everybody else was left for dead, while she was secured as some kind of trophy wife. She’s tired of being manipulated and used by men, and determined to live life as she wants. She comes across two miners in a stream, Zach and Jake, who are in the midst of pleasuring each other. Rather than be appalled by what she’s witnessing, she becomes aroused, and gets herself off before realizing she can use this chance to steal supplies to help her escape. Her attempts are foiled when Zach and Jake return early, however, and Zach ties her up, unsure of what to do with her next.

You can figure out what happens from there. Lots of sex. Both men are desperate for a woman, though they have finally admitted to being attracted to each other, too. The three of them fall into bed together fairly easily, with Zach quickly becoming possessive of Honor. But while the publisher calls this a ménage, it is only in the sense that there are threesomes involved. The ending is all about Zach and Honor devoting themselves to each other, with the agreement that if she wants Jake to play with them, he can. Zach makes it very clear that she is his, though, and seems to only agree to the threesomes so he can touch Jake, not to share Honor. In my opinion, this doesn’t make it a ménage. It’s an erotic romance with threesome scenes. Readers expecting an HEA for all three of them will be sorely disappointed.

That might not be the only thing that disappoints them. While the erotic scenes are pretty good, the characters themselves are shallow caricatures, serving as placeholders for the fantasy fulfillment of the plot. It’s hardly anything new. A lot of stories do that for the sake of getting to the sex. Zach comes across as both a caveman in his behavior and a prude in his thoughts, the latter most likely a vague attempt to give him depth as he struggles with what he’s doing (having sex with Jake and moving so quickly with Honor). Honor seems to be the sort of strong heroine that many readers prefer, but honestly, as soon as sex gets involved, she throws a lot of her dreams out the window in favor of lust.

While this is the first in a series, I won’t be bothering with any of the subsequent stories. Threesomes don’t make the entire story a ménage. HEAs are about emotional commitments, and in this case, only two of them do it. I don’t trust the rest of the stories not to try and fool me again.

[Judith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set in the time of the American expansion of the 19th century, this novella embraces the circumstances when miners and homesteaders find themselves isolated for long stretches of time with only their partner for company. It is a story of discovery on the part of two miners who have now discovered gold and are talking of going to the nearest "town" to seek female company after long months of celibacy. Their friendship also expands as they own up an attraction between themselves while recognizing that they both want a woman in their lives. Honor is running away from Indian capture being the only survivor of an attack on her San Francisco-bound wagon train. Somehow their lives seem to be destined to be interwoven, but that does not mean that there aren't difficult days ahead relationally.

[Meaghan Cooper · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a quick read partly because it was a short book but also because it moved very quickly in regards to story line. However, this was not a favorite of mine. The book was set in the gold-rush time and included sexual repression. While the story did include m/m, m/f, and m/f/m it didn't end the way that I had wanted. There was also a short scene that included an Indian warrior that felt somewhat inaccurate to what I think would have happened. There was no long fight but a quick couple of punches. All in all was not the best book I have read and probably one I will not reread or recommend.

[PepsiGirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very fast read. Starts off with two friends Zach and Jake going down the forbidden road. Both being isolated and lonely they have started to desire each other and then things get interesting when Honor shows up. She is a widow of a parson who then survived an Indian attack to be taken as a squaw. She escapes finally and then stumbled upon Zach and Jake. This starts a series of short stories based in 1860 around the gold rush.

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two stars because....

Well... Zack was... a caveman... a prudish caveman. I understand the time and morals and all that, but still...

Jake... affable. But really nothing much to him.

Honor.... How she fell in love with Zack so quickly was beyond me.

Not really a proper menage. This was a erotica with a threesome, but not really a good proper menage.

The ending... left me slightly disappointed. Yeah, they can play whenever... but it very much was the HEA between only two of the characters.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

You want hot erotica? Great short story. You want a hot romance with plot and story? Not so much. Just my thoughts.

[Steph]

(Rating: 3.5★)

[Lucretia · Rating 2 out of 5]

A quickie!

[Pr!ya · Rating 1 out of 5]

Savagely racist!

[Olivia B · Rating 3 out of 5]

hot and very steamy but no plot or character development

[Rogetwhi · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars!!!