Until they both fall for the same guy, and things get... complicated.
Dalton is fresh out of a ten year marriage. Feeling lost, he concentrates on the only thing he can control—his body. Developing from a chubby, unfit police officer into a lean, mean inked one, Dalton has never looked better, but inside, he's never felt worse. A relationship is far from his thoughts, and one with another man makes Dalton even more confused. He takes time to get to know Troy and Liam separately, but Manchester isn’t that big, and sparks fly when fate throws the three together.
Together, these three fight it out between them. Both Troy and Liam demand Dalton choose between them, but what if he didn't have to choose? What if it could work between three?
The things in life we fight for are never the easiest, but they’re the ones worth holding onto forever.
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Liam and Troy are foster brothers, best friends and roommates. The only constant in their lives since they were barely teenagers has been each other. Neither of them have ever had a successful relationship, partly because they keep choosing the wrong guys, but mostly because they make each others dating lives impossible by dissaprooving of any guy the other dates. You see, almost as long as Liam and Troy have known each other, they've loved each other far deeper than just brothers or friends. The problem is, neither is willing to admit that to themselves, much less to the other.
Dalton is an aging, overweight cop in a bad marriage. Intimacy and passion are words that are absent from his dictionary, hence the reason he is going through a divorce. Trying to get his life back on track mentally, physically and emotionally for his personal and work well being, Dalton crosses paths with both Liam and Troy separately and enters into a tentative relationship with both. A tug of war or sorts ensues when the three men realize what is happening. But what if the only way for these three decidedly different men to be happy is with each other, all three together?
After first meeting Dalton in Saving Samuel as a secondary character, Milo's best friend, I was anxious for his story. I really enjoyed seeing how he went from depressed, lonely, overweight and generally just miserable in his life to someone that was happy, passionate, hopeful and caring. He grew by leaps and bounds as the story progressed and it was the most prevalent aspect of this story for me. I'm also a HUGE fan of throuples, especially when the reason they are together is valid. Liam and Troy are miserably, secretly in love with each other but refuse to admit it. When Dalton is unknowingly thrown into the mix, the lions den for lack of a better term, Liam and Troy have to face the reality of possibly no longer existing in the bubble they've created if they don't face their mutual attraction to each other, as well as Dalton.
I also enjoyed the circles that overlapped, all three men completely clueless. You have Dalton and Liam, Dalton and Tony, and Liam and Tony. Each relationship is it's own circle and the three overlap but never meet in the middle. When they finally do, the outcome is unclear for a while. The pace of the story was fantastic, everything slowly revealed at the appropriate time. And though you knew there was a confrontation coming, you didn't know when or how and I thought that was written nicely as well. Mostly, I enjoyed the character development of Dalton as an individual and the three of them as a throuple. The Liam, Troy not sharing their feelings with each other aspect of the story was a stretch for me, but aside from that, I really loved this book.
A kaleidoscope of emotions... Love, passion, angst, fear, anger and anxiety just to name a few, but it's all nicely woven together by the author. I cannot wait for Blue's story! More threesomes!!!
Dalton is an aging, overweight cop in a bad marriage. Intimacy and passion are words that are absent from his dictionary, hence the reason he is going through a divorce. Trying to get his life back on track mentally, physically and emotionally for his personal and work well being, Dalton crosses paths with both Liam and Troy separately and enters into a tentative relationship with both. A tug of war or sorts ensues when the three men realize what is happening. But what if the only way for these three decidedly different men to be happy is with each other, all three together?
After first meeting Dalton in Saving Samuel as a secondary character, Milo's best friend, I was anxious for his story. I really enjoyed seeing how he went from depressed, lonely, overweight and generally just miserable in his life to someone that was happy, passionate, hopeful and caring. He grew by leaps and bounds as the story progressed and it was the most prevalent aspect of this story for me. I'm also a HUGE fan of throuples, especially when the reason they are together is valid. Liam and Troy are miserably, secretly in love with each other but refuse to admit it. When Dalton is unknowingly thrown into the mix, the lions den for lack of a better term, Liam and Troy have to face the reality of possibly no longer existing in the bubble they've created if they don't face their mutual attraction to each other, as well as Dalton.
I also enjoyed the circles that overlapped, all three men completely clueless. You have Dalton and Liam, Dalton and Tony, and Liam and Tony. Each relationship is it's own circle and the three overlap but never meet in the middle. When they finally do, the outcome is unclear for a while. The pace of the story was fantastic, everything slowly revealed at the appropriate time. And though you knew there was a confrontation coming, you didn't know when or how and I thought that was written nicely as well. Mostly, I enjoyed the character development of Dalton as an individual and the three of them as a throuple. The Liam, Troy not sharing their feelings with each other aspect of the story was a stretch for me, but aside from that, I really loved this book.
A kaleidoscope of emotions... Love, passion, angst, fear, anger and anxiety just to name a few, but it's all nicely woven together by the author. I cannot wait for Blue's story! More threesomes!!!
Liam chatted with Milo,
but Dalton was too busy trying to stop hyperventilating and not staring at Liam’s
body, seeing it as he last saw it—wet and tense, excited and looking sinful in
that shower cubicle. Those types of thoughts weren’t going to help him calm
down. Why oh why did that have to happen?
Blue leaned in, calming
strokes running up and down Dalton’s back, sweetly spoken words whispered
against his neck, and Dalton’s tension eased a little. “Is he an ex or
something?”
“No,” Dalton choked out.
“Oh, I just thought
there was some history there.” Blue’s glossy red lips curled into a smile.
“There’s no history of that kind.”
“But there is some to speak about?” Blue opened his
green eyes wider and nodded. “It’s obvious. Maybe it’s time you resolved this
tension between the two of you somehow.”
“What?” Dalton
stiffened.
“Well, there's obviously
something happening between you two.”
“Yeah, but not what you
think.”
Blue bit his lip while
he thought. “Hmm, there’s a few different things going on from where I'm
sitting.” He nudged his thigh against Dalton’s dick, and for the first time, he
realised he was excited. “Or is this for me?”
Dalton truly had no
idea. He was confused by his own body, not understanding why he was reacting at
all. But it had happened in the showers while he watched Liam. Maybe it was
those moments replaying in his mind which caused his cock to stiffen in his
jeans.
Maybe it was the fact he
had someone sitting on him, caring about him, someone with long legs and big
heels, who was wearing make-up and who was confusing Dalton’s body by being
more feminine than he was used to in a man. But then, Dalton was close to
Samuel. He was beautiful and more feminine than Blue and this had never
happened, and hadn't Samuel been sitting on his knee earlier? Maybe he was
losing his mind. Maybe he’d already lost it.
“I don’t… I really don’t
know,” he whispered into Blue’s hair. “I just… I have to go.”
“Wait, sexy.” Blue
pressed his body more into his, meeting his eyes, those black lashes coated
thickly in mascara. “Don’t run off just yet. There’s no need.”
“I'm not gay,” Dalton
rushed out as low as he could make his voice, darting his gaze to Liam, his
tight V-necked vest showing off those big muscles, jeans encasing his firm
arse, that bottle hanging in between his lips.
This time, when Blue
rubbed his thigh over his cock, Dalton grabbed Blue’s slender calf running up
his leg and just held it, not moving him away but not pulling him closer—just
frozen, not knowing what to do.
“You don’t have to label
yourself with anything, Dalton.” Blue took hold of his chin, fingertips gently
caressing his skin and making Dalton shift his gaze from Liam back to him. “I
think…” He eased closer still, his thigh now pressed against the rigid length
encased in Dalton’s jeans. “If your body needs something, it lets you know. If
your eyes find something pleasing, they look more. If your heart beats faster
for someone, then you follow it. I'm not gay. I'm a person. A human being.
That’s the label I want to be tagged with. Hashtag Human.” He clicked his
fingers with a bright smile.
Dalton smiled through
his fear and understood what Blue was saying. He just wasn’t ready to think the
same way. “That’s nice.”
“It’s the truth. The
truth is always a good thing. I always think our brains confuse us. They have
all this bullshit ‘learned’ behaviour which they pick up over the years and it
tells you to think one way, your body saying another. It takes time for those
two to work together and come to some sort of an agreement, but we all get
there eventually. Just don’t pressure yourself, hon.” Blue leaned in, kissing
the corner of his mouth, Dalton’s cock now crushed against his thigh. “Of
course, I would like to think this is for me, but I know better.” Blue pulled
back with a heavy sigh. “If you change your mind though…” He winked with a
chuckle.
“Blue.” Samuel was
beside them, looking between them both. “Dalton’s a bit…” He drifted off,
worrying his bottom lip with his teeth, obviously not wanting to spill too much
personal info about Dalton’s bad day and emotional state.
“Confused, sweetie?”
Blue offered brightly.
“Yeah.” Samuel looked to
the sky, then took hold of Blue’s hand. “You go get some air, Dalton.”
Nicole Colville
was born and currently lives in Leeds, England. She is a wife and mother
of two young girls who somehow manages to fit in being a full time author
of m/m romance and erotica. She loves writing complex characters in
bittersweet romances which will leave you addicted and craving more from
her men.
Although best
known for her popular series, Hidden and Knights to Remember, she also
enjoys writing with friend, and fellow author, E.M Leya. Together they
have published two books in their Sinful Temptation Collection with more
planned.
Her new menage
collection based in the popular city of Manchester, England is her first
solo full length novel outside of The Hidden Series and has three books
planned for release in 2015 & 2016.
Where to find Nicole
Colville:
Twitter: @NIKKIECOLVILLE
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