James is a golden mummy’s boy who has never been able to do wrong, he has learned to tune out his mother and just allow her annoying and controlling traits to go straight over his head. James invites Alex to stay with them, without even thinking to talk to Anne about it first and even from hearing only one side of that first conversation Anne can see that Alex causes a change in James, a change that is magnified when they are actually together. She is well practiced in holding her tongue to keep the peace and not letting her emotions out to avoid confrontation.Īnne and James know each other well but when Alex, a friend James has had since the eighth grade, comes back on the scene it seems they don’t know each other as well as they thought.

She chose to love her husband James as opposed to falling madly and deeply in love with him and their life has been calm and peaceful and perfect. She is also the one who always ensured she was in complete control, never allowing herself to get so involved that she couldn’t bear to lose it. She has always been the ‘good girl’, the one that could fix things, the peacekeeper.

The way this situation is explored is quite fraught, very nuanced and the situation almost creates more sexual tension than it alleviates.Īnne Kinney has a wonderful husband, a perfect house and the perfect veneer to present to the world. Megan Hart explores an intimate situation which many women fantasise about, one woman with two men. Overall, I really enjoyed this novel, it was very entertaining and I could not put it down, I stayed up late to read it, I just had to know what happened next! I highly recommend it.Tempted is a Megan Hart book published by Harlequin Spice that’s been on my shelf for a while, it was originally published in 2007 but this edition is a re-release from mid-2013. But what is supposed to be a summer of mindless passion, no strings attached, gets complicated as emotions and hearts become involved and feelings change. They choose to let fantasy become reality. The three of them take each other to bed, one night then turns into the whole summer. Then one night the three of them decide to take their relationship to the next level and give into the sexual tension that has been filling the air. Then on day, when Alex calls James, he invites him to stay for the summer. Alex and Anne have never met due to a falling out that Alex and James had in college and the fact that Alex has lived in Singapore all these years. James and Alex have been best friends since they were young.

Willing voyeurism, exhibitionism and ménage a trois, though it’s more about consequences, responsiveness, and enthralling ties.Īnne and James have what is a good marriage. Tempted is good on so many stirring levels. Tempted is the first novel in the Alex Kennedy series.

Tempted by Megan Hart