27 July 2011
REVIEW: TANGLED PAST by Leah Braemel
Leah Braemel
ASIN#: B004T4LHGE
Publisher
Name: Carina Press
Date Released: June 2011
Genre: Historical Erotic Romance
Book
Format: E-book
Forced
to marry a man she just met, Sarah McLeod clings to the hope that she’ll
finally find the love and acceptance she’s always craved. Her tenuous dreams of
a happy life on the frontier are in danger of being dashed by the one thing she
can’t change – her husband’s love for another man.
Jackson
Kellar’s determined to do right by his bride, yet he’s torn between his
newfound love for Sarah and his still-burning desire for Nate.
Ranch
owner Nate Campbell loves them both. He hates to see Jackson’s loyalties so
divided, and doesn’t want Sarah hurt either. How can they fix the tangled mess
they find themselves in? Nate suggests a possible solution – a permanent
threesome.
With
the open frontier closing in around them, is Nate’s solution their path to
happiness – or will others destroy what they’ve found together.
COVER SNARK:
Okay, though not as eye catching as the other Carina Press covers that I've seen.
FIRST LINES:
“Danged devil’s rope.”
Jackson Kellar decided the stallion’s withers where the barbed wire had nicked it.
Jackson Kellar decided the stallion’s withers where the barbed wire had nicked it.
LYNETTE'S TWO CENTS:
TANGLED
PAST combines several of my secret vices in one novel: American West novel,
ménage, and characters with a little more cultural diversity. I was surprised
at how much I enjoyed TANGELED PAST, because I was sure that I was going to
find the premise unbelievable given the timeframe, but it wasn’t, or the way
Ms. Bramel writes makes it believable.
What
really made TANGLED PAST an enjoyable novel for me is how well I became
emotionally connected to all three characters. Sarah is part Indian. Her mother,
who was married at the time, had an affair with a Native American and she was
the result. She spent her life isolated and made to be no more than a servant
in her “father’s” home. Jackson, is a part Native American as well and is a
ranch hand on his best friend/lover’s ranch. I liked how their each individual
issues and insecurities are handled.
Sarah
spies Jackson and Nate in an amorous encounter at the beginning of the TANGLED
PAST, when her father and step-brother arrive they see Jackson naked and Nate
with his shirt off and assume that she was in the act with Jackson. She has a
shot gun wedding and is carried off to Nate’s ranch. For Sarah, although the
situation she found herself in was bad, marriage to Jackson is a big
improvement to how she was treated by her “father” and step-brother. I liked
how Sarah went back and forth over the feeling of peace she finds in her new
situation and the guilt/pain she feels for coming between Jackson and Nate.
Jackson
is consumed with guilt. He misses his relationship with Nate, even though he is
falling in love with Sarah. He also believes that he isn’t good enough for
Sarah because of his heritage and the fact that he’s only a ranch hand. Nate is
feeling like the third wheel. He can’t get over his feelings for Nate and the
love he’s developed for Sarah.
Although
this is a ménage, there is only like a scene and a half of ménage relationship
and that’s at the end of the book. Why I enjoyed TANGLED PAST is mainly about
Sarah, Jackson, and Nate dealing with the changes in their life and the
emotional toll it’s taking on all of them and how they are working through it
and finding their way to each other.
The
only issue that I had with TANGLED PAST was that the first couple paragraphs
were confusing to me and I had to re-read several times to get grounded into
the story. I also was confused with a couple of the transitions, where I
thought someone was in the room with Sarah and Nate and they weren’t and little
things like that, which confused me.
Overall,
I really liked TANGLED PAST and would read the author again.
WHERE PURCHASED:
Received
copy from publisher for review.
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2 people posted their 2 cents:
Although I'm not into menage I'd be a liar if I said the concept of this wasn't pretty interesting. I'm curious to know how the author pulls off a western menage story. Nice review.
@Jade
I think you should try it. There is only one menage scene in the book and it's near the end after you've already become emotionally invested in the charecters and are wanting them to get together.