The Pleasures Chest

Forbidden Heat by Opal Carew



My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Description:

At a friend's wedding, Danielle finds herself face-to-face with Jake and Trey, the two men she's had a harmless, hopeless infatuation with forever. Two men it's impossible to be with because they're in love... with each other.
At least, they were in college. But during the reception, Danielle learns that not only are they single, they're also bisexual, opening up the possibility of living out her most sinful fantasy – sleeping with them both. But when fantasy becomes reality, things become more complicated than Danielle ever imagined. Despite their break-up, Trey and Jake are clearly still in love with each other. The trouble is, now she's falling for them too...
My review:

I love Opal Carew's writing but this book didn't really compare to her other work.

Danielle, Tray and Jake attended college together. Danielle left college after a year. We learn that she leaves because of her attraction to the two men and she couldn't have them because the two men were in a relationship and loved each other.

They all meet again at an old college friend's wedding. Danielle learns that the two men are no longer together and they now date women. Danielle makes her attraction known to the two men and the three commence a sexual affair.

I found Danielle's character lacking. She had a bad childhood but was only touched on briefly and mostly towards the end of the book. I just think her character could have been better developed. Danielle is also described as being shy but I didn't really see anything shy about her.

I did get a little confused at first with the two male characters, Trey and Jake. Had to re-read some parts to see which character was which.

Although there was a lot of sex, it just didn't sizzle.

I still enjoyed the book but not as much as I expected to.