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| Forbidden Pleasure (Bound Hearts, Book 8) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lora Leigh
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
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Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0312368712
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780312368715
ASIN: 0312368712
Publication Date: June 12, 2007
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People have heard of fleeting rumors about The Club. Located just outside Washington, D.C., only its members know where men go when they want to indulge the desire to share their women with a carefully selected male partner. John “Mac” McCoy resigned his membership from The Club when he married Keiley Hardin. Tempting and innocent, sweet and sexy, she would never accept Mac’s desire to share her with another man. However, Mac’s fantasies of sharing his wife haunt his dreams. And his passions. Unable to wait any longer to draw his best friend Jethro Riggs into his marriage, Mac invites Jethro to their home with the intention of drawing Keiley into the pleasures that only be achieved when two men love the same woman. But there’s more going on in Mac’s neck of the woods than a little additional pleasure. A past case, a stalker that likes to playing games and his wife is now in the middle of it all. Passion and pleasure, danger and desire combine as forbidden pleasure becomes an addiction none of them can escape.
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 5 Klovers! Courtesy of CK2S Kwips & Kritiques June 12, 2007
67 out of 69 found this review helpful
Mac and Keiley have a peaceful life together on their farm in North Carolina, far away from Mac's past work as an FBI agent and his life as a member of `The Club', an exclusive and private group of men who are known for sharing their women in threesomes. But Mac has started to grow restless, and Keiley can't help but sense the change in her husband. As she pushes for answers, she unwittingly unleashes the side of him he has managed to keep restrained for years.
She'd heard about her husband's exploits before they moved to North Carolina, of course, but nothing could prepare her for the reality of his dark needs until she finds his best friend, Jethro Riggs on their doorstep. She knows it is no accident that Jethro, the man Mac most often shared women with, arrives now. And seeing the two of them together, their eyes and words burning her with their heat, unlocks desires inside of her she never realized she had. But will giving in to Mac and Jethro change her marriage for the worst, or make it better?
Even more dangerous than the feelings Mac and Jethro stir in her is the stalker who reveals his presence and his rage after seeing her with the two men. She should be safe enough with two FBI agents protecting her, but the serial stalker is one step ahead of them at every turn...
Wow, wow, WOW!!! I loved Lora Leigh's Bound Hearts series when I read the previous entries in this series released by a different publisher. I thought I was prepared for the eighth installment in the series, Forbidden Pleasure, but once again she takes things to all new levels with the new publisher, St. Martin's Griffin.
Dedicated fans of her Bound Hearts series will be ecstatic to find that releasing through New York publishers has not dowsed any of the heat they have come to crave in her books, but has instead ramped up both the steamy scenes and the plot intensity. This full length novel brings us the most complex Bound Hearts story yet, with mysteries, action, and plot twists that will have you biting your nails in anticipation of the finish.
Mac is at the top of the list of hot alpha males. Watching the results of a Trojan (the nickname given to the men who belong to The Club) who has quelled his deep-seated desires to share his woman for years is a new twist for this series, and promises a torrent of emotion will be unleashed when he finally gives in, drawing his wife into this world.
The devilish Jethro makes the name sexy, and erases the memory of all Jethros who have come before. I will admit, I was a little uncertain I would take a man with that name seriously in a Bound Hearts story, but all doubt was quickly dispelled when I met Lora Leigh's Jethro.
Keiley is the epitome of a Bound Hearts heroine, with grit and determination, plenty of sex appeal, and a sweetness guaranteed to capture the hearts of the two Trojan men in her world. If any woman can tame these two Alpha males, Keiley can - but then, why in the world would she want to?
The plot was very cleverly done, with plenty of twists to the story. I was able to figure out who the culprit probably was, but the real mystery was in HOW the villain was accomplishing the things he/she did. The answers stopped my heart for a second, and had me checking my own home security a little more thoroughly before I went to bed that night!
Although I have already had the pleasure of reading Bound Hearts: Forbidden Pleasure, I am anxiously awaiting its June 2007 release. I'm absolutely dying to talk to other people about this one!!!
Series Order:
Ties That Bind (Bound Hearts, Book 1)
Bound Hearts: Submission & Seduction (Books 2 and 3)
Wicked Sacrifice (Books 4 and 5)
Bound Hearts: Shameless Embraces (Books 6 and 7)
Forbidden Pleasure (Bound Hearts, Book 8)
Wicked Pleasure (Bound Hearts), Book 9
 a little different June 21, 2007
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
Former FBI Agent Mac McCoy gave up a lot to marry Keiley Hardin. Knowing that she wasn't ready to accept the sexual lifestyle that he reveled in, he willingly gave it up in order to have Keiley. All he's doing is waiting for the day that she embraces the need that he can so plainly see in her. Mac is content to be patient with Keiley, until her curiosity starts getting the better of her.
Keiley Hardin is just starting to realize that Mac has been holding a part of himself back from her. Though she desperately wants all of her husband, she is not sure if she can do what he so obviously needs from her. After living for years in the shadow of her parents mistakes, Keiley abhors gossip and does everything she can not to draw attention to herself.
Jethro Riggs has been waiting for three years for Mac's call to tell him that Keiley is ready. When it finally comes, Jethro wonders how he will hide the feels he has for Keiley from Mac. Although Jethro and Mac have shared many women, Jethro knows this is different because of how much Mac loves Keiley.
This was an unusual book for me. In previous m/f/m books that I've read (specifically Lora Leigh's), the men only share their women until they are married. As a married woman myself, I had a hard time understanding how Mac could want to share and how Keiley could be in love with two men at the same time. On the other hand, Keiley's struggle with exactly that came across loud and clear. When you throw in a little suspense from one of Mac's old cases and a harpy witch that wants to bring Keiley down, you have a good read. All in all, it was a good book though unusual.
A must for fans of Bound Hearts June 18, 2007
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
For fans of Lora Leigh's Bound Hearts series through Ellora's Cave Publishing, Forbidden Pleasure is the 8th installment and the first mainstream, full length novel in the series.
Forbidden Pleasure takes us away from D.C. and The Club and centers around a couple who are already together, already madly in love and working through their marriage like any other couple might. The difference is John "Mac" McCoy IS a former member of "The Club" and has been fighting his darker needs since he came together with his wife Keiley. He has believed her too innocent, too fragile, to share this side with her and it is starting to errode their relationship.
Keiley, despite her youth, is starting to crave what she has only heard hints and rumors about. She has battled her own demons and for the most part, won. She now wants to explore her husbands darker side and that means bringing in Jethro, her husbands former FBI partner and "third." The Third being the man that will join another couple in their bed (or out of it) to give the woman the ultimate pleasure.
Throw in Jethro's own dark past, a stalker, and a small town rival with a vindictive streak a mile wide and you have quite a story and a very non-traditional romance. Those familiar with Leigh's work and similar works available through Ellora's Cave, Samhain & Aphrodisia will find the sensuality no less hot for the mainstream publishing, though the verbage is a bit more refined. Also enjoyable to one who has read earlier works in the Bound Hearts series is the evolution of Leigh's writing. While I have no complaints with her earlier works, there is a depth in her newer work that was not so evident before. Bravo!
My complaints? Like one previous reviewer stated, the editing was very poor. Did they rush to get this to print and on the shelves? I too read several scenes over trying to make sense of it.
I also found the ruminating that both Mac and Keiley participated in to be exhausting. They thought this situation to death and I found myself skimming at times. While I also very much enjoy the eroticism of these stories, and all consuming passion makes for fantastic romance, Keiley's inability to think or hold her ground the moment she is simply kissed or caressed is annoying at times. This theme isn't limited to Leigh's work though, as it is very common in historical romances as well. I just wish sometimes the heroine would not lose her wits the moment the hero launches into his seduction. But maybe thats just me.
Overall, a great read, would definitely recommend it, and am not at all sorry I purchased this retail. Lora Leigh never fails to entertain, and for me, that's really what it's all about.
LOVE the story and content but the editing distracts from it June 15, 2007
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
Let me start by saying I would give this book 5 stars for content. Without a doubt this was the hottest book I have ever read.
I was in the Romance section at Borders looking for something to kill time while I waited for my daughter to get out of the movie theater. I love Romance but I had no idea what I was getting into when I pulled it off the top shelf. It totally grabbed me from the start and I was RIVETED. It was all I could do not to squirm in my chair as I got into the good parts. And believe me there are plenty of those. I had no idea this kind of fiction was out there and in a mainstream bookstore no less. My husband will be thanking Lora for a long time, since this certainly fired me up. :D
I almost exclusively get my books from the library because I can't afford to feed my voracious reading appetite. As soon as I found that I could not get any of Lora Leigh's books from the library I went right back to buy the book and another of her titles. I cannot recommend this book too highly if you like erotic romance.
Now for the bad news.
This edition must have been edited by SpellCheck. There are way too many instances in the book where I got totally thrown off the pacing because of some stupid typo, or bizarre wording, or inconsistency in the action. For instance at one point in the book (and I'm trying not to give too much away), Keiley has someone in front and behind her. But then she pushes backward onto both. How is that possible? I have to stop and try to figure out how that is physically possible. I haven't ever done this myself but how can that be?
Another thing, I finished the book last night and I was literally panting. Jethro is in the shower with Keiley and I read "...he caressed her washrag." OK, either there is some secret meaning to the term washrag or there is a word missing. Did her caress her with the washrag?
This kind of thing is totally distracting and it made me nuts. These were just two of many such instances in the book.
All of that being said, I loved the book, I plan to buy all of her books, and I will look for more erotic romance now that I know it exists
Now if I could only get a job as her editor.......
5 Blue Ribbons for Forbidden Pleasure/Romance Junkies review June 12, 2007
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
John "Mac" McCoy is a former Trojan and member of The Club; a specialty club that that caters to men with specific wants and desires. In the past, Mac and his best friend Jethro experienced everything the secret club had to offer, even the risque sharing of their women. After meeting and falling in love with one special lady, Keiley Hardin, Mac resigned his membership with the idea that his intrinsic sexual tendencies and cravings will stay on the back burner. Three years later, Mac knows he was only fooling himself. No longer able to keep his wants at bay, Mac realizes that his sexual needs have started working their way into his psyche and his marriage.
Keiley Hardin McCoy loves her husband Mac with her whole heart and soul. It's not surprising that she has heard the rumors surrounding her husband and his best friend, Jethro Riggs. However, Keiley has a secret of her own. Buried inside of her, and now making itself known, is a sensual curiosity that wants to know and experience the type of relationship that has, up until now, only been speculation.
Jethro Riggs brings new meaning to the title of "bad boy". He loves women and they love him - at least in a physical sense. Life has taught Jethro the hard lesson that loving someone will only lead to loss, and for this reason he avoids any emotional ties until one phone call from Mac turns his world and emotions upside down. When Mac states his request, Jethro can't suppress his raging desire. With one kiss from Keiley McCoy, too late, Jethro recognizes his error. Though his position is only temporary, he realizes that if there is one woman who could touch his heart, it's the wife of his best friend.
When a sinister presence sets his sights on Keiley, the two men vow to keep her safe at all costs. While racing to identify Keiley's stalker, the three explore their sensual cravings causing passions to explode and lives to alter. But can such a relationship survive when the smoke clears? Or will one remain on the outside, always craving what he never knew he wanted?
Before reading FORBIDDEN PLEASURE, I never attributed the adjective `sexy' to the name Jethro. Now, however, I'll be unable to say the name without thinking of sensual blue eyes, a strong body, and a naughty smile. Jethro Riggs was sin personified and I loved watching his emerging feelings for Keiley, who turned out to be one lucky woman. Her unconditional devotion to Mac was readily apparent and it was not compromised with her rising attraction to Jethro; rather, it was made stronger and more intense. I felt the genuineness of Mac's anguish at the effects his sexual needs could have on his relationship with Keiley. While he desired nothing but his wife's pleasure, I could feel his turmoil over wanting to make Jethro a part of his and Keiley's marriage bed.
Highly intense, poignantly emotional, and wonderfully delicious, FORBIDDEN PLEASURE was a truly decadent read. As with all Lora Leigh novels, I read this cover to cover in one sitting. There is nothing more forbidden than a Trojan, and I can't help but adore them.
***Natasha Smith for Romance Junkies***
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