Bennet James’s world is imploding. His relationship with his best-friend, lover, and longtime partner, Aiden, is falling apart because Bennet is no longer enough for him in bed. Their differences are getting the better of them and, for the first time in eight years, Bennet doesn’t see a path toward the future he’s always hoped for.Aiden Hennessy is devastated. The night Bennet breaks off their … Bennet breaks off their relationship, Aiden’s world crumbles at his feet. He’s never envisioned a life that doesn’t involve Bennet, and he doesn’t know how to mend the divide between them until the day he comes home early and walks in on something he thinks could be the answer to their problems.
Chris Wheeler doesn’t do emotions.
Three years after an unexpected and catastrophic loss, Chris has mastered the art of keeping men at arm’s length. Casual flings and one-night stands have become his standard. But one night everything changes when he’s propositioned in a parking lot by a copper-haired bartender and his dejected lover.
Aiden, Chris, and Bennet tumble into a complicated strings-free relationship that leads them right into more heartbreak and tragedy. Admitting their feelings and finding a way to heal their wounds together is the only way for them to see if love can still come after all they’ve survived.
Authors Note: Please read the preface for content advisory
The Lonely Hearts Stories are interconnected stories that weave characters together across the releases. While you would appreciate the characters and their journey by starting from the beginning these can be read standalone.
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I liked this book. Each Character is very interesting and together they are amazing. I liked how their lives were like a big puzzle with missing pieces. Aiden and Bennet were very in love with each other but they both needed something so differently sexually that it was tearing them apart. Aiden came up with a solution as he couldn’t bear being without Bennett. Find a third to do the things to him Bennett just couldn’t then he found out Bennett had needs as well so the third would be able to be the middleman and fill each other’s needs. Then Chris hits on Aiden and he was a man that wanted no strings sex only without emotion and liked to get rough… Just what they needed. But Chris is hiding a secret behind his locked up emotions.
I liked the book, though the Narration really added to it, giving the characters life and the story life as well.
If you like role-playing, breath play, and rough consensual sex you will like this book.
This definitely just made my Top 5 list for MMM romances. This story kept me glued to my Kindle and I didn’t want to put it down for anything. Aidan and Bennet have been together since they were kids. Unfortunately as they’ve gotten older, their preferences in bed just don’t mesh, but neither can imagine being without the other. Until Aidan meets Chris one night while working in a bar. Aidan comes up with a crazy idea to bring a third person to solve their compatibility issues. Can everyone keep this “just benefits”, or can Chris be the answer that both Aidan and Bennet need to keep their relationship intact and fulfilled in bed?
Aiden and Bennet have known each other since childhood. They were each other’s first kiss- first everything. And their love is true and everlasting. But as they grew older and discovered their sexual appetites and needs, issues started to appear. Aiden needs things Bennet can not deliver.
They break up romantically but they still love each other. When Aiden stumbles upon Bennet’s solitary exploration of a new kink, a thought occurs to him – can a third added to our relationship, save us? At first Bennet resists the idea but for a chance to be with the love of his life again, he will try anything.
Enter Chris. He likes to take control of his “pets”. He meets Aiden and then Bennet. He agrees to their proposition, his hard limit is No Kissing him allowed. He doesn’t want to settle down and fall in love… He just wants to play…. it’s just sex.
Chris lost his lover years ago in a tragic accident. And he hasn’t kissed anyone since. But will Aiden and Bennet be the ones to show Chris how to love again? Or will it remain just sex? And will adding a third save Aiden and Bennet? Or destroy them even further?
Well written book with an emotional grab… scenes that range from sweet to sad, hot and sexy to tear invoking. The characters are intriguing and make you want to wrap them in your arms or sometimes smack them and ask them what they are thinking. Definitely a recommended book.
Received this book as an advanced reader’s copy and voluntarily am leaving honest review
This story was so heartbreaking and sexy, I couldn’t put it down. Aiden and Bennet loved each other very much, but things were falling apart until they found Chris. Together, the three men had the chance to satisfy each other’s needs – both physical and emotional – as long as they could work out the different issues that each man had. I loved these men, and I ached with them as they worked for their happy ending. I really enjoyed the reminder that everyone has different kinks and different needs, but that doesn’t make them wrong.
I was completely satisfied with the ending of this book, and I hope to learn more about Chris’s best friend Richard in the future.