Aidan O’Malley left his fiancée, Lexi Moore, and their best friend, Lucas Cameron, after a night of passion left him shaken to his core. Years later, Aidan is back and he knows what he wants. Lucas has always been in love with Lexi, but he worries they need something more. They need the perfect Dom to complete their family. When Lexi’s life is in danger, Aidan knows he’ll do anything to win them … them back-and keep them alive.
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Lexi Blake delivers, again. I can not get enough of her writing, and Siren Beloved completely lived up to my lofty expectations for her stories. I remember wanting to explore more of what was going on with Lexi, Lucas, and even Aidan after reading Siren Enslaved. There was obviously something that had broken in Lexi between Small Town Siren and the epilogue of Siren Enslaved.
Lexi was frustrating; she seemed even to be frustrated with herself. She couldn’t help but continually act out because she was trying so hard to deny her feelings about everything and everyone. Her secret was fairly evident from the beginning, so it made her actions – or lack thereof – easier to forgive. She learned and grew so much throughout the book; it was rewarding to see her finally find the love and healing she desperately needed to deal with her buried feelings.
Aidan broke my heart, for so many reasons, foremost was all he’d lost because of societal perceptions and expectations. He was an excellent portrayal of legions of people who refuse to accept themselves as they are because of what other people might say. Add that to what had happened to him, and all he’d overcome, while he was separated from the loves of his life and my heart ached for him to finally find the love and acceptance he deserved.
Lucas, for all his drama in the previous books in this series, was the picture of stability and integrity in Siren Beloved. He’d already grown so much between his first appearance in the series and this book; it was good to see him be the rock Lexi and Aidan needed. He was a mere shadow of the outlandish, insecure, party boy he’d been, and experiencing him as he was now was terrific.
I am always impressed by the way Lexi Blake weaves intense suspense elements into her love stories and uses that tension to accentuate the connections between her characters. Though the plot of Siren Beloved was a little predictable, I still found myself completely swept up in the action and how the endgame was going to play out.
Siren Beloved is the fourth book in Lexi Blake’s Texas Sirens series. With the exception of the first two books in the series, Small Town Siren and Siren in the City – which must be read in order, all of these books focus on different relationships and can be read as standalones. Though, the reading experience is enhanced by reading them all in order, as the characters appear throughout the series. Siren Beloved is written in third-person limited perspective, following Lexi, Aidan, Lucas, with a few scenes in a fourth voice.
Lexi Blake is my go-to ménage, BDSM, romantic suspense writer. I haven’t been disappointed with anything she writes and consider her books my guilty pleasure. She writes her characters in a way that makes me feel an intense connection with them, and I always end up completely immersed in her plots. I can’t wait for whatever is coming next, I can’t get enough.
Siren Beloved is the fourth book in the Texas Sirens series and if you have had the chance to read the previous books you will be familiar with Lucas and Lexi. If not, read this book and fall in love with them. We now get their back story when Aidan comes back into their lives and fills in the hole that has been there since he left.
Lexi Blake has done another great job in this small town romance bringing us memorable characters(old and new), sexy moments, secrets and a bit of angst to keep the pages turning!
5 Star Review Siren Beloved (Texas Sirens #4) by Sophie Oak
Firstly this is a M/M/F story so be prepared and possibly my favourite to date in the Texas Sirens series. I really enjoy Ms.Oak (Lexi Blake’s) style of writing and Siren Beloved was one of those reads I could not put down.
We have met Lucas Cameron and Lexi Moore in previous books in the series and I knew that when they got their story it was going to be something special. Little did I realise how the pairing of Lexi and Lucas with Aidan O’Malley would come together in such an explosive and riveting story.
“What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive”. Aidan made the biggest mistake of his life leaving the only people he has ever truly loved. Uncertain and tormented by his night of passion with Lucas and Lexi, he did the only thing he could think of, he ran, joining the services.
Home and recovering from serious injuries, he now knows what he wants from life and that is both Lucas and Lexi; of course knowing that and being given a chance to re join their lives is not going to be easy. They say women are matchmakers, but Lexi’s step father Jack, Julian and Leo all come together to help Aidan in his quest to seek forgiveness and in turn bring all three of them back to life.
Not knowing what has happened since he has been gone, will Aidan be able to convince Lucas and Lexi to give him another chance? Can Lexi come to terms with all she has loved and lost and finally open up to those who love her about the tragic secret she holds so tight? Will the danger that Aidan, Lucas and Lexi find themselves in end with their love being destroyed before it gains ground? One click now and find out.
Although Siren Beloved is not a particularly long read, I found myself reading well into the night; a story of acceptance, passion, strength and determination. There was romance and suspense woven into the story and the scenes were smoking hot; it was also an extremely emotional read which totally got to me.