Re-released in a second edition with new scenes.Julian Lodge has everything a man could want. He’s rich, successful and owns the most exclusive club in Dallas. But something is missing.Finn Taylor has worked his way up in the world from humble beginnings in Willow Fork, Texas. The only thing he still loves in his hometown is Danielle Bay. He never told her he was actually bisexual, and he never … actually bisexual, and he never confessed his love for her. Now she’s getting married, and Finn is sure he’s lost his chance with the only person he’ll ever love.
Julian’s vacation to the Barnes-Fleetwood ranch brings them all together. After Dani jumps into Julian’s car while fleeing her wedding, Julian knows he has to have her. But nothing is easy in Willow Fork. A danger from Julian’s past threatens them all. Julian will have to convince both Dani and Finn that being his will be the best decision they ever made.
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3.75 stars–SIREN ENSLAVED is the third instalment in Lexi Blake’s contemporary, adult TEXAS SIRENS erotic, BDSM, romance series focusing on the of an upscale Dallas spa and resort known as The Club, which doubles as a BDSM club. This is billionaire businessman and Dominant Julian Lodge, and submissives -attorney Finn Taylor, and medical receptionist Danielle Bay’s story line. SIREN ENSLAVED can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalments is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion. The Texas Sirens series is a spin-off from the author’s NIGHTS IN BLISS, COLORADO series.
NOTE: SIREN UNLEASHED is the re-release of the 2011 book authored by Sophie Oak aka Lexi Blake with new content. There is also a slight cross-over with the characters from the author’s Masters and Mercenaries series, and Nights in Bliss, Colorado.
WARNING: SIREN UNLEASHED contains scenes of M/M/F sexual situations that may not be suitable for all readers.
Told from several third person perspectives (Julian, Finn and Danielle) SIREN ENSLAVED follows in the wake of Danielle Bay’s actions as a runaway bride. Jumping into a stranger’s car Danielle will come face to face with her future in the guise of billionaire businessman Julian Lodge. With her best friend by her side, Danielle and Finn would become the submissives to a man who struggles to let go of his heart and fall in love. When Julian’s past demands vengeance for perceived sins and rejection, Danielle will find herself a willing sacrifice to save the man with whom she would fall in love. What ensues is the building relationship and love between Julian, Finn and Danielle, and the potential fall-out as Julian continues to hold everyone at arm’s length including the Finn Taylor and Danielle Bay.
Finn Taylor is a bisexual male who has lusted after his best friend for as long as he can remember but Finn struggles with his attraction to Dani knowing she may never forgive him for his lie of omission. Julian Lodge is a powerful man who has yet to find his own happily ever after. Unable to let go of the memories of the past, fearing rejection, Julian refuses to let any one close to his heart. Danielle Bay has struggled all of her life to look after her younger sister since the death of her parents but marriage to a man she doesn’t love finds our heroine on the run, into the arms of a stranger who turns into something more.
The relationship between Dani and Finn is a friends to lovers; between Dani and Julian, and Finn and Julian is one of insta-lust and submission. Julian is also a bi-sexual male is who willing to enter into a contracted relationship with Dani and Finn but the heart wants something more than rules and regulations, the heart wants passion, love and a happily ever after. From the minute Dani jumps into his car, Julian senses a woman that is willing to submit to everything he demands. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense; passionate and steamy, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Lucas and Lexi; Sean and Ian Taggart; psychiatrist Leo Meyer; Jack, Sam and Abigail; Dani’s ex-fiance Jimbo; her sister Val; as well as brother and sister Jeremy and Tricia Walker.
SIREN ENSLAVED is a story of betrayal and revenge; love, heart break and obsession; relationship and acceptance.The premise is entertaining and bewitching; the characters are energetic and charismatic; the romance is captivating but fraught with torment and pain.
Oh Boy!! Was this a great story? Is it hot in Florida? Hell yeah it is!!! Julian sure found his matches and his matches sure needed what he had. Even if he wasn’t so eager to give it. Just goes to show ya that money can get you a lot but it can’t get you love.
Love all of the Sirens series books.
Siren Enslaved by Lexi Blake/ Sophie Oak is book Three in the Texas Sirens Series. This is the story of Julian Lodge, Finn Taylor and Danielle Bay. I have read the previous books which added to my enjoyment of this one but I did think you could make it a standalone book if you wish to do so.
Finn loves Danielle but he is bisexual which holds him back from her. Then she gets engaged and he feels he may have lost his chance. Danielle runs from her wedding literally and ends up getting into Julian’s car when he sees her escaping. Julian finds her fascinating and Finn realized that he may have a second chance. Spicy reading for these three coming together.
3 1/2 stars
I was really looking forward to Julian’s book, but he was a bit more closed off emotionally than I like my characters. It took a while for me to really warm up to him, and even then I never loved his character. I did love Finn, and Dani was also a good character. Together they balance Julian, I just wish we got more time to see them together after Julian stopped fighting.
Texas Sirens Book Three.
Julian Lodge is the owner of the hottest club in Dallas, but he requires control in all aspects of his life. Taking a vacation isn’t something he does often. When he decides to visit his friend and former protege, Jackson, Julian isn’t sure what to expect. However, it is not speeding off with a bride fleeing her wedding. Danielle Bay panics at her wedding and leaps into Julian’s car without a thought. Thankfully, Julian takes her to Jackson’s ranch where Dani knows she will be safe. She doesn’t want to call her best friend because Finn Taylor is the reason she ran. As the three come together, Julian finds that he wants them both. Maybe this vacation will become more interesting than he thought.
If you’re looking for a redemption story with a hint of danger and a splash of denial, this is the book for you!
Danielle has always been looked down upon. No matter what she did it wasn’t enough for anyone in her town. On the day she’s getting married, she runs and jumps into a strangers car. Julian is in town for a short vacation at his friend’s ranch. He’s rich, own a BDSM club, and always has a contract with his submissives. Finn is a lawyer and has been best friends with Dani since childhood. She believes he’s gay but is actually bi and has been in love with her for years. They come together for an explosive time. Julian only plans for it to last while his on vacation but when his past comes back, it takes the love of Dani and Finn to get over his walls.
Most excellent story. It has everything, action, suspense, a vicious sister and ménage. Spanking and m/m, m/f/m sex. I am so glad I started reading the story after this one because I probably wouldn’t have read it otherwise.
Julian takes a vacation at Jack and Sam’s Ranch and ends up with a runaway bride, Danielle, in his car when. She has a night of wild steamy $ex with Master Julian and the next day Dani’s find out her best friend, Finn, is not gay but bi and is in love with her. And they both kinda like Julian. Dani has a viscous sister and Julian has a stalker. Those two get together and major trouble happens. Big Tag and his men make an appearance (always a plus for me cause I love them). Lots of giggles and tears. I wanted to throw my Kindle a few times at Julian’s head when he was acting like an a$$. But I loved it!
Siren Enslaved is book #3 in the Texas Sirens Series. Lexi Blake is re-releasing this book because she originally wrote it under a pen name of Sophie Oaks. I have been enjoying this series so far and Siren Enslaved is no exception. Another very enjoyable book! And, each book can be read as a standalone within the series.
This is Julian Lodge, Finn Taylor’s and Danielle “Dani” Bay’s story. Julian Lodge owns an exclusive club in Dallas. Finn is a lawyer and has discovered he is actually bi and has been friends with Dani for years.
Julian meets Dani when she is fleeing from her own wedding. Julian is a Dom and he has just let his last sub go. When Julian meets Dani he knows immediately she’s submissive and she doesn’t know it. Julian introduces Dani to BDSM. Dani’s best friend is Finn and he comes to rescue her from Julian. And, of course the story goes on from there. Oh and is Val’s “obnoxious sister” going to get her own story?
Loved the book, Love the author. I can’t wait to read more by Lexi Blake or even Sophie Oak. I give Siren Enslaved 4 stars.
4.5 stars for – Siren Enslaved – book three in the Texas Sirens series by Lexi Blake / Sophie
Oak. This can be read as a complete stand-alone but characters from the previous books make many appearances in this one therefore I highly suggest reading them prior to this one. This book is also a MMF ménage romance with some very steamy man on man love therefore consider yourself warned if that’s not your cup of tea.
Danielle Bay is about to marry a man she doesn’t really love. Just when it’s time to walk down the aisle to say her vows she gets spooked and takes off running out of the church and down the street where she hops into a stranger’s car. Turns out the man who rescued her is good friends with her boss and brings her back to their ranch where she discovers many new things about herself at the helpful hands of this stranger.
Finn Taylor has been in love with Danni forever but let her assume he was 100% gay. Thinking either she wouldn’t be enough for him or she wouldn’t be comfortable with him needing more than just her sexually he decided to keep his bisexuality to himself up until the night before she was to be married. When Finn laid it all out in the line for her and told him how she really felt about her all the years he has known her the last thing he thought she would do was bail on him and her wedding in one fell swoop.
Julian Lodge is a bit of an urban legend as he is the only man that could instill fear in Ian Taggart. Being an obscenely rich man has become overrated to him as there is literally nothing he hasn’t experienced so when a runaway bride jumps into his car while stopped at a light in the middle of nowhere he is left speechless and a bit charmed by a woman that stirs his more “primal instincts”. Once Julian finds out who she is and what she’s running from it’s even more enticing than he originally thought.
This was a bit of an angst filled, roller coaster ride of debauchery that only Julian can lead two unsuspecting subs on. Absolutely loved it though as it gave an intimate glance into the mind of one of LB’s most complex/feared Dom.
This book. WOW! It drew me in from the start and had me on the edge of my seat, from its steamy scenes to its crazy suspense ones.
I wasn’t sure what to think of Julian at first. He came off as more of an @$$hole than someone who knew how to take care of others…. until he found the ones who stole his heart. Danielle is kick butt. She’s sexy, sweet, and has thus side to her that comes out when she’s ticked that you don’t want to see. Finn sort of levels everything out. He’s sweet and sexy, but when it comes to Danielle he’s got this alpha side that comes out.
There was one character in this book that I truly despised. Luckily they seemed to be paired up with someone who would definitely put them in place when needed!
Lexi Blake has another huge hit with this story, and I can’t wait for the next one!!!
Julian Lodge has the world . . . and his submissives . . .at his feet. Yet, something is missing. Since he uncollared his latest submissive, Julian hasn’t been himself. He decides that perhaps a change of scenery will do him some good and heads to his friend’s ranch in Willow Fork, Texas. He’s not sure what he’ll do on a ranch, but he’s willing to see what happens. He never expects to pick up a runaway bride on the way.
Danielle Bay is a people pleaser. She’s done everything she can her entire life to make everyone around her happy. But, she just can’t go through with her wedding to Jimbo Smart. As she runs from the church she knows she has nowhere to go . . . but as fate has it, a convertable is stopped at a red light. Dani is willing to do just about anything to avoid facing her sister nd the town busy bodies, so she hops in begging the man behind the wheel to just drive.
Finn Taylor has been in love with Danielle for years. He hates that she is marrying Jimbo and tries to talk her out of it so he can convince her to move away from Willow Fork and to Dallas with him. There’s one big problem, however, she thinks he is gay. While he is bisexual, Finn’s never told Dani his secret or that he loves her as more than a best friend. Now she’s skipped out on her wedding and run off with a stranger leaving Finn behind and trying to find out just where she’s gone.
Julian knows right away that he’s attracted to Danielle like he’s never been attracted to another female before. But, he doesn’t do permanent. He’s too damaged to commit to anything more than a contract and guards his heart fiercely by pushing people away. He also finds himself attracted to Finn and knows that Finn cannot be all the man that Danielle needs. Finn loves Dani and will give her the world . . . and if that means trying to give her Julian Lodge as well so be it . . . he has no problem being topped by the sexy master. And Danielle, she wants them both!
As this sexy trio begins exploring one another, they are also faced with danger from both Julian’s past and Dani’s present. Can they keep one another safe and give each other time to grow as a triad or will they be torn apart by not only the threats against them but by Julian himself who has locked himself away from ever feeling anything that could break his heart in two?
Ahhhhh, so, Julian Lodge may just be one of the sexiest and commanding men I’ve read to date . . . even when he’s being a total jerk because he can’t open up to himself about his own feelings. He’s truly the glue that binds Dani and Finn together and gives them both what they need in a relationship to keep them happy. I loved watching all three main characters transform and become bolder and more in touch with their own needs while trying to please their partners. Lexi also keeps the plot steam rolling along with enough suspense to have readers on the edge of their seats.
Fans of the series will enjoy catching up with Jack, Sam and Abby as well as getting to know more about Lucas and Lexi. And, fans of the author’s Masters & Mercenaries series will simply adore the newly added glimpses of a young McKay-Taggart crew. 5 stars!
I have to start my confessing my love/hate relationship with one tortured and stubborn Dom! Julian Lodge is both exasperating and awe-inspiring. He is such a complex character – one that readers have to work hard to get beneath his layers in order to understand his complicated past and how it has lead to the creation of this controlled, closed-off alpha male. But as much as I wanted to throttle Julian in various parts of Siren Enslaved, I also wanted him to find his happy…to find a way to work through his issues and find someone or in his case, two someones, who could add so much light and love to his life that he would be a fool not to hold on tight and weather the storm of anything this threesome faces.
Finn Taylor and Danielle Bay may be in love with one another but their respective submissive tendencies don’t quite add up to what they both require in a romantic relationship, which makes Julian’s vacation to the Barnes-Fleetwood ranch well-timed, partly because he serves as the runaway driver for Danielle, but also because Julian’s dominant personality makes him quite capable of handling both a male and female submissive, bringing three people together who can explore their kinky sides in a multitude of deliciously decadent ways.
Siren Enslaved showcases what readers have come to love about Lexi Blake’s stories, characters, and writing. There’s suspense, angst, steam, and romance, and while some readers may not be able to accept Julian’s cold demeanor, they won’t be able to deny how much Julian seems to benefit from having both Finn and Danielle in his life and how much the two submissives come to life under Julian’s command.
4 Poison Apples
4 Star Review Siren Enslaved (Texas Sirens #3) by Sophie Oak
We were introduced to Julian Lodge in the previous books and I was certainly intrigued with him from the start. This is his, Fin Taylor and Danielle Bay’s story.
What a tangled web we weave when we cannot admit to our friends the truth. Fin has worked himself into a corner by not admitting to the woman he loves that he is in fact bisexual, rather than gay as Dani believes.
Dani has decided to marry a man she really doesn’t want to all because she believes Fin is gay. When she decides to flee the wedding before the ceremony, she jumps into a car being driven by Julian who is on his way to visit Jack, Sam and Abby.
Interestingly enough Julian doesn’t want to commit to a relationship due to his past and yet he finds himself drawn to Fin and Dani. This is a M/M/F story so be prepared.
Although Siren Enslaved 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.
I really enjoy Ms.Oak (Lexi Blake’s) style of writing and Siren Enslaved was one of those reads I could not put down.