Re-released in a second edition with new content.Three lost soulsGrowing up in the eclectic, small town of Bliss was wonderful for Callie Sheppard. She loved everything about it, except for the lack of potential romantic partners. She only went wild once in her life, sharing a perfect weekend in Dallas with two incredible men she never thought she would see again. When they parted, she was left … When they parted, she was left with a hole in her heart she feared would never be filled.
One romantic weekend
DEA agents Nathan Wright and Zane Hollister were thrilled when Callie agreed to spend the weekend with them. Just days away from a long, undercover assignment, they considered this passionate affair to be an ideal way to spend their last days of freedom. They never expected to fall in love. Leaving her behind was the hardest decision of their lives.
An unexpected reunion
Six years later, Callie is preparing to break in a new sheriff after Rye Harper walked out on the job. Her heart skips a few beats when the man walking through the door is none other than Nate Wright. Nate and Zane have come to Bliss, but their time undercover has left them broken and scarred. The boys are determined to win back Callie’s heart. But when the criminals they took down come seeking revenge, Nate and Zane may have to save the strange little town of Bliss before they can reclaim the woman they love.
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A girl gets to go wild once in her life and Callie went wild by having a ménage with two handsome guys. They spend the weekend together but she gets up with a note and no guys. Nate comes from a rich family but he is about to go undercover with the DEA, along with his buddy Zane. Now six years later, Nate takes a sheriffs position in Bliss, Colorado. Their undercover assignment blew up and Zane was almost killed. Nate knows Callie still lives in Bliss but is shocked to find out she’s his administrative assistant. Nate thinks the whole town is crazy and wants Callie to leave with him so he can go back to the DEA. Zane slowly comes out of himself and really likes the little town. But first they have to take care of the bounty of Zane’s head and then maybe they’ll have a future together.
Love this story. Crazy Mel and his aliens, a nudist colony, pacifist, and a whole town who’ll stand behind each other no matter what. Steamy, action.
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Heat, laughter, suspense, plot twists and quirky characters
Book 2 in the Bliss, Colorado series, I missed both this and book 1 when starting the series, so I was glad to finally get the full background on Callie, Nate and Zane. Note while you don’t need to have read book 1 to enjoy this, there’s a lot of character crossover and ongoing world building that makes this a series best read in order.
I was quickly pulled into this second chance story, and my heart hurt for all three of them, especially because I’m a sucker for hurting characters getting their hea. And all of them are broken and hurting in different ways, so I loved that they all get growth and healing throughout the story, even if one or another needed a metaphorical kick from time to time to get them headed in the right direction—Callie with Zane’s motorcycle was EPIC!
Being Bliss, there’s plenty of heat (mfm), laughter, and suspense, along with plot twists, quirky characters and an emotionally satisfying ending. I was happy to get the setup for Stef and Jen’s story as well, which was actually the first book that I read in the series—I feel like I finally have most of the missing pieces, lol. 5 stars
B2B Kelly
Two to Love is still in the quirky town of Bliss Colorado with the nudist colony, a mountain man who believes in aliens and a moose who greets people to the town.
In book two we get Callie’s story. She hinted in book one about an experience with two men when she was talking to Rachel. Now we get the full story of just who Callie was with and why she is no longer with them.
She lead us to believe that the men didn’t return her affection, but of course there is more to the story. When Nate and Zane come to town they bring a whole lot of trouble with them.
The people of Bliss were just as entertaining as in book 1 and Callie, Nate and Zane’s encounters were hot! I can’t wait to get Jen and Stef’s story next!
Two to Love is the second book to this series, and it is just as enjoyable as the first. I love Callie in this book. We met her in the first book, and she is just as lovely in this book as she was in the last one. Callie is the girl that is friends with everyone in Bliss, Co. So when she finally needs to release herself and become the woman she wants to be, she looks outside Bliss. She ends up finding Nate, and Zane. But they disappear the next day.
Years later, Nate and Zane show up in Bliss, and they are not the same people they were. Will Callie be able to forgive them for walking away? And will Zane be able to forgive himself for everything he has done in the past? And Nate, will he be able to love again after everything he has seen?
4 1/2 STAR FOR TWO TO LOVE!! Wow….I am loving Bliss!! This story was sweet and sexy with some suspense. This series is a page Turner and Callie, Zane and Nate have a story to tell you.
I love Bliss! The new Sheriff, Nate, is a disgraced DEA Agent who does not want to be there and is taking it out on the citizens of Bliss. His best friend and former partner, Zane, was tortured severely when his cover was blown on their last mission. He has recovered physically, with bad scars, but not emotionally. These are the two men Calli spent a dream weekend with 6 years ago. These three are so good together but have a lot to work out…especially when the leader of a mc gang has put a hit out on Zane. This book had me laughing and crying and laughing again. It had lots of drama and suspense also. I love how the residents of this unique town come together and protect their own. You really need to read this book!
WOW! What a hot night the three have. Now six years later the men show up and Callie is not so willing to get her heart busted again. Where did they go? Why didn’t they call her? And why are they her now? Questions get answers but the answers can be dangerous and deadly. But life really does get better in Bliss.
Calli had one wild night with Nathan and Zane years ago and thought that was it. Then suddenly their in her home town……
Ménage stories can sometimes only be filled with sex scenes, but this author puts in the little extra that makes it a worthy read.
The extra is:
* A good storyline that progresses in a pace that makes you want to keep reading and don’t do anything other than reading.
* Well described characters with background that’s integrated in the story in a natural way so I get a feeling of knowing the characters.
* No unnecessary descriptions of surroundings and dialogues are keeping the book flowing forward.
* Love scenes……yes there are love scenes and their sweet, hot and intense. But most of all the things that leads up to these scenes is thrilling and hot.
If you like a good ménage I recommend very much you try this one.
The book was first published in 2010, Lexi Blake writing as Sophie Oak.
This book was FANTASTIC!!! It had me sucked in from the start, and kept me there with the steamy scenes, small town quirks of Bliss, and the suspense. There really couldn’t be more opposite personalities than Callie, Nate, and Zane. Where Callie is sweet, the guys are both alpha, but both give off different vibes. Hero wise, Zane definitely stole my heart more than Nate did, mostly because he pulled his head out of his butt quicker . The suspense is nothing short of what we’ve come to love from Lexi Blake, and will keep you on the edge of your seat!
A phenomenal must read that I would definitely recommend!
Lexi Blake masterfully crafts stories that weave love, mystery, suspense and danger into the perfect reading experience. Her characters are multilayered, charasmatic, emtionally conflicted, flawed but extremely likeable. Even though there are intensely dramatic and steamy moments Lexi injects humor that brings a smile and/or a chuckle at just the right time.
Callie’s, Nate’s and Zane’s journey to easy is not smooth sailing but they finally get it right. Zane and Nate must finally deal with the aftermath of feelings of a mission gone horribly wrong: Nate’s guilt over not keeping Zane from torture and Zane’s need to self sacrifice in order to protect Callie and Nate. Meanwhile, an outlaw biker gang and corrupt DEA agents target Zane because he unknowingly holds. The quirky citizens step up to help Zane and Nate protect Callie. The threesome settle into a life in Bliss that gives them the happiness and acceptance they deserve.
Callie Sheppard loved everything about the small town of Bliss, Colorado except for the lack of eligible men. She turned to her friend Stefan to help set up a night of fun for her at a BDSM club so she could finally experience her fantasies. What she got instead was a perfect weekend with two men and a broken heart when they walked away without even saying goodbye.
DEA agents Nathan Wright and Zane Hollister thought they would have a bit of fun and do their friend Stefan a favor before heading into a deep undercover assignment. Instead, the meet the woman of their dreams. They never expected to fall so quickly, but staying isn’t an option.
Six years later, after their undercover op is blown both men are left broken emotionally and Zane physically as well. They find themselves in Bliss for a second chance. Fate is also giving them a second chance to do right by Callie Sheppard. Can they heal from the scars left on them from the DEA and win back Callie’s heart?
When the criminal motorcycle club they helped to take down comes knocking on their door seeking revenge, it will take and the entire town of Bliss to keep everyone safe.
I was thrilled to be back in Bliss. Callie is a true people pleaser and has given her entire life helping others. She more than deserves a happy ever after of her own. Nate wants to win her back, but truly doesn’t understand just how important Bliss is to Callie, nor does he try to fit in with the town’s quirky residents. It’s putting a wedge between them that may be insurmountable if Nate isn’t willing to compromise.
Zane isn’t truly living. He can’t accept what happened to him at the hands of the Barbarians on his last op. But, when the chance to be with Callie comes knocking at his door and he realizes he’ll do anything to keep her safe and make her happy – even live again. And, if he can’t convince Nate to hop on board, for the first time in his life, he’s willing to watch him walk away if it means staying with Callie.
The dynamics between this trio are gorgeous and heart breaking at times as they all have to figure out what they want and if they can live with their choices. The banter is great – especially with Nate and Zane trying to fit in with the residents of Bliss. I also loved catching up with town residents such as Mel and Nell and the Harpers.
The way Bliss pulls together to accept those that need a place to be and protect one another makes for a fabulous set of tales, and Two to Love was a fabulous addition. This book has it all! Romance, smokin’ hot scenes, humor, and some extremely bad a$$ residents (who may or may not have recently killed a son of a b*tch) ! 5 stars!
It continues to amaze me how Lexi Blake consistently crafts sexy, humorous, and action-packed stories – ones that don’t stay in just one trope…ones that explore all kinds of kinky and plutonic relationships…ones that center around a group of tight-knit characters whose bond is solidified both because of their similarities but more so because of what they separately bring to the table.
In Two to Love, Lexi Blake, writing as Sophie Oak, takes readers back to Bliss, Colorado – an interesting name for an eccentric town. Bliss provides its citizens quite the safe haven to explore who they are and what they want, and while outsiders may view Bliss as nothing but a hick town that fact is the very reason that it appeals to people because once they get used to the way things go there, no one seems to want to leave.
I do have to say that if readers weren’t privy to the wild weekend Callie Sheppard spent with Nathan Wright and Zane Hollister six years ago that it might have been difficult to picture these three together, especially given what Nate and Zane’s long term undercover assignment in a biker gang has done to them. Neither of the men are who they were before ‘becoming’ a Barbarian; their time in the MC really did a number on them, and although Zane is the one who seems to be the most tortured given the circumstances that occurred, Nate’s the one I wanted to knock some sense into and open up his eyes to the happiness that was standing in front of him if only he just reached out for it.
I adored Callie. She is definitely a force to be reckoned with – she has so much to offer these two men and she’s more than capable of handling their darkness as long as they allow her to bring in some light and help them both to heal.
And the dynamics between the three of them works really well; they give each other what they want and need and there are never moments of jealously, which to me would be such an issue in a relationship involving three people, but Callie, Nate, and Zane seem to understand how to work together and keep communication lines open, even if it takes Nate a big longer than Zane to truly admit his feelings, not only for Callie, but for Bliss, Colorado as well.
I really enjoyed Two to Love; it has everything I’ve come to love from Lexi Blake: steam, action, angst, and heart. And what I also like about Blake’s ménage stories is that her characters don’t only connect during intercourse; their bond is further solidified outside of the kinky play they frequent, which makes the story about so much more than just their capability in bed. I love that Callie brought these two alpha males to their knees but then reciprocated and made Nate and Zane perfectly aware of how much love and comfort she has to give them as long as she gets it in return.
4 Poison Apples
LOVE THIS SERIES!! Lexi Blake is an all time favorite and I am just devouring these stories!! Callie, Nate and Zane are so amazing to me! This story is more than just the steam (but there is PLENTY of that!!), it’s also about the growth from all three characters. I LOVE this book!! AMAZING!!
5 Star Review Two To Love (Love In Bliss #2) by Sophie Oak
Where do I start? Callie Shepherd wanted to have a wild night of passion and counted on her friend Stefan to help her find it. Not one to let a friend down, he enlisted the help of his old friend and DEA agents Nate Wright and Nate’s best friend Zane Hollister to help Callie play out her fantasy.
Their night together is passionate and more than Nate, Zane and Callie expected, yet both men leave the next day to go deep undercover with a biker gang.
Fast forward 6 years and the new sheriff in town turns out to be none other than Nate. Recovering after their operation blows up, they move to Bliss in hopes of wooing Callie and recovering.
When danger rears it’s ugly head in Bliss, Colorado, Callie is in the line of fire. It will be up to Nate and Zane to fight for and protect the woman who has captured their hearts?
Can Callie trust in their love or is she destined to be alone? Two to Love is full of passion, hope, strength and determination. This was a well written, strong story with characters that are easy to relate too, not to mention likeable. The scenes are smoking hot and the danger and suspense had me invested from the start.
Nate, Zane and Callie are perfect for each other and I fell for not only their characters but the whole town of Bliss, Colorado.
Cannot wait for more in the series.