From #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Maya Banks.All three of Maya Banks’s sexy novellas combined into one volume!UnderstoodJake Turner committed the ultimate mistake of falling in love with his best friend’s wife. The distance he puts between them costs both him and Ellie Matthews dearly. Jake will never forgive himself for not seeing what a bastard his friend was. Now that … seeing what a bastard his friend was. Now that Ellie is free from her nightmare, Jake waits, needing and wanting. He’ll be there when Ellie is ready to spread her wings.
Overheard
Gracie Evans is a woman tired of the men in her life not satisfying her in bed. She’s had a string of boyfriends, but none of them have come close to satisfying the vivid fantasies she has. Two weeks before Valentine’s Day, she breaks up with her latest boyfriend after a night of lackluster sex.
When her best friend, Luke Forsythe, overhears her talking to their friend Michelle about what she really wants, he’s stunned. And very turned on. Gracie thinks there isn’t a man alive who can satisfy her in bed. Luke aims to prove her wrong.
Undenied
Wes Hoffman has a good life and good friends and firmly entrenched in his comfort zone. Until a blast from the past tilts his universe and gives him a healthy dose of something he isn’t used to experiencing. Insecurity.
Payton Ricci is surprised but not the least bit unhappy when she spies Wes Hoffman across the bar at a bachelorette party. He was her first many years before but the two have very different recollections of the act.
When Wes dodges Payton like a man with the hounds of hell at his heels, Payton realizes it’s going to take a whole lot more effort on her part to make him see the light. Better yet, see her. As a grown woman and not the teenage virgin he once made love to.
*This is a reissue of the original story. If you’ve already bought or read the original, there is no need to buy the reissue as there is no new material, no changes. The story is the same except for a new cover and a lower price.
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Love it.
This is a collection of 3 stories, Understood, Overheard, and Undenied.
They are good stories. I did like the fact that the 3 stories revolve around a group of friends so, that makes each of the stories better. You get tidbits and updates of the all characters throughout. Of the three, I enjoyed Undenied the best.
In Understood, Ellie is ready to live again after her abusive marriage ended 2 years ago. Standing in the wings waiting for this moment is Jake, her ex-husband’s best friend. Ellie is just coming out of her shell and living again within her relationship with Jake. He loves her but, when Ellie’s ex-husband resurfaces and confesses the abuse of his wife in news conference, Ellie goes running. Jake gives her the space she needs to come to terms with her painful past and to heal. He just doesn’t know how long that will take.
Overheard is the story of Luke overhearing Gracie tell her friend Michelle that she has dark sexual desires that she does not believe any man can fulfill. Luke, who is also one of Gracie’s best friends begins to see her in a new light, one that he did not suspect. He makes it his mission to make Gracie’s fantasies come to life. Through Luke’s time and attention on Gracie, she begins to fall in love with him. How else would she interpret his actions? Well, when Gracie overhears Luke and their friend Wes talking (after their menage) she hears how Luke overheard her conversation with Michelle and therefore, realizes that Luke doesn’t have genuine feelings for her. He was just doing her a favor.
The story of Undenied is about Wes, who randomly runs into Payton, the girl whom he was her first sex partner 12 years ago. He is wrought with guilt about how bad the experience was for her. He didn’t have any finesse and an experienced lover and he becomes very uncomfortable seeing her again. Payton, on the hand, doesn’t act awkward around him and is genuinely pleased to see him after all these years. Wes keeps his distance from her but, Payton needs to break him of his misconception of her first time. She seduces him and then they begin an affair. One of the problems is that she lives in Houston which is an hour and half away from Wes’s small Texas town. After a truly romantic and thoughtful weekend Wes spends with Payton in Houston she doesn’t call him during the week. By Friday with no word from her Wes is upset. He then realizes that he loves his life as a cop in his small town. Wes doesn’t want to give that up if he and Payton continue their relationship. He blows her off when she finally calls. Payton is determined to see Wes after the blowup and decides to wait for him to finish working but finds him in a quiet corner with another woman instead. A lot of confusion and feelings are involved and Wes goes after Payton to make it work.