There’s room in a heart for more than one kind of love. Dara and Adrien Valliere are soul mates and best friends…but they’re not lovers. Their marriage may be unconventional, but it’s satisfying and loving, and they’ve never needed anything or anyone else. Until they met writer Stacia Leonard. Stacia built a career on maintaining close ties with her fictional characters while keeping … characters while keeping everyone else at arm’s length. She avoids intimacy, apart from a few one-night stands when the loneliness and need become too much. But when Adrien Valliere, her cover model and long-distance friend, invites her for drinks, she’s too fascinated to refuse.
Dara recognizes the physical attraction between her husband and Stacia and sees it for what it is: an opportunity to help Adrien get what he needs. Dara can breathe easy knowing that both she and her husband are happy.
Before long, though, it’s clear that Stacia’s connection isn’t just with Adrien… She and Dara have something special, and it’s something neither of them can–or want to–deny.
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What a beautiful polyamorous little book. I loved it! A husband and wife have an open marriage and end up falling for the same woman (a sorta-cranky author who I love with my whole heart). There was a healthy dose of angst, a whole lot of sexy, and characters who I just want to hang out with.
Looking forward to reading the rest of the series!
I thought this book was fabulous. I adored the relationship between Dara, Adrien, and Stacia, how the three of them came together to form a whole, how the three of them, as messy and imperfect as they all were found a way to fit together and make each other better, not just in the sex department, but in the life department. Stacia adds a the balance to Dara and Adrien’s marriage that it was missing, while they add the acceptance and attention that Stacia only sort seemed to understand her life was lacking. I loved everyone’s arcs, but especially Stacia’s and Dara’s, how Dara goes from meek-seeming to being the one who fought for the three of them the hardest and how Stacia went from being so careful and protective of herself to being able to trust enough to accept help when she needed it. It was just all so, so, so, good.
Loved this! It’s been on my TBR for a while and I finally got to dive in. Thought provoking, unique, and unexpected. I wasn’t sure how things would work for Adrien, Stacia, and Dara. There were moments when I didn’t think the relationship could work. Trent happily proved me and my doubts wrong.
Add in well developed plot, characters, and an novel/adult approach to romance that includes *gasp* communication and respect, it’s easy to fall for this story and eager to gobble up the next. Also, super sexy… let’s not forget that bit.
I loved the dialogue in this story. I also enjoyed the unique premise of a couple who loved each other undyingly, despite their lack of physical connection, and the woman with whom they both deeply connected.
Absolutely loved this. Stayed up too late twice because I had to keep reading.
Now a little different from this author which was a delight to read. First you have this couple Dara and Adrien whom seem to happy then along comes Stacia. Things take a unexpected turn with you becoming attached to their story. This author gives a full bodied story with one of the characters being a author also which added spice to me. The romance is stunning in this with you getting your HEA.
Writing Her In by Holley Trent (contemporary, Carina, March 2019)
Series: Plot Twist, book 1
Writing Her In by Holley Trent is a romance about love and the various ways in which it can be expressed. Dara and Adrien are married. They love each other, but they do not have sex because Dara does not enjoy it.
These two did not learn that Dara wasn’t interested in sex until after they were married. They have tried several times, but now live as husband and wife without sex. But Adrien does have sexual needs, and Dara suggests that Adrien find an other woman to meet them.
Adrien has reservations about having sex outside of his marriage until he meets Stacia online. When Stacia happens to be in town, Dara pushes him to meet Stacia and to find out if she would be interested in having sex with him.
Stacia is indeed interested. But Dara finds herself interested as well – in a way she never expected – sexually. Dara is confused and not sure what to make of her newfound sexual feelings, because she has never felt them before.
This makes Writing Her In a story with multiple romances: Adrien and Stacia, Stacia and Dara, Dara and Adrien and also Adrien, Dara and Stacia. Dara and Adrien have to deal with what their newfound feelings for Stacia mean for the marriage.
Adrien and Stacia have to deal with their growing feelings and how they might impact Adrien and Dara’s marriage. The same is true for Stacia and Dara. They all are also finding their way as a threesome.
One thing that stuck with me about Writing Her In is that while the ending feels complete in terms of Dara, Adrien and Stacia and their all finding love, there is also a sense that these three have just started to figure out how their relationships are going to change things.
Adrien and Dara live on the west coast while Stacia lives on the east coast. Adrien is a model who is about to get his big acting break (which just happens to be as the hero of a character created by Stacia. And Stacia is a famous author.
Their new relationships are definitely going to complicate their lives. When Writing Her In ends, there is a sense that there is much these three must work out even as they are committed to do so. I bought the HEA even as I realized they still had work to do.
I love that Writing Her In explores that love can mean different things to different people and can be expressed in a multitude of ways: romantic, sexual, aromantic, etc. This book has great romantic and sexual tension depending upon which pairing or grouping.
I loved Writing Her In. I don’t think there are enough romances that examine non-traditional expressions of love (especially polyamorous relationships). This book is sexy at times, romantic at others but always emotionally satisfying.
Book Disclosure: An ebook was provided by the publisher via NetGalley.
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