Tempted by Two by Anya BastTempted by Two by Anya Bast was a very good read. This is my fourth foray into her Ms. Bast’s para­nor­mal nov­els. If you enjoy nov­els where there are two hot heroes that are fated to be with one woman, then you would enjoy this novel. Or not. Hope­fully, you will if you enjoy such sto­ries. I know I didn’t at first.

This story is apart of an estab­lished series that cen­ters around the Tyl­wyth Teg fae. I started with this title since it was a new release and didn’t feel lost. Our pro­tag­o­nist, Miranda, while out to din­ner with friends sees some­thing rather unusual. One of her din­ner friends, Theo, happens to be there when Miranda finds her­self see­ing things that shouldn’t exist like…goblins. Oppor­tu­nity presents itself for Theo to explain to Miranda what she truly is and her con­nec­tion to him and another man, Marco. How­ever, Miranda isn’t hav­ing any of it. Miranda car­ries some heavy bag­gage and for these anom­alies to present them­selves now is rather dis­con­cert­ing. Being the con­cerned friend, Theo tries to help Miranda under­stand her her­itage or her Fae blood and her even­tual role in the lives of not one man but two.

Mean­while Theo tries to keep Miranda’s exis­tence from Marco, the other impor­tant per­son in their Triad. Theo is pos­ses­sive at first but even­tu­ally things work them­selves out in the end as all things do. The men try to be patient with Miranda and end up con­vinc­ing her to spend the week­end with them. A week­end of total sex­ual sub­mis­sion. I really liked Marco more than Theo but both men are hot. Marco is just the type of hero I like who is rather pas­sion­ate and a bad ass. Theo is the more roman­tic, level headed one.

Again, this novel is apart of an estab­lished series. The para­nor­mal aspect of the story went right over my head. The cul­ture, behav­ior, her­itage of the Tyl­wyth Teg fae is told briefly but seems rather weak to me. Both men had been des­per­ate to find their third for years and when they finally find her in Miranda, they try to con­vince her of their love and com­bat her fear of com­mit­ment. Miranda’s par­ents were not per­fect exam­ples of hap­pily ever after as  her mother was a vic­tim of domes­tic violence.

I stated ear­lier that ménage à trois sto­ries are not my thing but it just goes to show you that in the hands of a tal­ented author, you’ll read almost any­thing. This was a B+ read.

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