ARC Review: Their Bride (Theirs #4) by Jess Michaels
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Series: Theirs #4
Author: Jess Michaels
Published January 9th 2024 by The Passionate Pen, LLC
Goodreads Synopsis
The fourth book in the Theirs series by 10-Time USA Today Bestselling Author Jess Michaels.
Old friends and sometimes secret lovers, Benedict Norfolk and Darrius Warwick have a fraught relationship. Benedict wants more, Darrius always resists. But they are thrown together when Darrius’s brother, the Viscount Warwick, abandons his intended bride, Vanessa Gardner, not an hour before their wedding. They both know a marriage to one of them will be the only answer to save her from the consequences of the viscount’s bitter actions.
Vanessa was rejected before and she knows that this abandonment means utter ruination, and yet she cannot be sad. She never felt desire for the viscount…only a confusing and forbidden attraction to both Darrius and Benedict. So when the men offer her a chance to choose between them, and to indulge herself in every pleasure before she does so…she cannot refuse.
Tangled desires, long-repressed passion and the knowledge that they must soon decide the future collide between these three. But when the unthinkable happens, they will have to determine whether three hearts can make one lifetime, or if one of them will be shut out forever.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
Vanessa Gardner is due to marry Viscount Warwick, but just moments before the wedding can occur, he runs off with her lady's maid. Knowing that being jilted, after an earlier rejection, will be the ruin of her, Vanessa should feel sadness and regret. However, she never cared for the viscount, at least nowhere near as much as she desires his brother, Darrius, or family friend, Benedict. Though their friendship has been strained since they became lovers, both are gentlemen at heart, and will do anything for Vanessa. So they offer her the choice of them, and allow her to indulge in them both before she makes her decision.
I think this one might be my favourite in the series. It's a shift from the usual pairings, where the woman and one of the men had a past, and this time it's the two men who have a history. Because of the time period, Benedict and Darrius have had to keep their feelings for each other secret, and though they have acted on them in the past, the strength of their feelings has affected their friendships. They are also both drawn to Vanessa, and the conflict over these feelings actually brought them together. The threesome worked so well, even better than other groupings in the past, and I really cared about them all together. Such a great addition to the series, I'm glad this wasn't only a trilogy as I expected.
Dates Read:
December 10, 2023
Rating
3 Stars
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