Review – Long Shots: Books 1-3 (Long Shots #1-3) by Christine d’Abo

Description:
Welcome to Pulled Long café, where the coffee is hot, and the sex is hotter! Meet your hosts:

Sadie Long has been lusting after her friend Paul for years, and when she visits him at Mavericks, the sex club where he works, she’s suddenly fantasizing about being with Paul and his sexy boss Josh—at the same time.

Paige Long can’t help but be attracted to gorgeous firefighter Carter, especially once she learns he’s a Dom. But can she trust in her own desires and submit to happiness?

Ian Long doesn’t want to be the rebound guy for a brokenhearted man—even after a little exhibitionist play with Jeff satisfies desires he didn’t even know he had.

 

 

 

This book as a collection of anthologies about three siblings who run a coffee shop together and their romantic lives. The banter between Sadie, Paige, and Ian really made these stories such a pleasure to read. The relationship these siblings has was extremely realistic and I could feel the love between them coming off the pages.

In the first anthology, Double Shot, we meet Sadie and Paul. These two have been friends for 10 years and in that time Sadie has developed a major crush on Paul but refuses to act on it, on the off chance she could ruin their friendship. When Paul asks Sadie to cater an event at a BDSM club that he’s on the board of things finally start to heat up between these two… and Josh, the owner of the club and Paul’s best friend.

One of the things I enjoyed the most about this story was the humor, but also the desire that Paul has for Sadie. Reading how much he wants her was one of the most intense things I’d read in a long time. I loved the story between these two but when the author added Josh into the mix it got even hotter. With Josh’s help Sadie was finally able to come into her own and demand the things of Paul that she had been wanting for 10 years.

The second story, A Shot in the Dark, is about Sadie’s older sister Paige. Paige used to be into the BDSM lifestyle but after a bad experience with an ex she can’t bring herself to go back to Josh’s club. Being in control of everything in her life and not having that outlet is really starting to wear her down, but she’s having trouble moving past her fear to submit to another Dom. After meeting Carter when he stopped in the coffee shop, Paige instantly knew he was a Dom and couldn’t deny the attraction between them.

Carter is determined to help Paige get back that piece of her life that he ex took from her even though she fights tooth and nail to prove that she can do everything on her own. In trying to prove that she isn’t weak, Paige almost succeeds in pushing Carter away. The author did an amazing job of writing this strong willed, determined woman. In the end Paige knew that taking what she wanted from life was more important than proving that she didn’t need anyone’s help. This story was a joy to read.

Pulled Long was the third anthology in the Long Shots book. Ian has been flirting with Jeff “Blue Eyes” since he walked into his coffee shop in Double Shot and it was really fun to read the development of these two characters through all three stories. Ian is finally ready to make a move on Jeff when he finds out that Jeff is in the middle of a divorce… from a woman. Ian convinces himself that Jeff is just in the mood to scratch an itch with him and he refuses to be a straight man’s experiment.

After reading about Ian in the first two stories, you get the picture that he’s a really laid back, devil may care person. But in Pulled Long you finally get to know him and there is a lot under the surface. Because of past experiences with his ex and his father Ian is so convinced that he is a let down to everyone in his life that he can’t bring himself to see that Jeff could really make him happy. In the first stwo stories you read how Ian steps up for his sisters and helps them in any way he can. It was a pleasure to read about them finally doing the same for him.

These three stories are full of everything a romance reader would ever need. Humor, drama, a little suspence, and a TON of burn the sheets sex. This is a definite must read.