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julianicole's review
4.0
I was looking forward to this book, especially after reading Fritz's book and seeing a little more of the beginning of this relationship. I loved how they started from the beginning and showed them coming together even though we already know they end up married. I also loved Jonas and he broke my heart with his story!
I love polyamory stories and seeing this one come together was great.
I love polyamory stories and seeing this one come together was great.
k8books's review
5.0
[a:E.M. Lindsey|14177397|E.M. Lindsey|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1567212324p2/14177397.jpg] deserves a hand for this one, but I actually think an arm would be more appropriate! HA!
I knew from reading [b:Love Him Free|53206552|Love Him Free (On the Market, #1)|E.M. Lindsey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1587304206l/53206552._SY75_.jpg|80448268] & [b:Love Him Breathless|53446507|Love Him Breathless (On the Market #2)|E.M. Lindsey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1590271981l/53446507._SY75_.jpg|83191515] that Ronan's story was going to break my heart. I also knew that with Parkers shenanigans, there would be enough of a balance so that I was only a sobbing mess 1/2 of the time instead of the whole book.
Blurry, watery eyes make reading words difficult!
It was great getting to see Fitz, Ronan and Parker interact as teens. Also, it allowed us to see how Ronan and Parker started got started. Secret meetings in dark rooms. Stolen moments with brisk kisses. It was supposed to be everything. It was supposed to be forever. All until the fire that almost lost them their best friend. Ronan pulls away devastated and pulled into self hatred, while Parker vows to never leave his best friends bedside. Parker leaves to become the doctor that he's always wanted to be. He know's Ronan is proud of him, but it's not enough for Ronan to go after him.
Parker is in the last year of his residency and has just accepted a job in Connecticut. Staying away from Cherry Creek and Ronan.
Through it all: the years of pain from being apart, the many men that are never promised anything but sharing Parkers' bed for a night, and the growth of Fitz pushing himself back into Ronan's life; both Ronan and Parker knew that they would never love anyone else but each other. What they found in each other at 14 no one else could compare to, but they didn't expect Jonas.
Jonas, Jonas, Jonas! I truly thought Ronan was going to be the one to hold my heart throughout this book, but then Jonas showed up on my pages. Being a mom, I wanted to hold him and provide him with the love he never received from two broken, selfish parents.
As luck would have it, while Jonas is thinking about them, they are thinking about him. With Jonas only being in time for long enough to check out the land, Parker and Ronan believe that if they do this, it will only be for a short amount of time. Just as all three men decide to start a relationship, the surprising stroke of Jonas' father, sends Jonas home to Arizona to run a company he doesn't even want. Parker and Ronan are sure now more than ever that they want Jonas return and Jonas promises he will. The future hangs in the balance until SURPRISE! Jonas turns up at the market just in time for the men to pick up his custom ring from the local blacksmith.
Will Jonas finally get the love he deserves? Will Ronan be able to let the man he thinks will destroy Cherry Creek in? Will Parker be allowed back in the fire station?
I knew from reading [b:Love Him Free|53206552|Love Him Free (On the Market, #1)|E.M. Lindsey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1587304206l/53206552._SY75_.jpg|80448268] & [b:Love Him Breathless|53446507|Love Him Breathless (On the Market #2)|E.M. Lindsey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1590271981l/53446507._SY75_.jpg|83191515] that Ronan's story was going to break my heart. I also knew that with Parkers shenanigans, there would be enough of a balance so that I was only a sobbing mess 1/2 of the time instead of the whole book.
Blurry, watery eyes make reading words difficult!
It was great getting to see Fitz, Ronan and Parker interact as teens. Also, it allowed us to see how Ronan and Parker started got started. Secret meetings in dark rooms. Stolen moments with brisk kisses. It was supposed to be everything. It was supposed to be forever. All until the fire that almost lost them their best friend. Ronan pulls away devastated and pulled into self hatred, while Parker vows to never leave his best friends bedside. Parker leaves to become the doctor that he's always wanted to be. He know's Ronan is proud of him, but it's not enough for Ronan to go after him.
Parker is in the last year of his residency and has just accepted a job in Connecticut. Staying away from Cherry Creek and Ronan.
Spoiler
Just as Parker closes the chapter with his casual male friend, he hears the voice the he has waited years to hear; Ronan. They promise each other one night of how is used to be with Ronan leaving Parker in the morning. When Ronan wakes up the next morning with everything he's ever dreamed of in his arms, he realizes that he cannot let Parker go. Parker agrees to stay together, but only if their married! Of course Ronan accepts, but when he goes to show Parker he isn't joking, he realizes that something is truly wrong. He cannot move his legs.Through it all: the years of pain from being apart, the many men that are never promised anything but sharing Parkers' bed for a night, and the growth of Fitz pushing himself back into Ronan's life; both Ronan and Parker knew that they would never love anyone else but each other. What they found in each other at 14 no one else could compare to, but they didn't expect Jonas.
Jonas, Jonas, Jonas! I truly thought Ronan was going to be the one to hold my heart throughout this book, but then Jonas showed up on my pages. Being a mom, I wanted to hold him and provide him with the love he never received from two broken, selfish parents.
Spoiler
Jonas has to face that while not physical, his childhood was filled with mental and emotional abuse. He believes that he shouldn't want to be with both men and he knows that above everything they are truly, deeply in love and married, but that doesn't stop him from thinking about them both while laying in bed at night.As luck would have it, while Jonas is thinking about them, they are thinking about him. With Jonas only being in time for long enough to check out the land, Parker and Ronan believe that if they do this, it will only be for a short amount of time. Just as all three men decide to start a relationship, the surprising stroke of Jonas' father, sends Jonas home to Arizona to run a company he doesn't even want. Parker and Ronan are sure now more than ever that they want Jonas return and Jonas promises he will. The future hangs in the balance until SURPRISE! Jonas turns up at the market just in time for the men to pick up his custom ring from the local blacksmith.
Will Jonas finally get the love he deserves? Will Ronan be able to let the man he thinks will destroy Cherry Creek in? Will Parker be allowed back in the fire station?
kudo5795's review against another edition
5.0
Another hit
What a wonderful story. I wanted to know more about Parker and Ronan and their story was so much better with Jonah in it! I can't wait for the next one. Hoping we find out what happened to Owen?
What a wonderful story. I wanted to know more about Parker and Ronan and their story was so much better with Jonah in it! I can't wait for the next one. Hoping we find out what happened to Owen?
kaje_harper's review
5.0
This book is really two stories in one. It begins with Parker and Ronan, and the fire that injured Fitz. We see the beginnings of love, the long drought and separation caused by loss and guilt and self-doubt, and how these men came together. And then, just as they seem settled into their long, unique, intense and unshakable love, along comes Jonas.
Jonas spent a childhood being not good enough for his father, and when he thought he might break free, habit and guilt and old, bad cycles of behavior kept him in the family business, working for a man he always wanted to please, and now hates but can't get free from. Arriving in Cherry Creek as the face of his father's company, knowing that their land development will damage the quaint small town beyond repair, he expects to be loathed and shunned.
But circumstances, Jonas's own sweet and hesitant nature, and a love-at-first-sight miracle, bring him into the orbit of several townsfolk who don't seem to wish him ill. Especially two men. The acerbic, brilliant, moody and passionate one-armed doctor and the forest ranger fighting the effects of MS share a love he can almost feel in the air. The idea that they might have some interest in him is a pipe dream, a fantasy. And yet, as they circle each other in those first days of attraction and curiosity, something new is building. But does Jonas dare reach for happiness? And if he does, might he damage this couple whose love is the centerpiece of their lives?
I enjoyed the characters in this. Parker is unique and delightful, Ronan stubborn and slow to change, and steadfast and strong. And Jonas, who asks for so little and deserves the love he finds. There are challenges for them to meet, and they're presented with a strength and realism that doesn't tip over into excessive angst. This was an M/M/M where I didn't feel like the original main couple had a space or lack they needed Jonas to fill. And yet, bringing him in created something just as stable and warm, and bigger, between the three of them.
Jonas spent a childhood being not good enough for his father, and when he thought he might break free, habit and guilt and old, bad cycles of behavior kept him in the family business, working for a man he always wanted to please, and now hates but can't get free from. Arriving in Cherry Creek as the face of his father's company, knowing that their land development will damage the quaint small town beyond repair, he expects to be loathed and shunned.
But circumstances, Jonas's own sweet and hesitant nature, and a love-at-first-sight miracle, bring him into the orbit of several townsfolk who don't seem to wish him ill. Especially two men. The acerbic, brilliant, moody and passionate one-armed doctor and the forest ranger fighting the effects of MS share a love he can almost feel in the air. The idea that they might have some interest in him is a pipe dream, a fantasy. And yet, as they circle each other in those first days of attraction and curiosity, something new is building. But does Jonas dare reach for happiness? And if he does, might he damage this couple whose love is the centerpiece of their lives?
I enjoyed the characters in this. Parker is unique and delightful, Ronan stubborn and slow to change, and steadfast and strong. And Jonas, who asks for so little and deserves the love he finds. There are challenges for them to meet, and they're presented with a strength and realism that doesn't tip over into excessive angst. This was an M/M/M where I didn't feel like the original main couple had a space or lack they needed Jonas to fill. And yet, bringing him in created something just as stable and warm, and bigger, between the three of them.
leslie_kent's review
Rating and possible review to come. I’m not in the mood to review and can’t decide on the rating.
shelbanuadh's review
1.0
When I first read the preview for this, I admit that I wasn't overly looking forward to it, despite my love of this series. I wasn't a huge fan of Ronan and Parker going into this. I'm also not crazy about established relationships. And polyamory, I just find it baffling... I can hardly understand how someone can be romantically involved with one person, let alone multiple people. As Jonas says, "Falling in love once sometimes feels impossible. But with two people?" But, seeing as I am committed to this series, I decided not to skip this book and gave it a go anyway.
First, a warning. There are 3 on-page sex scenes involving Parker that are not with Ronan or Jonas, along with the mention of two other sexual partners, in case that isn't your thing.
Second, the first 1/4 of this book is a retrospective narrative. The first eight chapters focus on Ronan and Parker, and then Jonas gets one chapter (which is probably why I felt like I didn't know much about him). Seeing as readers of this series already know that Parker and Ronan are married and their friendship with Fritz and the fire incident, I don't think eight chapters was necessary. It would have helped to get the ball rolling if all that was sped up a bit. Aside from those first 9 chapters, there are still enough flashbacks that I would say a good 30-35% of this book takes place outside of the present.
Third, there isn't really a lot of relationship development. You have Ronan and Parker, who are established as having been in love with each other since they were young. They fumbled around with each other when they were 14, before the fire. Then they drift apart and spend about 14 years apart. The reunite and get married, like instantly. So we go from being told they love each other, to them not being together for 14 years, to them being married in the span of a few days. Then Jonas pops into the picture and all three of them are instantly attracted, physically and romantically. I want to read about the journey, not the destination.
Now, even though it was pretty much insta-love for the three boys, nothing tangible happens with that until over 60% of the way into the book. So you have this huge chunk where Ronan and Parker toy with the idea of asking Jonas to join the party and Jonas musing how wonderful it would be to be loved by both those men before they actually approach him about it. I honestly am not sure what actually happened in the 9 chapters between where the retrospection ended and the courtship began.
The editing wasn't as great in this as normal. There was enough typos that I was noticing them. Ronan is described as having Progressive-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, "the rare one", when in fact it is Progressive-Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (PRMS), which accounts for about 5% of MS cases. It's also mentioned at one point in incident where Parker makes a young girl cry at Levi's food truck with a trick with his prosthesis. Then Jonas is told a story of an Easter egg hunt, involving Parker and his arm, which the kids loved. But later, Jonas says, "If you're trying to make me cry like that little girl at the Easter egg hunt..." For one, Jonas wasn't told about the incident at the food truck with the crying girl, but also, he was told the kids enjoyed the egg hunt and it was never mentioned to him about any child crying.
Also, I hate Parker's nickname for Jonas. And the epilogue, but I always hate epilogues.
First, a warning. There are 3 on-page sex scenes involving Parker that are not with Ronan or Jonas, along with the mention of two other sexual partners, in case that isn't your thing.
Second, the first 1/4 of this book is a retrospective narrative. The first eight chapters focus on Ronan and Parker, and then Jonas gets one chapter (which is probably why I felt like I didn't know much about him). Seeing as readers of this series already know that Parker and Ronan are married and their friendship with Fritz and the fire incident, I don't think eight chapters was necessary. It would have helped to get the ball rolling if all that was sped up a bit. Aside from those first 9 chapters, there are still enough flashbacks that I would say a good 30-35% of this book takes place outside of the present.
Third, there isn't really a lot of relationship development. You have Ronan and Parker, who are established as having been in love with each other since they were young. They fumbled around with each other when they were 14, before the fire. Then they drift apart and spend about 14 years apart. The reunite and get married, like instantly. So we go from being told they love each other, to them not being together for 14 years, to them being married in the span of a few days. Then Jonas pops into the picture and all three of them are instantly attracted, physically and romantically. I want to read about the journey, not the destination.
Now, even though it was pretty much insta-love for the three boys, nothing tangible happens with that until over 60% of the way into the book. So you have this huge chunk where Ronan and Parker toy with the idea of asking Jonas to join the party and Jonas musing how wonderful it would be to be loved by both those men before they actually approach him about it. I honestly am not sure what actually happened in the 9 chapters between where the retrospection ended and the courtship began.
The editing wasn't as great in this as normal. There was enough typos that I was noticing them. Ronan is described as having Progressive-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, "the rare one", when in fact it is Progressive-Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (PRMS), which accounts for about 5% of MS cases. It's also mentioned at one point in incident where Parker makes a young girl cry at Levi's food truck with a trick with his prosthesis. Then Jonas is told a story of an Easter egg hunt, involving Parker and his arm, which the kids loved. But later, Jonas says, "If you're trying to make me cry like that little girl at the Easter egg hunt..." For one, Jonas wasn't told about the incident at the food truck with the crying girl, but also, he was told the kids enjoyed the egg hunt and it was never mentioned to him about any child crying.
Also, I hate Parker's nickname for Jonas. And the epilogue, but I always hate epilogues.
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