Sienna had been with Ben eight years and they were engaged. But Ben was married to his job and slowly Sienna seemed to mean less and less to Ben and she broke the engagement three months earlier. Kylie is Sienna’s friend and she mentions Sienna going to the soft opening of the new luxury resort called the Bandicoot Cove. While throwing seashells in the ocean Sienna decides to let go of the past and move on. While at the Cove Sienna runs into her HS crush- who she hasn’t seen in twelve years-Josh who is a tech expert there. Then Sienna discovers she still has a spark for Josh and this time round he was interested in her. Although she does find out most all of Josh’s HS fantasies included Sienna. But then Ben her ex fiance shows up at the island and wants to win Sienna back and become engaged again. But Sienna doesn’t want to just walk away from Josh.

I liked this story. It was a novella so a quick read. But it had a lot of action. I loved Josh  and how carefree he was and Ben for how sorry he was for taken Sienna for granted so much and that he had hurt her. I did like the plot but not too much into menage but understood here. I did wish was longer But I did like the characters and the ins and outs of this story and I recommend.

Paradise Found by Vivian Arend

 

A vacation on the exotic Bandicoot Cove Island resort will be a fitting end to the erotic fun Paige and her Australian lovers, Trent and Mason, have been enjoying. They’ve fulfilled her every fantasy in this no-strings-attached relationship. But Paige has broken the rules and fallen in love with both of her men. It’s better to leave them both than be forced to choose. Trent and Mason want to take their paradise-perfect arrangement to the next level, and they’re willing to do whatever it takes to convince Paige to stay

Island Idyll by Jess Dee

 

Sienna doesn’t expect to find an old crush at the exotic resort where she’s holidaying, and she certainly doesn’t expect her ex to show up, too. Josh wants Sienna just as much today as he did all those years ago, and there’s nothing to stop them getting together—except her ex. Ben is determined to win Sienna back, but he also sees the way she looks at Josh, so he makes a crazy, erotic offer... Sleeping with both men together in order to decide between them could be a recipe for disaster or the start of something unexpected.

Sunlit Surrender by Jess Dee

 

Bianca Rogers is ready to forget her worries for a while and celebrate her brother’s wedding at the exotic Bandicoot Cove resort. The last thing she expects is to be knocked off her feet—literally—by Brody Evans. The chemistry between Brody and Bianca is undeniable. She’s everything he wants in a woman. She’s sexy, warm, friendly…delicious, and overwhelming attraction quickly grows to full-blown lust. As desire transforms into love, it’s time to see if the past is going to get in the way of any happy-ever-after there could be in their future.

 

Moonlight Mirage by Sami Lee

 

Hayley Bryant’s travelled the world and is a grown woman who knows just how to get what she wants. It’s been two whole years since her boss’s rejection sent her running, so coming face-to-face with him shouldn’t affect her. Except it does. Pushing his young intern away was the right thing for Mitch Wood to do at the time, but he can’t deny the attraction to his little sister’s friend now. This time, he’ll have to come to Hayley, and her plus one might prove to be an obstacle. Fortunately, Mitch isn’t one to shy away from a little competition.

 

Sunset Heat by Lexxie Couper

 

Kennedy never expected to run into Luke, the hot Australian firefighter she had a mind-blowing one-night stand with on the tropical island, nor did she expect to be equally turned on by his hunky British cousin, Addison. Luke hasn’t been able to get the feisty, flirty American he met in a bar out of his head, so why is he now picturing sharing the woman of his dreams with his cousin? Always the player, Addison is at the sinfully hot Bandicoot resort looking for some fun. But how can he tell his cousin they’re interested in the same woman?

 

Tropical Sin by Lexxie Couper

 

Infamous Nick Blackthorn is no stranger to a hedonistic rock-star lifestyle, but he’s surprised to be so drawn to a sexy couple while on holiday. McKenzie Wood convinces her BFF to pose as her partner at the sinfully exotic Bandicoot Cove Resort as part of her cover. Luckily, Aiden is always up to any challenge. Firefighter Aiden hasn’t told his best friend he’s in love with her, but an island vacation with her seems to present the perfect opportunity. The island heat burns away inhibitions, but this threesome is rocked when secrets come out and hearts and truths are exposed.

 

Ok, so let me start off by saying right at the beginning that Sienna absolutely made the right choice. I loved Josh. He was so hot. I loved the way he laid all on the line for Sienna. I would have loved to have an epilogue though cuz I really wanted to know what happened after.

Awww... I think every girl has that one guy from high school that she crushed on but nothing came of it. In the case of Sienna and Josh, it was unrequited love on both sides, and for such sad reasons. Josh felt he was never good enough for her. She thought he just didn't return her feelings. But they lusted after each other for five years and NOTHING happened. And they both moved on with their lives. Sienna met Ben, who she loved for eight years. They were supposed to get married, but then Ben sort of stopped working on their relationship. Sienna felt insignificant, so she broke off the engagement. It's months later, Sienna is trying to move on with her life, and her friend Kylie sort of thrusts Josh in her way, since he's been working at the resort. Of course, they hit it off, and the confessions of their feelings from high school come out. And sparks fly.

And then Ben returns. Sienna didn't expect him, but Ben has realized what Sienna meant to him, and he means to get her back. (Of course, he's not too pleased when he brings her to orgasm and she calls out Josh's name, since she thought Ben was Josh! Oops!) Ben just doesn't count on Josh. Sienna is overwhelmed by Ben's return and declarations of love and that he'd changed, but she can't imagine giving Josh up so easily after they've just reunited. So Ben, even though he despises Josh being there and being in Sienna's heart, suggests a threesome. Ben's thinking is that he can show Sienna how good it can be between them again while being magnanimous enough to give Josh a shot. Umm... OK. I mean it made for hot reading of course, but really?

So anyway... then the heartbreak begins. For me, at least. I wasn't sure what direction the story would go in, but ultimately I was VERY happy with the outcome. I thought the choices Sienna made and the actions she took were great.

Sienna James is another of resort manager Kylie’s good friends invited to the soft opening of the Bandicoot Cove resort. Island Idyll is the fourth and final novella in the series of erotic ménage stories. As mentioned in the synopsis, Sienna is at the cross roads of her life having recently ended an eight year relationship with her fiancé Ben. As therapy, she stands on the Bilby Island shore tossing shells into the water, each shell represents one of her troubles. There is also some yelling associated with the tossing. Sienna then goes for a skinny dip.

Meanwhile Josh Lye, a heartthrob from Sienna’s school days is running on the beach and discovers her bits of clothing laying in the sand, then sees said naked nymph frolicking in the water. Josh decides to make himself scarce before she notices the jig is up, but does find her later when Sienna is again on dry land and clothed. Josh and Sienna never dated while in school but there was a major case of unrequited love on both their parts. It doesn’t take long for banked fires to blaze between them.

I mentioned in a previous review of a novella in this series that the pheromones are literally zinging around the Bandicoot Cove Resort. I now know Sienna is the source of a vast number of these pheromones. This heroine has more orgasms, as in multiple orgasms in the span of a few hours than I can ever remember reading in a contemporary erotic romance. I’m all for passion in my romance reading but when the heroine experiences one climax after the other with barely a breath in-between, eye rolling ensues, not to mention thoughts of exhaustion.

Then the ex-fiancé sneaks up behind Sienna in the dark of night while she is waiting for Josh, her new lover at a planned rendezvous point. There is no indication given as to how Ben knew where the woman he has been estranged from for months was there. They proceed to engage in foreplay bringing orgasmic Sienna to another climax, all the while she thinks the dude is Josh with whom she had just spent the afternoon making love! It was at this point the heroine of this story became TSTL in my eyes. While Ben, who looks and sounds nothing like Josh touches Sienna intimately there is much “gee something isn’t right” introspection on her part. Um, ya think?

I quite liked Josh who is an extremely appealing hero with a rags to riches story and I felt great empathy for him when he comes upon his new lover who he has wanted for a good part of his life in a clinch with her ex who wants her back. The waters get even more muddy when Ben proposes that they have a threesome so that Sienna can decide who she wants to be with. What?? I mean, seriously, these guys clearly didn’t like one another as evidenced by the fact they were on the verge of beating each other senseless, and they are both going to get into bed and have sex with the woman they are fighting over?

While I recognize this story is pure erotic fantasy I had considerable difficulty suspending belief and accepting that these people would engage in an ill conceived, warped threesome. Further, I thought poor Josh was like a fifth wheel in the scenario, to make matters worse he feels remorse and humiliation at having agreed to the tryst. The bottom line is that I knew someone was bound to walk away very hurt from the fiasco, which indeed happens because Sienna does choose one of the men. At the end of the day this reader had no idea why the man she chose would want her.

Unfortunately Island Idyll was not my cup of tea.