"Start of an erotic trilogy."

MARLEY'S CHOICE is about a girl who has fallen in love with the man who has been her protector most of her life. Marly has lived with her step-uncles and step-grandfather on a ranch since she was fourteen. She has now grown up and has come home from college for a visit. She really wants Cade, the oldest of the brothers, to notice and think of her as a woman not the little girl he had pampered. She has been preparing herself for him in very interesting ways because she has heard the rumors about his unusual sexual appetite.

The story hints at abusive pasts that the brothers endured and uses this as the reasoning for their unusual sexual needs. The tension between the main characters involves Cade needing to master Marly and Marly wrestling with her desire to please Cade and still retain some control. Things got a little strange for me at one point with an unusual request from Cade to Marly at a strange time in the story but this may have been the author's way of showing Marly's assertiveness and control, hence the title.

The story ends in a way that makes you expect this to turn into a trilogy with the other brothers' stories to be told next. This is the second book I have read by this author and I know it won't be the last.

Sensuality guide: Anal sex, oral sex, multiple partner sex, masturbation, and use of sex toys.

Reviewed by Denise Smith for Sensual Romance.

Reviewed by Sensual Romance
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted March 6, 2003

Summary

Marly's love for Cade has spanned her teenage years, and survived strong and intact into womanhood. Her fantasies and daydreams have sustained her, but she's no longer content with merely imagining the touch of his hands, the taste of his kiss. It's time to seduce the tough, sexy cowboy.

She's heard the rumors for years, the tales of his sexual preferences. She's prepared herself to accept his desires. Prepared her body for his touch. But she wasn't prepared for the choice to come...

Cade's dark desires, his sexual excesses are based in the past. In a time when pain, shame, and blood stains his very soul. He carries a secret shared only with his brothers. A secret that has scarred the bond, the ability to be a brother or to accept the love of the men he was raised with. He knows the only way to prove his loyalty, his love for those brothers and Marly will be the key.

She has a choice. She can surrender to Cade's needs, his soul deep desires, or she can walk away. A choice only Marly can make. A choice that will change her life forever.

Sexual Content: NC-17. Genre: contemporary.