Review: Mastering Elodie by Paige Warren

Elodie Mitchell has struggled her whole life, not only with her weight but also with feelings of being a misfit in the only home she’s ever known. She may not have ever been with a man, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t dreamed about it. When Beau and Beck Davidson enter her life, she thinks they’re too good to be true. Then she finds out there aren’t two brothers—there are three! What’s a woman to do with all of that hard, muscular, sun-kissed flesh just beckoning to be stroked? Try everything she’s ever read about!

But things are not all sunshine and roses in Elodie’s life. As she learns to explore her sexuality with the brothers, there’s a darkness hanging over her. She’s survived so much already, but there is more yet to come. Will the brothers be able to save her in time, or will they lose the only woman they’ve ever loved?

[Ménage Amour: Erotic Rubenesque Consensual BDSM Cowboy Ménage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, spanking, food play, sex toys, HEA]

Series: Grizzly Pines, #1
Release Date: July 28, 2014
Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Publishing
Source: Manic Readers
Reviewer: Victoria
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

Elodie Mitchell worked as a waitress struggling to survive. She always struggled with her weight and due to her size, earned the scorn and ridicule of almost everyone in town. Elodie has had a rough life barely surviving and  just about to be kicked out of her apartment. Elodie meets two men that make her want for more.

Beau Davidson and Beck Davidson are brothers new to town trying to make a life on a ranch. They both quickly fall in love with the waitress at the local dinner. They want to spoil and spend as much time with her as they can. It was hard to get a good picture of each brother independent of the other because they spent much of their time together.

Cody is Beau and Beck’s younger half-brother. He was a professional bull rider who is now looking to open his own ranch. Cody falls head over heels for Elodie when he meets her. Cody seems to open up to Elodie in ways he did not open up to other’s around him.

The connection between Cody, Beau, Beck, and Elodie is blistering. I liked how they all tried to make the relationship work. The sex scenes were hot. I liked that not every sex scene was a ménage. It was easy to see that all three men cared for Elodie and were willing to do whatever it took to make it work.

Mastering Elodie is the first book in the Grizzly Pines series by Paige Warren. I found this book well written with a very believable plot. There was a great mix of suspense and romance. The main and secondary characters were interesting. The ending was somewhat predicable, however, this book was more about the journey to the end than the end itself. Overall, this was a fascinating book.