Review: Behind Blue Eyes – Tara Rose

Sales VP Alaina Pembrooke isn’t happy when her ex-boyfriend screws up yet another order with one of her biggest accounts at Phoebe’s Playthings. Shipping department heads Taj Durante and Jeff Raleigh finally have no choice but to fire him. When Alaina, Jeff, and Taj realize that Alaina’s boss and her ex were secretly lovers, all three become unwilling pawns in a dangerous game of corporate greed and betrayal.

Taj and Jeff are descendants of the men who founded Phoebe’s Playthings, and are also under the curse placed on the males of both families. If they try to leave the island, they die. Both men have buried themselves in the work of running the company, but when Alaina becomes their lover and their submissive, they know they’ve found the woman they’ve each waited for.

But can they stop Alaina’s boss and her ex from ruining the company their ancestors built, and from driving away the woman they love?

Series: The Doms of Sybaris Cove #1
Release Date: August 11th 2014
Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand, Inc
Source: Provided by Author/Publisher via Manic Readers
Reviewer: Kenna
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

I really enjoyed “Behind Blue Eyes” from Tara Rose.  It started with the title and the cover.  They’re just perfect for this sweet and sexy romance.

Also, the back story for the whole “Doms of Sybaris Cove” series is great.  An island off the coast of Louisiana is home to Phoebe’s Playthings, a very large sex toy distributor.  It’s also been cursed.  No male member of the founding families can leave the island.  If they try, they’ll die.  Intriguing, right?

I’m always looking for something original to read.  This concept has originality to spare.  I’ve always been a fan of the supernatural, and this book gives just enough of it to fit in with the love story.

Alaina has a problem.  Her ex (who works in shipping at PP) has screwed up a major order, and this isn’t his first time.  She’s finally had enough and takes the issue to Taj and Jeff, the heads of the department…and members of the previously mentioned founding families.  Not only do they respect Alaina’s work ethic, they have watched her from afar and have some…ahem…less than professional thoughts about her as well.  They fire Alaina’s ex, without realizing what a can of worms they’ve opened.

“Behind Blue Eyes” takes of quickly.  No time is wasted, and that’s a good thing.  Tara Rose always brings her readers to the heart of the story without any unnecessary fluff.  Her heroes and heroines are well fleshed out, though.  We learn their personalities, quirks, likes, dislikes, and all sorts of other things that make them tick.  There is almost always an instant, powerful chemistry between the characters.  The heat jumps right at you. And boy, oh boy there was there heat here!  Taj, Jeff, and Alaina are perfect for one another, and they realize that after their first meeting.  Their conversations are realistic in that they could talk about buisness AND pleasure comfortably.  Oh, and then there’s the sex.  WHEW!!  The sex was off the charts hot!  Pretty sure my
Kindle burnt my fingers as I read.  When I find a particularly intense sex scene in the books I’m reading, I will read them out loud to my husband.  With this one, I read to him A LOT.  Keep in mind, this is a BDSM triad story, so there are lots of fun things like floggers, vibrators, a bamboo pole, and even an oar.  It’s all safe, sane, and consensual (as any BDSM scene should be).  Everybody is exactly where they want to be, and it’s just so AWESOME!  I should also tell you that it is an M/F/M story, so there is no touching between the men.

I’m excited about “The Doms of Sybaris Cove”.  I’m such a huge fan of the “Racy, Indiana”, “Passion Peak, Colorado”, and the short, but great “Alpha Legends” series.  I can’t wait to see what comes next!