Bound for Keeps (Men of Honor, #5) in Ask SE Jakes

Aug 27, 2012 SheReadsALot rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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A Review

Wow, SE Jakes is on book 5 of the Men of Honor series and she continues to pack a solid and erotic punch. It's menage time and let me say, it was quite the ride. :P

"Bound For Keeps" maintains the sexy, a little dark & gritty vibe with three damaged alpha former soldiers, Shane, Reed & Keith. Reed and Keith are still grieving for their dead third and are preparing a Christmas Eve dinner in remembrance of their lover, Bobby. The couple get a surprise at their door in the for A Review

Wow, SE Jakes is on book 5 of the Men of Honor series and she continues to pack a solid and erotic punch. It's menage time and let me say, it was quite the ride. :P

"Bound For Keeps" maintains the sexy, a little dark & gritty vibe with three damaged alpha former soldiers, Shane, Reed & Keith. Reed and Keith are still grieving for their dead third and are preparing a Christmas Eve dinner in remembrance of their lover, Bobby. The couple get a surprise at their door in the form of an amnesiac Shane...or is he?

Reed, who is a doctor, along with his lover take in the half frozen man who's battered and bruised but reeks of a military background. So expect trust issues to be a major point of conflict for these three. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the makeup of each man. They were all equally damaged, suffering from lost loves and PTSD. Their angst as former survivors brought a sense of realism to their ragged road into becoming a threesome.

I enjoy triads especially when each person has equal say in their relationship. I felt they did in the beginning then it turned slightly into the Shane & Keith half hour show. (I must say the jealousy moment was great...I would have loved more scenes like this) But the men get it together and back on track. Now while 2 out of the 3 tend towards more of a Dom role, all three didn't mind switching at times. SE Jakes is great with delivering hot alpha man sex with BDSM elements or tones that are not strictly traditional but make for scorching reads. (Purists stand down) And there is a lot of sizzling sex that was had in "Bound For Keeps".

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Unfortunately, Shane has some heavy baggage and it disrupts their upstate NY paradise. What I enjoyed was when we get to the crux of Shane's past and the fight is upon them, it wasn't dragged out. The ending was not painless but fast paced and satisfying.

Can this be read as a standalone? Uh-huh but why should you? The previous four books are some hot reads.

Did I buy these men as a three person couple? Yep, they compliment their flaws and issues well. And the issues they had, they worked together to overcome.

So was this triad my favorite of the series? No. My reader's heart will continue to carry a torch for the menage of Styx, Law & Paulo. "Bound for Keeps" did make for an excellent addition to the Men of Honor series. And I anxiously await book 6, it's finally Rex and Sawyer's turn to star in their own novel.

Can't wait!! ...more

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Jan 24, 2013 JR rated it it was amazing

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Did you ever wish a book would not end? Of course you have and so have I. This is one of them. I was so sorry to see it end, that I felt a prickling behind my eyes. This is the best of the series to me. It had everything I wanted in a story.
We have mysterious stranger Shane that shows up at the cabin of Keith and Reed in the mists of a terrible snowstorm. He is a hunted, haunted man who tumbles into the home of two other haunted men. The mystery of Shane unfolds as he recovers from near death ...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Fiona rated it it was amazing

AWESOME story.............I loved this installment of the Men of Honor series. Once again SE has created completely believable and lovable characters. I think that one of the reasons the characters in SE's books are so real is because they are not perfect, they all have some flaws and to a certain degree (some more than others) have been damaged by life. I am not going to tell you any details about this story, the blurb does a good job of that, as I don't want to spoil the story for you......... ...more

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Nov 15, 2013 Lisa Arbitrary - AttentionIsArbitrary M/M Blog rated it really liked it

Shelves: adult, contemporary, sexy-sexiness, novel, favorites, soldiers, bdsm, m-m-m, menage, mercs

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Cant.Stop.Here.

More, more, more.....

I'm moving right along to Bound To Break(arc) I just gotta have it all. Oh, but I do have to say that SE Jakes writes one hell of a menage. She doesn't slack on giving me the emotion and the reason for both the menage and the bdsm. Just great!

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Nov 18, 2013 Tee loves Kyle Jacobson rated it it was amazing

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Good God where to start with this review..... I mean HOLY HELL I started reading this book and my heart went out to all three of the alpha males in this story.

On a very snowy day Kieth and Reed are sitting at home spending time together when they spot something out of the ordinary. When they go to look to see what it is they spot a guy. Not sure who he is Kieth is suspicious of him but something in Reed is saying there is something wrong with the guy for him to be out in the middle of a snow st ...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Renee rated it it was amazing

Oh sweet jeebus, I loved this book. I like the new characters and am greatly intrigued by Prophet. I look forward to his book. There was too much I loved about it, but I'm not giving anything away. Just read it. Totally worth the wait ...more

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Feb 25, 2013 Stephanie rated it really liked it

Another great book in the Men of Honor series.

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May 26, 2013 Kristie rated it liked it

I liked this, just not as much as the last one.

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Dec 09, 2012 JustJen "Miss Conduct" rated it really liked it

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3.5 stars. This was not my favorite, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit. It seemed to take forever to get to the truth about Shane. I liked seeing them help each other deal with the PTSD episodes, and when they were all together or together as twosomes, things were pretty hot. I thought the Guthrie deal was a little rushed at the end. I still love this series and am more than ready for more Prophet.

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