ANNA IN THE MIDDLE - Barbara Elsborg
Ellora’s Cave - www.ellorascave.com
ISBN: 978-1-41992-083-7
April 2009
Erotic Contemporary Romance

London, England - Present Day

Anna Shelton is looking for any way to escape her sister, Beth, and Beth’s fiancé Gareth.  It looks like jumping the fence into the neighbor’s yard is her only way away from them.  Unfortunately, on her way over the fence, Anna’s dress rips, she gets a splinter in her butt, and Beth and Gareth decide to check the neighbor’s yard.  While hiding in a sandbox, Anna hears a masculine voice run the couple off.  When the voice tells her to come out, she figures this night has to be one of the worst of her life.  But her luck is changing, because the owner of the voice is one of the sexiest men she’s ever met.

Jax LaRue is checking on his vacationing sister’s home when he sees a beautiful woman climbing the fence.  He offers to help her remove the splinter, and what follows is the most explosive sexual encounter he’s ever had with a woman.  Jax knows that this is the woman he’s been waiting for.  When he wakes up in the morning to find her gone, Jax realizes that Anna has jumped to some conclusions about him, and he doubts she’ll want to see him again.  Jax is also torn about what to tell Will, his roommate and lover. Jax is sure that he has something just as special with Will as he could have with Anna, but he also senses that Will is hurt.  Can he convince these two that he wants them to be a threesome?

Both bi-sexual, Jax and Will have been happy together, but when they get ANNA IN THE MIDDLE, they both are hoping that she will be that special woman who can accept this unusual relationship.  Will is in love with Jax, but knows that Jax’s feelings for him aren’t as strong, so when Anna comes into the picture, Will figures he’s on his way out.  There’s no way Anna will agree to this arrangement, and he is sure that, if forced to choose, Jax will choose Anna.  Jax believes that Anna is the woman for both of them; the one that will complete their lives, but he has such trouble with talking about his feelings that he can’t get Will to understand this.  For almost half of the book, Anna doesn’t even know about Will, and the misconceptions she has about Jax have her regretting the time they spent together.  She also has other things to worry about, because Gareth is not what he seems, and no one but her knows the truth.

Intriguing characters and an interesting suspense element make ANNA IN THE MIDDLE a  thoroughly entertaining tale that readers won’t want to miss.

Jennifer Bishop