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Joshua Reed and Sutter
Campbell are
best friends and more. They are soul
mates. Josh and Sutter are college
students and seeking their third, the female half of their soul. Now that they’ve found her, they have to
convince her that what they have is real.
Kendall Aaronson can’t
believe the
instant and devastating attraction that she feels to the two young men. From the moment they met, she wants them;
their least touch arouses her. Luckily
for her young lovers, she’s a determined woman who’ll let nothing stand
in her
way once she makes up her mind that she wants it.
Rachel Bo’s latest Strength
in Numbers 1: Double Jeopardy is an interesting read;
however, it
lacks a vital something to make it completely convincing.
Despite delicious sexual encounters between
the trio, Ms. Bo never explains how the bond between them began in the
first
place. That unanswered question hovers
over the entire story, detracting from the plot. Still,
Ms. Bo does a wonderful job at
handling both, the older woman/younger men romance and the introduction
of
male/male sex into the relationship.
Reviewed by Meribeth
McCombs for The Road to Romance
April 16, 2004
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Kendall Aaronson is in
her early
thirties and attracted to two college students.
Kendall is an artist, owns her
own shop and
is thinking that it is time to settle down, find Mr. Right and raise a
family. But when she meets Sutter
Campbell and Josh Reed, her life takes a drastic change as she finds
love,
acceptance and passion in their arms.
Kendall, Sutter and Josh begin a relationship of
passion, wonder, dreams
and love. But when Sutter’s father,
David, threatens what they have created, Kendall must fight for the men
she has come
to love and the future they have planned.
Can three soul mates make
a life
together? Is it possible to love two
men, especially men close to a decade younger?
Rachel Bo creates a
unique and
powerful tale with Kendall, Sutter and Josh in Strength in Numbers
1: Double
Jeopardy. Kendall is a plump woman who is
self-conscious
about her weight. Sutter and Josh make
her feel loved and beautiful just as she is.
These three characters share a unique ability to
read each other’s
thoughts and feelings, even when they are apart. Their
sexual encounters are arousing, a pure
pleasure and can burn the clothes off anyone.
However, a couple things
niggled in
my thoughts during and after reading Double Jeopardy. The telepathic union between Kendall, Josh
and Sutter, while well-written, left the burning question of how this
link came
about. Were each of the characters was
just born this way? This ability was
something
that Kendall never had a clue she
possessed in
all her 30+ years? That question left me
hanging and wondering when all was said and done. I
didn’t feel that it had been explained completely.
Also, an aspect of this story that had me feeling
less than comfortable was the sometimes use of inanimate objects during
sex
scenes. I found myself uncomfortable
with the force, or what seemed to be, roughness with how they were used.
But overall, Double
Jeopardy
is one hell of a story. It is unique, hot,
passionate and very much a book that should sit on anyone’s keeper
shelf. Ms. Bo depicts a male/male sexual
relationship with preciseness, care and love.
Kendall, Sutter and Josh are three characters who
will live on in reader’s
minds for their love, their sensualities and powerful voices. Strength in Numbers 1: Double Jeopardy
and the characters are truly unforgettable, as is the name Rachel Bo.
Reviewed by Tracey West for The Road to Romance
April 18, 2004
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