Best Friend Temptation (Montgomery Ink Legacy #4)
Carrie Ann Ryan
Blurb:
The Montgomery
Ink Legacy series continues with a forbidden romance between two best friends
and the woman they both crave. Ford, Noah, and Greer aren’t ready for what
happens next.
I fell for my
best friend long before I knew what that meant. Only I know he’ll never love me
back.
He’s stuck in his
head and his past demons and can’t see what is right in front of him.
But when Greer
loses her home and needs a place to stay, both Noah and I know the only place
she belongs is with us—in every way possible.
Now I’m falling
for both of my roommates and trying to keep the people I protect safe.
Only someone is
coming for them, and I can’t stop the inevitable fall.
I just have to
hope that we made the right choices and that one day soon Noah and Greer will
finally see who we can be.
Before we lose it
all…or I finally walk away for good.
Themes: Ménage
Rating: 4.5 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
We
have been looking forward to this story ever since Greer blew into the world of
this younger generation of Montgomerys, blowing the minds of the two sexy roommates
and best friends that never saw her coming to change their lives forever. The
long line of Montgomerys has always been one that collects friends and lovers
as they build their businesses and friendships, despite all the hardships they
face as they find love, but this latest story is one that was filled with
emotional angst and the pain that can sometimes come from ones own feelings of
inadequacy and lack of self-confidence. I loved the way that Carrie Ann Ryan
found a way to bring three so very different characters together in such a tumultuous
but ultimately perfect match and one that I can’t wait to enjoy more and more
as they build their lives together and we see them in later stories. I am really looking forward to the next in
series and seeing what kind of trouble the Montgomerys get themselves into –and
hopefully out of—as they lose their hearts and minds over their lovers.
Ford
Cage and Noah Montgomery have been best friend most of their lives, roommates
and business partners for years, and lovers sometimes when the pressure become
undeniable, but they both refuse to accept it can ever be more than that. Too
bad they are both lusting after their new friend Greer, because while Noah
believes that Ford and she should try for a relationship, Ford has something much
more inclusive and permanent in mind for the three of them. When tragedy strikes, leaving Greer in need
of a place to live, the boys naturally offer their spare bedroom, neither of
them really understanding the torture that resisting their sexy new roommate
will be, and when they are caught in a bit of a private clinch, the three of
them have to finally admit the truth of their feelings. Agreeing to give a relationship together a try
is a difficult enough sell, but Ford is highly persuasive and determined to get
his way, and once has his two sexy lovers in his arms there is no way he will
let them go. But there are strange
things happening in their lives, unexplainable accidents, small mishaps, and it
just might be that someone is out to separate the lovers permanently. Ford and Noah have to get to the bottom of
the mystery and protect the woman they love, or risk losing her forever to and
unseen enemy, before they ever really have a chance to build a life together.
I
cannot say enough how much I loved these three and am so thrilled I got the
chance to get to know them. While Noah is the Montgomery of the story, I have
to say that Ford is the character that was the one that seemed to me to be the
bravest in terms of reaching for the relationship he wanted. Ford comes from a huge family (all hot men,
oh my) and he definitely knows how to stand up for and go after what he wants,
but he has resisted pushing too hard with Noah until he found just the right
element he needed, which in this case of their perfect third, Greer. Though they were obviously hurt in the past,
Ford is determined to have the poly love he needs with the man he loves, and
finding Greer just makes him more determined to get it. He is sexy, smart, alpha, strong, sweet, and I
loved getting to see more of him. He was
hilarious with his brothers as well, and I enjoyed seeing them all together.
Noah has a very sensitive heart, one that has been clobbered in the past, and
he knows from watching his parents, the problems he would face in a poly
relationship, but I was very angry that he kept trying to keep himself emotional
apart from Greer and Ford. I know he was
smarter and braver than that, he just needed a real kick in the ass, which is
finally got when he almost lost both of the people he loved, and after that his
true alpha personality can right to the forefront and he decided it was finally
time to fight for what he wanted and needed all along. He’s obviously a genius, sweet, passionate, and
funny, like most of the Montgomery brood, but I wish he’d been more confident
in himself and able to show his lovers and openness and dedication mush
sooner. Greer is a sweet girl, but one
that has some ridiculous notions of her own worth thanks to the treatment of
her parents all her life, and BOY OH BOY can I relate to that crap. (Why is it that women are so screwed up by
our parents as kids, but so many men escape unscathed? Ahem, anyway…) She obviously
badly wants the two sexy security guys that have been lusting for her from the
beginning, but she won’t put herself in between them because she thinks they
are together and perfect for one another, and she’s partially correct. Once she
is given the chance to experience the greatness of the three of them together,
there is no turning back for her, though she believes it will be temporary for
her, and she knows she will lose her heart quickly. She is kind, loving, caring, smart, sassy,
and ultimately the bravest of them all as she offers them her heart openly believing
they are destined to turn her away anyway.
Greer is one of my favorite Montgomery
heroines for sure and I know she’ll make a great addition to the family.
This
story truly is about the ultimate temptation of falling in love with not one
but two of your best friends, but sometimes giving into that temptations can
lead to the deepest and most profound love of our lives. Ford has loved and lusted after his best
friend for years and recently added to that torture when Greer entered his
life, but he hasn’t yet figured out hos to bring the two people he needs into
his arms and bed. Noah wants so badly to
have Ford and Greer in his life, but he doesn’t believe he is good for them,
but when she needs a safe place to land he will be whatever she needs. Greer never imagined that Ford and Greer
would be her knights in shining armor, but she can’t resist their help or their
passion when faced with the truth. When
they finally admit to one another their desires and decide to defy all the
obstacles and have a relationship, the love that quickly blossoms is beautiful
to watch grow, but with an enemy out to stop their love they have to watch one another’s
backs even as they fall deeper in love.
The passion between these three has been evident from the beginning of Greer’s
appearance on the pages of Raven and Sebastian’s book, when Noah and Ford found
it impossible to deny their feelings and she began daydreaming about both men,
but the more time they spend together the hotter the fires of their needs. I loved every moment of these three deepening
their friendship and finally admitting that they were meant to be together,
even the trauma of an enemy trying to keep them apart. I am dying for more in the series and Carrie
even sneakily brought in two new sexy families of hot alpha men (Greer’s and Ford’s
brothers) who I understand will be getting their own sexy series. Ryan never fails to make me sweat in all the
best ways as her lovers thrill and fascinate me, and Best Friend Temptation
is a prime example of her magic touch with a story.
*eARC provided by author for the
purpose of an honest and unbiased review.
No compensation was provided.
