Blackmailed Reviews

• A Delight

  
  By A320TMDV6KCFU on 2006-07-07
  Brianna Wyatt can't believe what she is hearing. After a lifetime of putting up with her father's threats, neglect, and basic abuse, he expects Brianna to furnish him with an heir. Not just any heir, but an heir by millionaire Cole Masters. Brianna has no choice. Her beloved brother is depending on her.
  
  Cole Masters is unable to fathom why Andrew Wyatt wants to meet with him. Cole has already told Brianna's father that in no uncertain terms will he go along his crazy scheme. That is, until Cole sees Brianna being drug in behind her father. At first glance, Cole's heart is lost and he can't wait to tell his best friend.
  
  Tyler Cannon is the head of Cole's security team and his best friend. They share everything. When Cole calls Tyler and tells him about Brianna, Tyler hears more than what Cole is saying. What Cole didn't tell him becomes clear upon meeting Brianna and like Cole, Tyler's heart is claimed.
  
  Brianna is unable to understand the lengths Cole and Tyler will go to ensure her happiness. They make a believer out of her, however, when they bring her brother home. It is at that moment Brianna realizes she loves both of her men and sets out to just enjoy the time they have. Her newfound happiness is short lived because someone wants her out of the picture and is willing to kill in order to achieve that goal.
  
  Blackmailed by Annmarie McKenna was an absolute delight to read! So delightful it made me sweat, and ache, and wish for two sexy heroes. Every girl needs a Cole Masters and Tyler Cannon! Two more loving, devoted and naughty heroes I have yet to meet; they put the H in hot! I am in awe of Brianna and the love she shares with these two men. Strong in character and a fierce protector of her brother, I adored her.
  
  Blackmailed is Annmarie McKenna's first novel and I couldn't be happier for her. Well written with extremely erotic love scenes, Blackmailed just kept me spell bound from beginning to end. Tastefully written love scenes and a bit of a surprise ending made for a wonderful read. I can't wait to see what else Ms. McKenna has in store for readers because I, for one, am now a fan of this author!
  
  
  Talia
  Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed
  
  

• Likeable Characters and A Hot Erotic Storyline, what more can you want

  
  By A27BY97QQS36V3 on 2007-03-05
  Brianna Wyatt is an early 20's young woman who has spent many years lovingly bringing up and trying to protect her younger brother, who is blind and partially deaf, from their father. They both live at home with their business magnet father who wants nothing to do with them, after their mother runs away. Now that her brother is 16 and turning into quite the young man she thinks there may finally be a light at the end of the tunnel and she and he might escape her father. But, suddenly Brianna's father wants to see her. While in the back of the limo she is stunned to find out that he expects Brianna to furnish him with an heir. Not just any heir, but an heir by millionaire Cole Masters, as part of a business arrangement, and the penalty if she doesn't? He will send her bother to an institution. Brianna feels trapped and reluctantly goes along with her father to Cole's house.
  
  Cole Masters is a 30's businessman who is a rising star in the world of business. He is stunned when he receives the contract from his lawyer. The crackpot Andrew Wyatt wants him to father an heir with his own daughter. He is shocked that this idea has even passed Wyatt's mind, let along that he thinks Cole will agree to it. When Wyatt shows up at his house he agrees to meet with him, even though he has told the man "no way" is he going to go along with this crack pot idea. Cole is stunned when the man brings in his daughter for part of the discussion. Cole is instantly drawn to her and is stunned by the man's attitude to his daughter when she has an asthma attack. Cole decides he is going to keep her for a while, if not forever, but not on her fathers terms. He kicks the father out and decides that he will make a deal with her to stay with him, and do as he says, and he will get her bother out of his father's house safely. He even thinks that she won't mind spending time with his best friend, which is something that he and Tyler have secretly done for years.
  
  Tyler Cannon has knows Cole since grade school, and is now his heads up his security. They have been best friends forever, and have also shared a taste in women and have on occasion shared them intimately. He thinks Cole is kidding when he says what Andrew Wyatt had in mind for his daughter and Cole. But, he is also taken with Brianna as soon as he sees her and also, doesn't want to let her go. When
  
  Brianna is stunned that anyone would care for her enough to help both her and her brother, especially against her fathers' wishes. But, she becomes a believer when they indeed move him into Cole's house and treat him with respect and like the young man he is which, is something her father has never done. When suddenly it looks like someone is out to get Brianna she is further stunned to see that it is really scaring both Cole and Tyler, for her safety. She knows she has finally found her home.
  
  For a debut novel this is a fantastic story. Her heroes will make any woman drool. She also tastefully puts together some very hot erotic stories. Don't get me wrong this book is intended for adults only, but she has put some actual thought into the characters as well as the sex. I can't wait for her next installment.
  
  
  
  

• I'm very impressed!

  
  By A23ZNGL704AW7O on 2006-07-19
  I was so taken with this story that I went to the author's website and emailed her a note telling her so. I was very surprised when she replied that this is her first book! I gave this one 5 out of 5 possible stars.
  
  

• Repulsive

  
  By A10C1DZFMEA1B1 on 2006-11-16
  I found this book completely repulsive. 2 strangers decide to have sex with a virgin. Because she is complete submissive to everything the want and do, they decide they "love" her. I do not mind consensual trios, some domination and some bondage. But the sex in this book was all domination-the men set the rules and if she did not follow them, she was "punished". The morning after her first sexual encounter with a stranger, she wakes up bound and strapped down to the bed, blindfolded and hears the voice of a man she has not met who plans to also have sex with her...and pretty rough sex at that. This book was too reflective of sadism for me to enjoy and I found myself repulsed. Sadistic domination (even if they make sure she eventual enjoys herself) is still sadistic to me. The girl came across naive and completely submissive-even to things she was afraid of...and if she expressed fear the men did not care. Yuck! Too much like abusive relationships where the woman "loves" the man who hurts her etc.
  
  

• Fun characters, good sex scenes, needed another round of editing

  
  By A3KV7EHAYXPW3Q on 2007-11-01
  I feel like I should give this book 2 reviews. One as erotica or, well, porn and one as a regular novel.
  
  A while back I went on a short spree of looking for good quality porn that had some d/s, bondage. I was horrified by the bad grammar and really, really bad quality (epically bad quality!) writing in 99% of what I found. We're talking mixing past and present tenses in the same sentence and, in the really bad ones, spelling words wrong. Not to mention the level of, well, meanness in some of the books.
  
  Compared to those, this book is 5 plus, plus stars. Compared to the wider pool of all novels in general, however, I'd give it 3 stars. The characters are original and fun, the sex scenes are hot and uninhibited, the story paces well and it's an enjoyable read. That said, this does read like a first novel. There are some cliches (comparing the guy to Michelangelo, etc.) and the sentence structures are kind of clunky in certain places. More than anything I think this book could have done with another round of editing/beta reading.
  
  But I'm probably being WAY too picky and again, if you're just looking for a fun, sexy read that focuses on threesomes and mostly consensual bondage than I recommend this book.
  
  
• Fantastic new author
  By A1DWF1UNA2DYS1 on 2006-09-23
  I'm not going to summarize the plot, as others have already done so. However, this books is fantastic: 1) great plot 2) sizzling sex scenes and 3)unforgettable characters!! I look forward to more books by Ms. McKenna.
  
  
• Sexy read!
  By A2SR0XUOD58XPA on 2006-07-05
  When Cole Masters receives a stud contract from Andrew Wyatt to impregnate his recluse daughter, Brianna, Cole assumes impending blackmail. After all, what's a little blackmail between St. Louis millionaires--especially considering the decadent lifestyle Cole and his head of security, Tyler Cannon, lead.
  
  Wyatt, a misogynist and perfectionist, threatens to send Brianna's younger blind brother, who she single-handedly raised, to an institution unless she gives her father the perfect male heir--to be fathered by Cole--regardless of her will. But Cole kicks Wyatt out of his house, keeping Brianna and telling her that he'll return her and the signed contract to her father at the end of the week.
  
  Brianna must find a way to save her brother but can't help submitting to the immediate passion she feels for the two dominant, insatiable men who share very well. But when murder attempts interfere in their week of pleasure, Cole and Tyler must protect Brianna, while getting to the bottom of the blackmail.
  
  Blackmailed is a fiery and dynamic story of blackmail, power, dominance, submission, love, and the true nature of family. This tale of two heroes and their heroine lit up the screen with sizzling love scenes between likeable and believable characters.
  
  Reviewed by Regan Loyd
  
  
• not my cup of tea
  By AISLTZWQBZ7Y8 on 2007-07-27
  Very dissapointed in this book. I love the idea of the female lead being dominated by the two males that are going to be sharing her bed, I really don't like the idea of the female lead being totaly and utterly spineless. Yes her character worked with the story, but I spent half the book wanting to smack her and tell her to grow a backbone!
  
  
• Short fall
  By A10ZB3D0J4VKGT on 2007-02-13
  This book had a great pretense but unfortunately the story was just poorly delivered. The character conversations were boring and did not sound like real dialog. The female character was completely fluff. Otherwise this story could have been much more entertaining. Good love scenes but not much of a build-up; like great sex there should be some kind of foreplay and this book was that kind of disappointment. This seems like a freshman effort for the author.
  
  Pass on this book if you want some substanace otherwise its good for just a quickie, and I mean an unsatisfying quickie.
  
  
  
• *Shaking Head*
  By A3MRGCD10AITQ2 on 2007-09-21
  Ok, there were a lot of great reviews for this book so I checked it out. The lead girl is pathetic. Grow a back bone. This is the 21st century. I don't care who you are, if by the age of 25 you haven't been able to stand up to your father.... There could have been many ways to get her out of the pickle her father put her in, instead she succumbed to the situation - not even putting up a fight or looking for alternatives.
  
  The bedroom scenes seem to be rushed and weren't very creative. The only interesting people in the book were Tyler and the little brother.
  
  
• This is pure crap!
  By A1TO2JBLWF6PXY on 2007-11-16
  I only read this to the end because I paid a good amount of money for it and because yeah the sex was hot. However, the least you can say about it is absurd and the most is that it is a little sick. There is a scene at the beginning where they (shave her!) which scared me. Look, I don't read these books for the literary value, I read them to rest my brain from the stress. But, if the book winds up agitating me then what is the point. Only way to read this if you still want to is to skip through everything but the sex and take that with a pinch of salt too.. I hereby declare that I would be avoiding McKena like the plague in the future.
  
  
• Hot sex scene but short story
  By AFFKXCTZC7V71 on 2007-03-26
  Hot sex scenes with menage and light bondage. I was dissapointed at the brevity of the story. Finished it in a couple of hours. I feel with a longer book we could have had a much better plot - I would have loved to find out how they managed with children. Little to no plot - father tries to sell daughter to rich man hoping for a male grandchild to pass his business onto. Rich man (Cole Masters) takes to the daughter but tells father to hit the road. Seduces her within 20 pages and shares her with his best friend (Tyler) within 30. Ms McKenna manages to create a menage that seems perfectly acceptable to the reader as she doesn't make her characters ashamed or embarrassed about it. Perfect reading material for a night by yourself and your fav battery run friend.
  
  
• Perhaps I'm just not into spanking...
  By A2H9QRV6DV7HRQ on 2008-09-10
  We have Brianna, a 26 year old virgin, who agrees to have sex with a stranger after her father threatens to place her 16 year old brother (who is blind and hearing impaired) "in an institution" unless she produces an heir. With me so far? Next, she's delivered to the home of millionaire Cole Masters, the chosen stud for this project. They, of course, immediately fall in lust and within a couple of hours, Brianna is a 26 year old un-virgin. The next morning, Brianna awakens to discover she's blindfolded, tied to the bed and Cole has added his best buddy, Tyler, to create a ménage à trois. Lucky for the boys, Brianna takes to bondage, spanking, and having two lovers like the proverbial duck to water. Fear not readers, there is actually a plot of sorts to this book: it seems that someone is trying to kill Brianna. Until the last few pages, I assumed it was the National Organization for Women. Finally, the author, apparently a true believer in the happily ever after ending, manages to produce Brianna's mother (who had been missing for 16 years) at the end of the book. And they all lived happily ever after - Briana, her brother, her mother, and her two "husbands." Unfortunately, I did not. I purchased this book based on glowing reviews and it has now found a new home...in my recycle bin.
  
  
• Couldn't put it down
  By A3I6ZGUTJXL8RX on 2007-03-26
  I was sooo impressed with this book! It seemed like Annmarie reached inside my deepest unspoken fantasies and then put them in a book! This was my first book of erotica. I've been a big fan of steamy romance for years, but this was the first time I'd read anything that was out and out, unapologeticly raunchy sex! And I loved it! Her characters were full and well rounded, the story line interesting, and the sex was hot enough to require a change of undies when I was thru! My only complaint was that she teased with comments of what the men where going to do to Bri and then never followed thru. I really wanted to see some of those promised acts! Run, don't walk to get this book!
  
  
• Highly Erotic -- steamy to the max
  By AO2ORHW204YKB on 2007-04-17
  This has to be the steamiest erotic romance I've read so far! The sex in this book most certainly puts the K in kinky. The plot started off strong but ended a little weak in my opinion. For fans of the 2 guys, 1 girl scenario you'll love this book. I have a hard time grasping how a man can share the woman that he professes to love with another man but Ms McKenna somehow makes it work. Both Cole & Tyler are very strong,sexy,alpha males with very dominant styles but are also very nurturing,loving and protective of Brianna, the main female character. I gave this a 5 star rating because the characters were all very likeable and the sex was hot with a capital H.O.T.
  
  
• Was there a story?
  By A2F4W7ZB3GO8JB on 2007-09-18
  This was a little tasteless & gross for me, too much whoopy not enough story.
  
  
• Blackmailed
  By A1OGPR0AKZ4K7D on 2008-07-26
  Cole masters couldn't believe his eyes when he read the papers couriered to him. What kind of man prostitutes his own daughter just to get a male heir? When he had a meeting with Andrew Wyatt, he had his answer. This man was a nightmare of a father, and when he realized he had forced his daughter into coming to this meeting while in the grips of an asthma attack, he simply wanted to kill him. Brianna Wyatt had of course heard of Cole. He was plastered on magazine covers, and in the newspapers all the time. She couldn't imagine what he would want with her because he was always with a beautiful stick model type, not someone plain and ordinary like her. When Cole was kneeling at her feet helping her through her attack, she was dumbfounded. When he more or less threw her father out, and told her she would be staying with him, she couldn't believe everything he was doing for her.
  
  Cole had invited Brianna to stay with him, not just to protect her, but because he had an instant and overwhelming attraction to her. He and his best friend, Tyler Cannon had shared many women in the past, but he had never responded the way he did just touching Brianna. When Tyler got a good look at Brianna, and spent a little time with her, he had a similar response to that of Cole. They were completely enamored with her, and decided that they were going to keep her forever. They knew it was going to be hard for her to accept this happening so quickly, but it was right, and they would convince her. The first hurdle that they had to get over was the worry she had over her brother. Scott was blind and partially deaf, and she had taken care of him his whole life. When they arranged legally for Scott to come live with them permanently, Bri found herself falling for both of them even harder.
  
  Bri had just started feeling comfortable being with her men, when one of Cole's ex lovers started making threats against she and her brother. Cole and Tyler wouldn't let her out of their sight because they were worried. They had a feeling that the other shoe was about to drop. When Bri was in a dressing room at a local boutique trying on clothes, a man showed up out of nowhere, and stabbed her. Tyler couldn't believe an attempt was made on Bri's life right under their noses. They would do anything to protect what was theirs.
  
  What a great story! Cole, Tyler, and Brianna have intense chemistry between them that is smoking hot!! The characters are well developed and written with heart. The secondary character Scott is especially endearing. I have never read another character quite like him. This book is definitely a keeper to be read over and over again.
  
  
• HOT BUT NOT ONLY HOT
  By AEZ7QUAZK83RJ on 2007-03-23
  So everyone has told you about the plot so I won't do that again, but I must comment about the love story part of this book. I can't believe how much I bought into the fact that two men could be in love with one woman and she in love with two men, but Annmarie was able to make it real. I pray that she gives us a woman who is woman enough to love both of these men and their woman. Give us someone to love Ty!!!
  
  
• 2+ stars as its better than average but not a whole lot
  By A1JBP9R0PA5DW3 on 2006-12-30
  Overall a bit disappointing compared to the author's shorts.
  Bri's abusive father is both egocentric and a monomaniac on getting a male heir for his millions. So he blackmails Bri into agreeing to have a son by billionaire Cole (who is massively unenthused about the plan) until her father abuses Bri in his presence. He and his friend Tyler often share women as well. Not bad erotic scenes a little pedestrian compared to Anglia Knight but still good and saved by some good BDSM including two well done spanking scenes, and of course the expected ménage a trios and Ds. Character development is not real strong but OK and the plot is pretty linear but saved by a good twist at the end.
  
  Over all not bad but far from the best I've seen.
  
  
• Lacking in many areas
  By ADGTWXUG0IM37 on 2007-03-08
  Brianna Wyatt has just found that her father wants her breed with Cole Master,one of St.Louis riches men because Andrew Wyatt want the perfect son. Cole has been know to share women with his best friend Tyler Cannon. Both men want to have and protect both Brianna and her brother Scott from their father.
  "Blackmail" was the first book by Annmarie McKenna that I read and it okay, but I found the Brianna character to be clueless and I was a bit surprise the way that fell into line with the male charaters.
  
  
• Blackmail
  By A1X8B17BRQZPLS on 2007-04-01
  This was a great read. The scenes are written with just the right balance between the characters. The ending was definetly a twist that I wasn't expecting.
  
  
• People who enjoyed this must be new to Erotica??
  By A3OKI6CT2ZU03R on 2007-10-08
  Weak story, weaker and undeveloped characters ... it's an insult to sit through this. Once again, I have to say that this Samhain Publishing is a weak excuse for an attempt to copy the much more mature erotic fiction of Ellora's Cave.
  
  
• Bondage with love
  By A1XR5272UVDZG2 on 2007-07-14
  I don't generally enjoy bondage stories but this one was realy quite good. I enjoyed the the idea of two sexy macho men directing the action but in reality being under the control of one woman.
  
  
• Really Hot
  By ALNHRPOAMD0UT on 2007-07-16
  If you're not into threesome then this isn't a book for you. I thought it was funny yet very erotic
  
  
• Fabulaus Fairytail for the Modern Woman
  By A2X6MEKUCDMXCK on 2007-07-16
  Two scrumpious hunks fall in love with you and want to give you mind blowing sex all the time. Plus they except your family for who they are and even protect you from an evil father. I only wish I was Brianna. You go girl.
  If you like this book I would recomend Emma Holly's "Menage" and "Strange Attraction". Women know the best Menage is two men and one woman not the other way around!
  
  
• Why was this published?? Oh boy.
  By A1VCJWLAJAFRGP on 2008-06-04
  I agree with the reader that said this book is an insult.
  
  It is very poorly written - maybe at a 4th grade level. The character development is extremely shallow. I couldn't relate, get into the story, or care about what happened to the characters. We all know sex scenes are hotter when the story line is good - and this one is just awful. I finished it and then threw it in the trash. I can't believe this was published!
  
  Buy Emma Holly's Menage instead!!! ;)
  
  
• Love this book!
  By A1CU6OHEFASNB0 on 2007-01-19
  I won't outline the plot since it has already been done, but I really loved this book. I have read it at least 8 times since I've gotten it. I liked the characters so much that I didn't want the book to end. I will definitely read more books written by this wonderful author.
  
  
• awesome
  By A38Z5DI1VQTZUJ on 2007-02-12
  I really thought this book was awesome. I read it in one sitting. Not only were the love scenes hot but the romance was always mixed with it. As i was reading it i really felt the love between the 3 of them. It a love we all long for. i totally recommand this to anyone who wants a love story filled in with totally hot love scenes.
  
  
• Threesome anyone
  By A1FSJR93WBVDOZ on 2007-05-13
  This steamy book by Annemarie McKenna was the first book I've read with such an explicit storyline.
  
  Brianna being blackmailed by her father to have an male heir finds herself thrown into the arms of Cole Master. If you only want hot sex seens this is the book for you. The main plot wasn't very believable because I don't think most women would go for everything Cole had in store for Brianna but this is fantasy and erotica so what to you expect. But the subplot was pretty good and gave you a bit of who done-it.
  
  
  
  
• Surprise surprise in other words Great Read
  By A26FZ5NVXZER8D on 2007-08-10
  I purchased this book as a hold over book.
  waiting for one of my other authors to release a book.
  BUt instead what I found was a new author to add to my list.
  Her book was perfect, her characters a delight and her writting was
  a pleasure to read.
  I cannot wait to read her others as well.
  I loved this book and tell everyone and anyone passing by seeing this
  book to pick it up.
  They will not be dissappointed.
  It is entertaining as well as erotic and fun.
  You will not be dissappointed I promise you.
  It is a fun light quick read, that you will hate to put down.
  Enjoy
  
  

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