Review: The Satin Sash by Red Garnier

I was thrilled to death when Red Garnier asked me to read her first full single title THE SATIN SASH a couple of weeks ago! A new to me author I went right to her site to check out the blurb and what I was taken aback by was the deliciously sinful excerpt Red has posted on her site, it was most definitely the clincher for me. There are three main characters in The Satin Sash, We have Toni (Antonia), Grey and his best friend and business partner Heath, these three make up the most incredible triad and from the first page I was swept away. Heath you can call the bad boy, tall,dark and sexy as hell, almost bruttish in his manner, working his way up in this cruel world....in a word,....dangerous. With your heart that is, never taken to relationships with women, ever! He is stunned and obsessed with the fact that Grey has a woman who he has been dating for two years, knows that he is in love with her and it somewhat amuses him. Then one day, calling for Grey, Heath gets Toni instead on the phone... he is hypnotized by her voice, by her charm, knowing that he has to see her, bedding other women calling out her name, he is determined to have her. He MUST have her at any cost. And blatantly telling Grey that "Your woman, she wants me". I was shocked, that man had some kahones and he wasn't afraid to show them. Now Grey and Heath go back years and years, sharing women isn't something new to them, but Toni, she is different for Grey, he is in love and wants to marry her. Heath captures the satin sash that Grey gave Toni from around her neck and presents it to Grey, telling him he wants the sash! Which means if he is given the sash, Grey is giving him the green light to sleep with Toni. Grey is torn, he is stimulated by the idea coveted with jealous undertones as well but confronts Toni to find that she too is attracted to Heath. The three head to Mexico on a trip that Grey sets up and the fun begins. Heath and Toni are sizzling hot from the first moment they touch, every sexual act is spent in Grey's presents as well as the fact that he has given Heath a few rules to follow. No kissing being one of them. Toni's kisses are explosive and orgasmic and only meant for him! And him alone! No acceptations. A rule Heath finds hard to follow especially when Toni doesn't know the rule exists. They have one week, that is all Grey is offering, but there are so many things that he can not control. For one Toni's insatiable sexual appetite, which makes the pages sizzle as both Grey and Heath are more than pleased to please. And please they do. Not shy of his bisexuality and Grey's willingness was hot, hot, hot and only solidified in my mind the bond between the three lovers. But where there is heat, there are flames and someone is going to get burned. Taken away with their passion all three are transformed into a world of their own. But the week will end and reality will hit like a sledge hammer, and someone is bound to get hurt. I was shocked at how much I became to adore Heath. I honestly thought through the first few pages I wasn't going to like this guy, who did he think he was barging in on a solid relationship. Well, by midway through so many layers of who Heath and even Grey truly are was so eloquently put into words by Red that I was addicted to these two men, but I didn't see a happy ending in sight that would work for all three. What was wonderful was Toni, she was strong and emotional without being a dishrag or losing her femininity in the process she was blatant about her budding love for Heath. The emotional and sexually explosive week in Mexico proved to her in they could all find their own HEA back home. Grey, the light to Heath's dark, the old money, the family, his reputation in society and within the business world would be at stake and damn it if it wasn't jealous as hell. He wanted Toni, their week of sharing her with Heath was over and he was going to marry her. Through the emotionally exhilarating last chapters I once again felt Toni's strength in her love for the two men. Is it all worth the scandal their lives would becomes, especially Greys in his father's old money world, a friendship closer than brothers he has with Heath, is it worth forfeiting Toni's love because he couldn't have her all to himself? What was truly beautiful about this story was watching the three grow and come to terms with what they mean to each other, what love truly was all about. Together they made a whole and she couldn't and wouldn't be happy with just one of the other. But forced to make a choice on who to give her satin sash to ..... oh who will it be? And more to the point will he accept it after all they have been through? That is the real question!

SYNOPSIS: "Business partners Grey Richards and Heath Solis are best friends, even though they’re as different as night and day. Grey is calm, confident, and always in control. Heath is as passionate as his smoldering looks. No woman can resist them, and it’s always been easy to share. Until now…
Grey is head over heels in love with Antonia Kearny, a woman whose luscious body enflames his senses and whose playful, willing spirit captures his heart. He’ll do anything to see her smile, to hear her breath catch, to make her scream his name. And when he realizes that Toni wants another man—and that it’s Heath—he’ll make the ultimate sacrifice…
On a decadent weekend in Mexico, Toni will experience the hunger, the touch, the taste of two men. But will her desire bring them together, or tear them apart?"

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