*I received a free copy of Golden Dancer from Pride Publishing via Enchantress Design and Promo. This has in no way influenced my voluntary review, which is honest and unbiased *
Golden Dancer by Tara LainSeries: Dangerous Dancers #1
Published by Pride Publishing Genres: Contemporary, Mystery, LGBT
Pages: 181
Format: eARC
A reporter and the thief he's investigating both fall for a golden dancer forging a ménage of love and lies that could send one to prison and one to the morgue. Will he get his story or will he get his men?
Mac Macallister is obsessed. The online news reporter needs enough evidence to write a story accusing billionaire art collector Daniel Terrebone of stealing The Golden Dancer, a priceless work of art, from son-of-a-Nazi Horst Von Berg. The story promises the recognition Mac craves. Then Mac meets a real golden dancer, ballet star Trelain Medveyev, and his attraction to the man rocks his formerly straight world.
When the mysterious Terrebone "collects" this beautiful dancer, too, Mac rushes to the rescue like a knight in shining cargo pants and plunges into a three-way passion that tears him between love and guilt. Can Mac keep investigating when his story could send one man to prison and another to the morgue? Will this reporter get his story or get his men?
Golden Dancer has some very strong characters that move the story forward in different ways, and I loved that there is a ballet dancer involved!
Between Mac, the investigative reporter, Trelain, the Russian ballet dancer, and Daniel, the philanthropic billionaire who may or may not be a thief, Golden Dancer was filled with mystery, attraction and quite a bit of tension. And because both Daniel and Mac were interested in Trelain, the story moved forward in a way where it was impossible to see where things would go. Especially because Mac was sure that Daniel had stolen a dancer statue by using the help of a hacker.
The mystery and the evident attraction between the three men were tangible, and Mac not wanting to admit that he might have more feelings towards men than women. There’s a lot of hotness in the story, and especially Mac had to come to terms with his sexuality, and what he thought he knew about himself.
As always, Lain managed to bring more than the romance to her story, and the multifaceted characters made it enjoyable to go on the journey with them. Written in third person past tense, with an almost omniscient narrator, the pace was even, and matched the plot and the storyline perfectly.
He glanced across the makeshift newsroom toward a bobbing redhead. Debbie the rat friend. See if he told her any more about his past. “Yeah, my parents are dancers. That doesn’t qualify me to write entertainment columns.” That was not entirely true. Hell, he could write anything.
Mac’s laugh exploded. “Crap. I will just bet.” He felt warm hearing the dancer’s musical laugh. “Man, I gotta ltee you, you are one badass dancer.”
The head cocked. “And badass is… god ass, I presume?” He glanced over his shoulder, looking at his own round, hard-muscled buttocks on the chair.
The word flashed into his head, driving out the blur of pleasure. Hell, no. No world rocking. not this way. He squeezed his head, trying to get his father’s voice out. “Stay away from the gay dancers. Stay away from Pavo.” Shit.
Excerpt:
Trelain snuggled tight, resting his head in the crook of Mac’s shoulder, and that was when the second lesson came up. Women did not provide a hard cock to rub against him. Holy crap, he needed to back away. But his half-hard cock poked Trelain’s flat belly, and it felt so good. Way too good.
Trelain gave a little humming sound that might have been a moan, and though he could claim they were just dancing, that cock moved with mind-searing precision, up, down, a bit to the side. Mac’s dick filled relentlessly until it hurt. Explosion imminent. Jesus, just the thought of Trelain tortured him. The reality was more than he could stand. Get the hell out of here.
He ripped himself out of the dancer’s arms. “Sorry, gotta go.” Slouching a little in hopes that the bagginess of his cargoes would cover his throbbing erection, he headed through the open doors and across the great room. There were far fewer people to observe his humiliation in here. Goal—get to the door.
“Mac, don’t go.”
He glanced over his shoulder at Trelain and almost stopped. Hell, no. Go now.
He almost made it to the front door when a big solid body stepped in front of him. “Mac, what the hell do you think you’re doing?”
“Get out of my way, Terrebone.”
“Hell, no. Come with me.” Daniel grabbed and pulled him into the hall that led toward the back of the house. Mac started to pull back when he was spun and pushed hard against the wall.
“Daniel. What are you doing? Don’t hurt him.” Trelain’s voice sounded distraught.
Terrebone pushed his face into Mac’s. “I’m not hurting him, darling. He’s hurting himself. This man has got to realize that he wants you and you want him and, for that matter, he probably wants me.”
The bastard. Mac tried to pull away, but shit, the guy was strong. Daniel pressed his forearm harder against his neck. One hand reached down and grabbed Mac’s cock, still stiff despite the shock. “Feel this? It’s not some anomaly or weird mistake, Mac. You’re hot for Trelain. Does that make you gay? I’d say yes, but I’m not into definitions. Who the fuck cares? You just have to quit torturing yourself and everyone else. You hear me?”
Okay, calm down so you can fucking breathe. Relax. No, don’t want to hear it. Terrebone pushed a tiny bit harder. “Do…you…hear…me?”
Crap! Mac managed to nod, and Terrebone released him.
“Fuck, Terrebone, what the hell…?” He rubbed at his throat. His pride hurt more than his neck if he was honest. “I’m so out of here.” He started for the door and again got dragged back. Shit, where did this guy work out? With the Russian Mafia? Mac was a runner, but this guy must lift weights.
Daniel pounded him against the wall again, but this time no arm came up. Instead, the man pressed his mouth to Mac’s. Fuck! Mac twisted, but the soft mouth just kept moving against his while the strong hands held him still. Oh yeah, soft. Mac felt a silky, liquid tongue caress his lips, back and forth. He tried to move his head, but no use. No use…no use not just letting that pressing tongue go where it wanted. His lips opened a tiny crack, and Daniel took full advantage, pushing that wet, hot tongue farther into his mouth. Mac tried to move his tongue out of the way, but…no use. Hot and wet against his tongue. Filling his mouth with hot and wet.
About the author:
Tara Lain writes the Beautiful Boys of Romance in LGBT erotic romance novels that star her unique, charismatic heroes. Her first novel was published in January of 2011 and she’s now somewhere around book 23. Her bestselling novels have garnered awards for Best Series, Best Contemporary Romance, Best Ménage, Best LGBT Romance, Best Gay Characters, and Tara has been named Best Writer of the Year in the LRC Awards. In her other job, Tara owns an advertising and public relations firm. She often does workshops on both author promotion and writing craft. She lives with her soulmate husband and her soulmate dog in Laguna Beach, California, a pretty seaside town where she sets a lot of her books. Passionate about diversity, justice, and new experiences, Tara says on her tombstone it will say “Yes”
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Twitter: ailynk
nicely done, dancers and mysteries go well I see
Thank you. Ailyn. Right. Who knew? : )
Thank you so much for reading Golden Dancer. I’m writing the second book now and having so much fun being mysterious! Hugs and love. : )
I like the idea of the tension from the thief part mixed with the romance and that they are trying to be a threesome with such tension. Looking forward to this one. I already like her other books I’ve read.
Perrrrrrfect! I’ve had a taste for mystery lately, so this sounds right up my alley.
It sounds nice done, I didn’t know about it but it’s great to have many things there!
New to me but I’m curious. Seems like such a great mix. Thanks for your honest review.
Ooh tension? Unpredictability? A menage? Sounds like a good book 🙂
I’ll have to pick up this one soon, Lexxie. I like the mystery and the tension…and 3 men? Oohlala! Plus, Tara wrote it so I know I’ll love it. 😀
**BIG HUGS**