Brazen [Paperback]

Maya Banks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2008

One womans campaign to win the hearts of the two men she loves. Jasmine left the Sweetwater Ranch and the Morgan brothers, no longer able to bear the painful dilemma of loving them both. After a year away, in which she gains new perspective, she returns home with one goal. To make Seth and Zane Morgan hers. Jaz may have left an innocent girl, but shes returned a beautiful, sensual woman. Seth and Zane arent prepared for the full on assault she launches and each battle an attraction theyve fought for years. She wants them both, but Seth has no intention of sharing his woman. Its up to her to change his mind because she cant and wont choose between two men she loves with equal passion. For her, its all or nothing.

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About the Author

Maya Banks lives in Southeast Texas with her husband and three children. When she's not writing, she loves to hunt and fish, bum on the beach, play poker and travel.

Escaping into the pages of a book is something she's loved to do since she was a child. Now she crafts her own worlds and characters and enjoys spending as much time with them as possible.

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Samhain Publishing (July 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599988143
• ISBN-13: 978-1599988146
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #521,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Maya Banks lives in Texas with her husband, three children and assortment of pets. When she's not writing, she can be found hunting, fishing or playing poker.

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brazen, July 4, 2008

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Kelly "Reviewer for The Sinfully Sensuous" (Littleton, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brazen (Paperback)

Jasmine Quinn has been away from home for a long painful year. She hadn't been able to deal with her feelings for both brothers Seth and Zane Morgan, so she had fled the home she loved at Sweetwater Ranch. She had learned a lot over the past year in Paris, and came to the conclusion that she was going to have them both. There was no reason to force a choice from anyone. Now, the hard part came - convincing Seth and Zane it would be okay for them to both love her.

They were both trying desperately to distance themselves from Jaz. Seth and Zane had been taking care of her since she was sixteen, and she had become part of their family. How could animal attraction have cropped up between them now? Seth knew how wrong his feelings were toward her, so he avoided her at every turn, and even went so far as to hurt her deeply by telling her she was not special, but could be any woman to him. Zane tried to keep Jaz at arms length, but it didn't work for him. He was tired of pretending that she wasn't someone he had loved for years, and that he burned to be with her.

Jasmine knew she wasn't handling this situation well. Zane didn't seem to have a problem with her loving them both. In fact he seemed to understand how she could love both he and his brother. She couldn't be with just one of them because that would tear her heart in two. For her, unfortunately, it was all or nothing, and Zane was on board, but Seth was another story. He was pulling away from her farther and farther every day. Jaz knew she had to find a way to reach Seth or she would have to leave, and be without them both forever.

Highly erotic emotionally charged story that will engage you from the start. Zane and Seth are true Texas cowboys with strength and dominance dripping off them, but they also have a tender and loving side. A combination like that would be hard to resist! Jaz has strength and the conviction that they belong together with the determination to make it happen! Once again a must read from MB.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Klovers - Courtesy of CK2S Kwips & Kritiques, December 1, 2007

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Jennifer Ray (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brazen (Kindle Edition)

Jasmine is returning home after a year abroad. Her time in Paris expanded her horizons in more ways than she could ever have anticipated, and she is now ready to return home to the two men she has long loved but thought she could never have. You see, she loves both of the Morgan brothers, but could never have chosen between Seth and Zane. Now she knows she just might not have to. The problem will be persuading the two men - not to mention convincing them to see her as a woman instead of the child they first met all those years ago... But Jaz just may be Brazen enough to do it!

If you were to ask me to recommend a great author of ménage romance, Maya Banks would be at the top of my list. Heck, she is at the top of my list of romantic authors, actually. But back to the ménage. LOL Banks has a knack not only for writing some pretty intense M/F/M love scenes, but for delivering compelling reasons for the ménage relationships. Rarely are her trios simply a fling; they almost always end up together for the long haul, with the heroine legally married to one of the men but bound to both (or all, in the case of Colters' Woman.)

Jasmine is a great match for the two Morgan brothers - sassy and strong-willed with a determination to match their stubbornness and overpower their reluctance. Of course, it just might be their deep-rooted love for her that helps her case just a bit... J Jasmine pulls out all the stops to seduce the men she needs in her life, and demands all or nothing.

Seth and Zane are enough to make any woman's knees wobbly. A couple of honest to goodness cowboys, they bear all the traits you'd expect in a sexy alpha male hero - nobility, strength, tenderness, possessiveness, and an ability to love to the depths of their souls. It is easy to empathize with why both men fight their desire for Jaz, but oh boy is it hot when they finally start to lose that battle!!!

Brazen has it all - enough titillation to heat you all the way through even on the coldest winter night, and so much love that you know you'll never feel cold again if you could just be in Jaz's shoes. If you crave wonderfully spicy romances with a ménage theme, you will want to buy your copy of Maya Banks' Brazen tonight!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joyfully Recommended!, January 27, 2008

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Natalie S "ns65" (Nashville) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brazen (Kindle Edition)

For the last year, Jasmine has been living in Paris. She decides she is ready to come home and calls the two men that mean the most to her: Seth and Zane Morgan. Years ago Seth and Zane rescued Jasmine and took her into their home, thus saving her from a life of drudgery and prostitution. Neither man has ever looked at her as anything but a younger sibling. That is going to change if Jasmine has her way. She wants them to see her as the woman she has become and realize that the young girl they raised and protected is now grown up and knows what she wants - which just happens to be both Seth and Zane in her life, in her bed, forever.

Seth and Zane have spent the last year missing the one person in their lives that they both love. The time has passed slowly and is almost unbearable until Jaz calls and asks to come home. Neither man wants to admit that they suddenly see their Jasmine in a new and sensual light. When she left for Paris she was an almost waiflike, innocent girl, she returned as a beautiful woman who entices them at every turn. While each man wants Jasmine, it is going to take a lot of convincing for them to agree to what she proposes. Seth and Zane do not want to give Jasmine up, but they are unsure if they can share - especially Seth and it seems that Jasmine is not willing to settle for less.

Like fine chocolate and great coffee, Brazen simply whisked me away to Texas and the ranch of Seth and Zane Morgan. I watched Jasmine as she took the biggest chance of her life and held my breath in anticipation of Seth and Zane's reactions. Out of the two brothers, Zane was more laid back accepted things easier than Seth. My love for Zane's character was almost instantaneous and held fast the entire book. Seth, in true older sibling style, took a bit more convincing and seemed a tad more stubborn. He often times didn't think before he spoke and in one instance I wanted to reach into the pages and grab him by the neck and make him listen to what he was saying to both his brother and Jasmine. In his defense, however, when he made his decision, his true character shined. He was thoughtful, loving, and quite the charmer. As for Jasmine, she had more guts than ten men and I found her love of Seth and Zane refreshing, while it couldn't be termed 'innocent' it was almost angelic in a sense that it was real, true, and unconditional.

I could not put Brazen down and have no choice but to highly and joyfully recommend it for this month. Maya Banks is on a roll and I, for one, think that she deserves every great thing that is coming her way. Run, don't walk to Samhain and purchase Brazen. It is truly an outstanding read.