Blog Tour / Round Robin Review: Loving You Easy by Roni Loren

Reviewers' Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

Three times the lovin'

Loving You Easy By Roni Loren

Genre: Contemporary Erotic BDSM Ménage
Romance

Released: September 6, 2016

Publisher: Berkley

Series: Loving On The Edge, Book 9

Synopsis

Three lovers really click in the latest from the New York Times bestselling author of Call on Me—

Cora has an amazing sex life. She’s beautiful, daring, and the most popular submissive in Hayven. Too bad none of it’s real…

IT specialist Cora Benning has figured out the key to her formerly disastrous love life—make it virtual. In the online world of Hayven, she’s free of her geek girl image and can indulge her most private fantasies with a sexy, mysterious master without anyone in her life discovering her secrets. Until her information is hacked and she finds herself working to fix the breach under two very powerful men—one who seems all too familiar…

Best friends and business partners Ren Muroya and Hayes Fox were once revered dominants. Then Hayes was wrongfully sent to prison and everything changed. Ren wants to get back to who they were. Hayes can’t risk it. But when they discover the new IT specialist is their online fascination, and that she’s never felt a dominant’s touch, the temptation to turn virtual into reality becomes all too great…
Review

Reviewed by Jean, Deb & ButtonsMom2003

Three times the lovin’

Some might wonder what brought the three of us together… that would be a love of Roni Loren’s Loving on the Edge series. The three of us met while commenting on Roni’s Facebook page. I think I can speak for all of us when I say that the series is scorching hot, with characters and storylines that grab you and pull you in well past the time you’ve turned the last page. Loving You Easy is no exception.

One thing I have found with every one of Ms. Loren’s books that I’ve cracked open is that there is something compelling about her characters that resonates with something in me. This time around I really connected with Cora and her online adventure into BDSM. You see, besides being a code writing tech nerd with a gaming past… once upon a time I decided I wanted to write erotic romance and I read that if you wanted to include BDSM scenes you really needed to do your research. I’m exceptionally thorough in my research… uh hmmm… enough said. Let’s just say been there done that! BDSM aside, I really connected with Cora from the aspect of developing an online relationship and falling totally head over heels. I can tell you it’s a heady trip where you can’t help but ask yourself repeatedly along the way… just how real it is? Is the person on the other end of the line really the person they represent themselves as? Are the emotions that develop real? Will it be the same in real life? Will it last? There are so many aspects to an online or long distance relationship. Loving You Easy brought all those old memories and emotions to the surface. I know that I’m not the only one of the three of us that can speak to relationships that lived online and long distance for a time in their lives…

Then there were Ren and Hayes. Yee Gawds these two were so freaking hawt! Two men that are interlocking puzzle pieces with an invisible barrier keeping them at a distance that is ALMOST insurmountable. And then the barrier crumbles. And I picked myself up off the face of my ereader. These two have a heartbreaking history, one hell of an enemy and a love that is indestructible. Cora is one lucky woman!

-Jean

Well, I’ve never really had an online relationship unless I can count my friendship with you guys. LOL
It’s hard for me to say exactly what it was about Roni Loren’s stories I found so compelling. I had read the 50 Shades series and liked them and when I was looking around at what my library offered in the way of digital books hers caught my eye. In a way I was lucky, the majority of her series was already out by the time I discovered her books so I was able to read them one right after another without having to wait – well until recently anyway.

One of the things I particularly liked about Loving You Easy was the emotions it evoked in me. While much of this story is quite serious this passage brought in some humor to level things out a bit:

But one day after school, Ren had brought Hayes to his aunt’s restaurant to introduce him to sushi. Hayes had talked a big game that he could handle spicy food, so Ren had bet him twenty bucks that he couldn’t take a big dollop of wasabi without spitting it out. Hayes had boldly popped it in his mouth and swallowed. It’d taken about five seconds before he was coughing, ten before he was crying, and fifteen before he was beseeching God for help and cursing the entire nation of Japan.

I also got very emotional when reading about Cora and her low opinion of herself. She thinks that men don’t find her attractive at all so she’s immersed herself in the safety of the online world of Hayven where she can explore the confusing (to her) sexual feelings she has. She is smart and brilliant at what she does but it’s very difficult for Hayes and Ren to convince her of this.

We know from the book’s blurb that Ren and Hayes find out that Cora is the submissive they know from Hayven. What I didn’t expect was the anticipation and almost anxiety I felt waiting for that spot to come in the book; it was much, much later than I expected but so worth the wait. Like the other books in this series the heat level in this one is off the charts. I marked no less than 5 spots in the story as HOT! and I know that I missed others simply because I was so engrossed in the story that I’d forget to highlight as I read.

–ButtonsMom

I discovered Roni Loren’s blog before she published her first book. My girl crush was based on those blog posts that pretty much chronicled her journey to being a published author. She was (and still is) honest, open, creative, loads of fun, and very humble. Those blog posts taught me a lot about the process of writing as she opened her heart and showed us her drive and devotion to creating the perfect story. And now, Loren’s erotic BDSM romances rank up there with the best in the business. The Loving On The Edge series, while beautiful from the start, has grown into something so much more than just erotic romance. Her characters are real. Ms. Loren’s knowledge of human nature is absolutely brilliant, and Loving You Easy is the latest proof of that. Cora is such a refreshing character! I love her intelligence and techie nerd factor. It’s not often we see such a female portrayed as being sexy and desirable and I adore every part of her. Ren and Hayes, besides being hot as hell, couldn’t be more different. They have been through fire for each other since they were teens and it is clear that will never change. When Cora walks into their lives this story sizzles into a bonfire of emotion, wicked hot sex, and a well-crafted mystery. Loving You Easy is absolutely top notch clever, well-written, emotionally sensual, and just plain awesome.

–Deb

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Excerpt

Cora inhaled through her nose, trying to calm herself. She should be okay. The party was crowded and blending in shouldn’t be a problem.She moved through the main part of the room, grabbing a glass of wine off a passing waiter’s tray and scanning faces for Grace. Usually her friend was hard to miss, but Cora didn’t see her blond head anywhere. Dammit.

She spotted a table in the farthest spot from the hallway. Two women were sitting there, but there was a chair free. She headed that way and retrieved her phone from her purse so she could text Grace.

The women looked up when she reached their table. Cora smiled. “Hi, do you mind if I sit?”
The older of the two women waved a hand. “Not at all, please do. We were just about to go to the bar anyway.”

“Oh, you don’t have to get up. I—”

But they were already up and gathering their things.

God. She was apparently wearing people repellant tonight. She resisted doing a sniff test to make sure her deodorant was working and then plopped down in one of the chairs. The last thing she wanted to do was sit at a table alone again, but she needed to text Grace, and standing around with no one to talk to looked even more conspicuous. She set down her wine so she could type two-thumbed.

Cora: Where r u??? #911

The message sent, but as Cora stared at the screen, no little dots popped up to indicate that Grace was responding. “Come on, where the hell are you?”

She opened up her favorites list, ready to call Grace until she answered, but before she could hit the button to dial, a hand planted on the table right next to Cora’s wine, rattling the glass.
She startled but didn’t look up. That hand was all she could focus on. Because somehow, she knew. Tan skin and long fingers, the edge of a colorful tattoo peeking out from a shirt cuff.
Cora prayed for a trap door. An eject button. An invisibility cloak.

None appeared.

In one fluid motion, the chair across from her was pulled out and dragged closer. Her guest slid into the spot. Uninvited. Unapologetic. His mere presence demanded she respond. There was a sense of… provocation. Almost a dare. Cora forced herself to look up.

Shit. The curse almost slipped out.

It was worse than she’d thought—the looking. The guy could’ve just stepped off the red carpet. Charcoal suit, plum-colored T-shirt, a mess of perfectly styled jet-black hair, and a face that was so beautiful it’d almost seem feminine if not for the hard angle of his jaw and the shadow of stubble. This was a guy who knew he looked good and wasn’t afraid to use it like a weapon.
He gave her an unreadable smile. “This seat taken?”

Her throat felt like it’d narrowed to nothing, but she forced words out. “Seems a little late to ask.”
The man’s coal eyes sparkled, like he was in on some eternal joke. And he was. He knew. Somehow in this sea of people he’d picked out the girl from the dark. He knew she’d just watched him get off in the hallway, and she couldn’t play it off.

“I’m sorry.” She blurted—too loud, too sharp. One hundred percent without grace. Fantastic.
He leaned back in his chair, grabbed a drink off a passing waiter’s tray, and hooked an ankle over his knee, looking like he could literally be comfortable anywhere with anyone. “You were there first. Maybe I should apologize. Though, what you were doing all alone in the dark has got me curious.”

She cleared her throat, trying to tap the brakes on her body’s railroading response to this man. He was a stranger, but they’d shared this intensely sexual moment. Her wires were crossed, her body confused. “I was just trying to find a quiet place to make a call. But I… couldn’t get a good signal. Then… you walked in with your… a woman.”

He smiled and his gaze strayed toward the bar. Cora couldn’t help but follow it. It’s like he’d put his hand on her head to make it turn. At the bar, a woman with a long ponytail and blue maxi dress was in the arms of a man with salt-and-pepper hair. They were kissing—a little too passionately for this kind of party.

And Cora couldn’t help it—she had the thought. Can he taste this man’s come on his girlfriend’s lips? The thought tripped a wire inside her. One it shouldn’t. Her cheeks burned. “If you’re worried that I’m going to say anything, I’m not. Not my business.”

“You’re right. It’s not.” Her companion looked back to her, a secret smile playing around the edges of his mouth. “But it wouldn’t matter if you did. He already knows. He was the one who set it up.”

Cora’s lips parted. On some level, she knew that kind of thing happened. She was no innocent. But she couldn’t hide her knee-jerk reaction or shake off the sense that this man was toying with her. “Then why did you come over here? If you’re not worried about me outing you?”

He frowned, a line appearing between his dark brows. “I don’t recognize you. Have you been to one of Grant’s parties before?”

She straightened. Technically, she wasn’t crashing this thing. Grace’s boss had been the one to get the invite and had let Grace come on his behalf with a plus one. But Cora suddenly felt one hundred percent out of her league and like she’d been left out of some joke. Not that she was going to let this guy know that. “No. Haven’t had time to get to one before now.”

“Well, then I’m over here because things seen out of context by those who don’t know what they’re looking at can be misconstrued and get people in trouble. From the outside looking in, what happened could look… non-consensual. I needed to make sure you understood.”

“You needed to cover your ass. Got it,” she said, unsure why it came out with a biting edge to it. “You’re good.”

His eyebrow arched and he shifted forward in his seat, bracing his forearms on his thighs and pinning her with that gaze. “Plus, I thought I should know the name of the woman who chose to stay and watch while another woman sucked me off.”

The words hit her like a stun gun. Zap! And all she could hear in her head was him saying, Suck it.

Suck. It.

She should be offended, disgusted. They should not be having this conversation. Instead, her heart tried to pound out of her chest and her skin went tingly. “You don’t need my name.”

“Mmm.” He nodded. “True. But you want to tell me anyway. Just like you wanted to stay longer and watch it all.”

Books in the Series

Loving On The Edge Series

Crash Into You, Book 1

Melt Into You, Book 2

Fall Into You, Book 3

Not Until You, Book 4

Caught Up In You, Book 5

Need You Tonight, Book 6

Nothing Between Us, Book 7

Call On Me, Book 8

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About Roni Loren

Roni Loren

Roni wrote her first romance novel at age fifteen when she discovered writing about boys was way easier than actually talking to them. Since then, her flirting skills haven’t improved, but she likes to think her storytelling ability has. Though she’ll forever be a New Orleans girl at heart, she now lives in Dallas with her husband and son.If she’s not working on her latest sexy story, you can find her reading, watching reality television, or indulging in her unhealthy addiction to rockstars, er, rock concerts. Yeah, that’s it. She is the National Bestselling Author of The Loving on the Edge series from Berkley Heat.

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