Unexpected Consequences by Sloan Johnson ~ Release Week Event & Sarah's Review

Zeke Reed lives his life by his rules, the biggest one being that he refuses to settle down. Through the years, it has become a running joke amongst his circle of friends that his condo would be well served by the installation of a revolving door.
That’s what makes his friendship with Mary and Jeff work. All three of them are looking for some no-strings-attached fun. Until fate steps in, making them all take a look at what’s been developing while they’ve been busy fooling around.
Unfortunately, every decision in life has consequences. When you choose to openly share your life with more than one person, things get complicated. Will Zeke, Jeff and Mary be able to stand together as the world tries to pull them apart?

Holy Hotness Batman!!  Good lord.  All I'm going to say is that there were a few scenes in this book that had me thinking that maybe my husband and I needed to add a third person into our relationship.  WOW!

Unexpected Consequences started a few minutes before the end of Unexpected Protector.  That was one hell of a cliffhanger and I am really quite glad that those moments weren't glossed over as a retelling of events from someone else's POV.  While we aren't seeing the events through Liam's eyes again, we see it through the eyes of Zeke and Jeff.

I was completely taken aback when I learned about the relationship between Zeke, Jeff, & Mary.  They were completely masterful at keeping it a secret.  The more that I learned about it the more I loved it.  The three of them worked perfectly together.  It was definitely a case of love being multiplied, rather than divided, by the added member of the relationship.

While there was drama in this book: in the form of the players having to overcome troublesome pasts, family members, and going public, the drama level wasn't quite as high as it was with the first two books in the series.  I am glad for that though.  There was so much going on with Zeke, Jeff, & Mary trying to figure out how to make their relationship work that the addition of outside crazy would have just been too much.

We also got to get a glimpse into the lives of Dylan & Tasha and Tommy & Holly, so we know how they are doing as well.  There was also a great surprise concerning characters from a completely different series (not from Sloan) that added that much more to this book.

I really an quite happy with this book.  I was very intrigued by Zeke in the first two books now I feel like I know him so much better and am very happy with his story.  I am still looking forward to learning about the rest of the Alliance as I know they all have huge stories to tell!

BONUS:  This book is not a cliffhanger, THANK GOD!!  I'm not sure I could have handled another one after Unexpected Protector.

            

~ Unexpected Angel #1 ~

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~ Unexpected Protector #2 ~

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Sloan Johnson is a big city girl trapped in a country girl’s body. While she longs for the hustle and bustle of New York City or Las Vegas, she hasn’t yet figured out how to sit on the deck with her morning coffee, watching the deer and wild turkeys in the fields while surrounded by concrete and glass.

When she was three, her parents received their first call from the principal asking them to pick her up from school. Apparently, if you aren’t enrolled, you can’t attend classes, even in Kindergarten. The next week, she was in preschool and started plotting her first story soon after.

Later in life, her parents needed to do something to help their socially awkward, uncoordinated child come out of her shell and figured there was no better place than a bar on Wednesday nights. It’s a good thing they did because this is where she found her love of reading and writing. Who needs socialization when you can sit alone in your bedroom with a good book?

Now, Sloan is a tattooed, purple haired mom of two kids, one of which was a thank you present to her husband for letting her get a Staffordshire Terrier with more anxiety issues than Sloan has, which is saying something. She’s been kicked out of the PTA in two school districts and is no longer asked to help with fundraisers because she’s been known to lose herself in a good book and forget that she has somewhere to be.