Rachael Orman

Flawed by Rachael Orman
Source: Netgalley
My Rating: 4½/5 stars
My Review:

Julia and Garrison have a quite wonderful if unconventional marriage. Julia earns a living as both a school teacher and a domme. Clearly, one job knows nothing about the other  For Garrison’s part, he works as a detective which offers Julia a measure of comfort should she ever have an issue with one of her clients. Thankfully, Julia is quite good at her job so she rarely has a problem keeping her clients in line. show more

While it might seem like a most unusual arrangement, Julia and Garrison have made not just a success of their marriage but one filled with love, tenderness, caring, and some delightfully naughty sexual encounters. In her professional life, Julia is the dominant partner but in her private life, Garrison takes control. As if things weren’t spicy enough, from time to time, Julia and Garrison invite a third party into their bed and it’s always a man which appeals to Garrison’s bisexual nature. Until Keaton, Julia and Garrison have never considered asking a third party to become a more permanent fixture in their lives, but then, no one else has been quite like Keaton.

Keaton is a seriously badass lawyer with a reputation for being a shark in the courtroom. He often works with Garrison on cases and of late, the two have become quite worried over an unsolved string of murders. In his private life, Keaton is far less dominant which is precisely how he met Julia. Though it takes a bit of time - and at least one seriously uncomfortable moment - for everyone to figure out they all know each other and are completely attracted to one another. While it may seem like Flawed is nothing more than three hot people coming together and having some fantastic sex, recall I mentioned a string of unsolved murders. What I failed to mention is just how close to home those murders are going to get.

As Garrison and Keaton work diligently toward a break in the case, any break, Julia is working toward thinning out her client list in preparation for the upcoming school year. Trouble is, Julia’s clients tend to get attached to her and one becomes particularly attached, Julia is in real trouble. In fact, at just about the same time as Julia is finding out what a terrible situation she is in, Keaton and Garrison are on the way to help her. The situation goes far beyond serious to life threatening which only serves to strengthen the bond between Julia and her men.

The Bottom Line: I sort of expected Flawed to be a well-written down and dirty read about three pretty people coming together. What I got was a well-written down and dirty read that had a dark and twisted side as an added bonus. The darkness only added to the intensity of the read and the naughty bits, between anyone and everyone were quite fine. At the end of the day, Orman put together a read that has a little bit of everything. show less

(dnf at 15%)

I vented a little on twitter about this novel, that should tell you enough. But because I don't want to make you search through my twitter to learn what exactly made me dnf, I'll state it here as well (well, of course I do).

First thing I noticed was the writing. Missing words, typos and on one occasion the two main male characters were mixed up. But I would have struggled through, even if I had to stay very focused on reading and read some sentences more than one. (Seriously, show more this has to be edited sooo much.)

And then came that one scene when I thought to myself "fuck this".

"The man had gotten up balls to hit on me, which was surprising if he was submissive. However, if he truly was submissive, the fact that he'd gone against his nature for me was that much more attractive." ~kindle pos. 376

Because submissives always wait to be hit on and they can't possible do it themselves. It's not in their nature. Sure.

There were some things, I did enjoy about this novel. The dynamic between the three main characters seems to be very interesting (the little I read about it) and the bdsm scenes were interesting as well. But after that thing I just quoted? They could be the very best I've ever read and I would have dnfed.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you. show less

While I do like a bit of hot steamy sex in my stories, I like there to be more story than sex. Sometimes, though, I get asked to review the exact opposite. Such was the case with In the Moment. I do have to admit that this story is alright. Granted, there's sex pretty much on every page, but the characters are developed just enough to give the reader a feel for them, to let the reader know that these fictional characters aren't just generic creations. The banter between Ace and, well, anyone show more is enough to bring a smile and the occasional chuckle to the reader's lips, and Alicia is more confused about what she wants than I think she even knows. What little actual plotline there is in the first part of this series, was enough for me to eagerly turn the page. It's also enough to leave me in anticipation of part 2. Well done Ms. Orman, you've accomplished what so few others have concerning my enjoyment of this genre.

I give this book 5 of 5 paws show less

4 stars and one of the HOTTEST books I've read in a while.
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Wow, Ellis was unbelievably sexy but also someone you don't want to mess with...



He'll destroy anyone who hurts Ryan and will do it with a smile. I love a strong female character and Ryan was definitely that. It takes a tough chick to be around a bunch of badass bikers and still get respect. We learn that Ryan has a secret which show more eventually explains some of her odd behavior. Sometimes she was this take no shit kind of girl and then for no apparent reason she'd become this weak and cowering person. It was frustrating at first but eventually it started to all make sense.


A good first novel in the series. Plenty of action, plenty of secrets and plenty of hot sex! I will definitely be following.

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