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    The Best Mistake
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    The Best Mistake

    By Kate Watterson

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    About this ebook

    When Lacey Billings gives her boyfriend, Ran, an erotic wake-up call in the middle of the night, she's shocked to discover that the gorgeous man she's kissing isn't Ran...it's his cousin, Rick.

    Although Ran laughs off the mix-up, Lacey and Rick can't stop thinking about the unexpected encounter, and they can't escape the scorching flashbacks it's aroused.

    Ran doesn't want an innocent mistake to ruin his relationship with his girlfriend or his cousin, so he proposes a solution. He wants the three of them to solve this problem the old-fashioned way, by sleeping on it...together.

    17,000 words

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarina Press
    Release dateJan 16, 2012
    ISBN9781426893087
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    The Best Mistake
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    Kate Watterson

    Kate Watterson is an experienced author who grew up on a steady diet of mystery and suspense novels. The author of Frozen, Charred, and Buried, she loves anything involving murder and intrigue. She currently resides with her husband, three children, and a temperamental cat named Poot in Indiana.

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    • 3/5
      I got this copy from Netgalley.com
      The Best Mistake
      By Kate Watterson
      Quick but good read. Lacey comes home and thinks to put the moves on her boyfriend only it’s his cousin (who looks a lot like him). The difficult decision to live a ménage lifestyle was handled well. The boyfriend was supportive and wanting her happiness which is necessary in these relationships. That the author addressed Lacey’s apprehension was good to read. I liked that I got all 3 POV’s.
      This was my first read by Kat Watterson, I will read more.
    • 3/5
      This sexy short novella had a very promising start - Lacey comes over to boyfriend Ran's apartment late at night after getting back from an interstate trip. For entirely believable reasons, it is Rick (Ran's cousin) in bed and when Lacey gives him a "hey-honey-I'm-home" surprise, both are mortified. I liked how Lacey's reaction included that she had all but raped Rick - I liked the notion that she took responsibility for her actions and accepted that she did not have Rick's willing consent. It was a small point which didn't need to be more fully explored really because Rick doesn't regard Lacey's actions as rape, but I'm glad it was in there as something which crossed her mind and for which she apologised. However, after such a promising (and hot) start, the book took a steep downward turn for me when Lacey was basically ambushed by Rick and Ran (what's with the two names anyway? I was constantly getting them confused - maybe that was the point) into agreeing to a threesome. Especially given that consent was something that had come up before, it just read wrong to me. I would have much more appreciated Ran and Lacey HAVING A CONVERSATION about this privately and reaching agreement before Ran broached the subject with Rick. This could easily have been done and would have made such a difference to my squick factor about this book. To top it all off, Lacey decides to allow Rick to have sex with her WITHOUT A CONDOM and I thought this was, stupid, dangerous and frankly, icky. The beginning was a B, the end was a D. So, via the law of averages, I settled on a C for the grade.
    • 3/5
      I expected more from this book.. I know what you are thinking... What kind of way is that to start a review.. Let me explain myself lol.You know how sometimes, even though we aren't supposed to, we judge books solely on their cover? This is one of those cases. I had this vision in my head of how this story should be and for some reason the vision fell flat. I could blame it on the fact that I have high standards when it comes to "erotica", not just everyone can write that kind of story. As far as the characters go, they were amazing. The story line however was a bit off to me... I know this is all fantasy and imagination and everything, but the ending and the plot line itself just wasn't completely convincing to me.I did however, enjoy reading this book. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to someone else. I just think that some things could have been explained better, plot lines and more details could have been added... For a short story like this one, I felt that it was missing alot.