Sometimes an idea never gets old; something about it just really clicks with you. That's what made me pick up Christine d'Abo's Double Shot, the first book in the Long Shots series from Carrina Press. You know right away from the cover, and the title, that you've got one girl and two guys in this story and that is always an interesting combination.
Sadie Long's family owns a coffee shop, aptly named Pulled Long Espresso Bar, and they are trying to drum up business. She gets a surprise when her good friend Paul invites her to cater a party for the club he works for.

Carina Press
October 3, 2011
Electronic: 978-1-4268-9238-7
Sometimes an idea never gets old; something about it just really clicks with you. That's what made me pick up Christine d'Abo's Double Shot, the first book in the Long Shots series from Carrina Press. You know right away from the cover, and the title, that you've got one girl and two guys in this story and that is always an interesting combination.
Sadie Long's family owns a coffee shop, aptly named Pulled Long Espresso Bar, and they are trying to drum up business. She gets a surprise when her good friend Paul invites her to cater a party for the club he works for. Sadie has had her eye on Paul for a good long time but all he sees in her is a friend. Maybe catering the party at Mavericks, which just happens to be a sex club, will get Paul to see her in a different light.
What Sadie doesn't expect is to finally get to meet Josh, the sexier than sexy owner of the club. A chance meeting of the three of them in Josh's office sends the mercury in her thermometer screaming up the scale leaving her wondering just what happened at Mavericks and whether or not it might include the possibility of a bed made for three.
Josh has had about enough of Paul singing the praises of wonderful Sadie Long, but when he finds the two of them in an intimate conversation in his office, well, it becomes amazingly clear that Paul was not overstating her charm in the least. Not one to pass up any sexual opportunity, Josh tests the waters and finds that Sadie's one hot woman and he'll do all he can to see that Paul gets his girl – even if it means giving them a little help.
So you see folks, there is a little twist to this review. I'm not going to reveal what dear Paul has on his mind. Go get yourself a copy of the book and you will get all the details on the very interesting proposal he has for Sadie that involves a blue corset, black fishnet stockings and a delicious cake named "Boobs."
This was a fun story with emotional characters that you can believe in. The addition of Sadie's brother and sister hint at the next two books in the trilogy and I must say that if Sadie's brother Ian is half as fun in his own book as he is in Double Shot, well, Ms. d'Abo will have a place on my bookshelf for life.
For those who want to know, this is a boy-girl-boy sexual adventure. It's hot enough to make you turn the pages really quickly but not raunchy in any way. There is some mention of bondage, fetishes and all that, but that is due mostly to the location being set in a sex club.
Definitely pick up this book if you like coffee shops, shapely cakes and a walk on the naughty side with two gorgeous men and one very lucky woman.
Reviewed By Shawn Marie Mann
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