Elijah's a killer. An assassin. And more recently a bodyguard for the heir to a huge media conglomerate. He's been trained his whole life to be a weapon. So he never expected to find love in the arms of his protectee, Bastian.

Sebastian lives a prince's life. He's got responsibilities. Obligations. The last thing his straight-laced father wants is for him to fall in love with someone unsuitable. And in his father's mind, Elijah is definitely unsuitable. But Bastian is unwilling to give his love up. But he and Elijah are willing to let someone else in. So long as they can find the perfect princess to make their duo into a trio.

Ashe is living a fairy tale life. Only it's the kind of fairy tale that features familial abuse, neglect, and horrible step family. She's constantly belittled and berated. Her only escape is land surrounding her magnificent family home. After another argument, Ashe is in need for some relief when she encounters two smoking hot men by her favorite lookout.

The sparks fly. Passions soar. But there's parental machinations in play. And will the former assassin, the media prince, and the neglected stepdaughter get their happily ever after?

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This is a very steamy erotic romance. It's also one of my favorite kinds of romance to read -- an equal, polyamorous triad. There's lots of heated sex scenes, and yes, swords do cross in this. You can definitely see hints and call outs to Cinderella. Ashe even loses her shoe at one point. But it's far enough away from the fairy tale that there are still some surprises.

I liked Bastian and Elijah a lot. Especially Elijah. There was a lot of great consent in this, especially when it came to Ashe and her choice in being a part of the relationship. I didn't warm to Ashe quite as much as I did the boys. I found her a little too much of a "Poor little rich girl." She did things that were a bit thoughtless toward the staff. I basically didn't love her.

There's some twists and the plot flows fairly well. I felt there was a bit of ending fatigue, but that's me.

Ultimately I enjoyed this novel so it gets:

Four Stars.

I received an ARC of this book via NetGalley. Thank you to Entangled for letting me read it.

Loved this modern, erotic spin on the classic Cinderella tale. Ashe meets Sebastian and Elijah in the forest one day and the attraction among the 3 of them is instant and undeniable. However, they soon discover that Ash'e's stepmother and sister and Sebastian's father have plans for Sebastian that don't include Ashe. Ever After is steamy, romantic and intriguing - I found it difficult to put down. This is the first book I've read by Eden French, but I will definitely be reading more in the future.

A menage version of Cinderella. Ashe was a former heiress and now she lives with her horrible stepmother and perfect stepsisters little more than a servant. She meets Sebastian and sparks fly; however, Sebastian has brought his body guard Elijah who are in love with each other as well. Can these three make a relationship work and can Ashe get out of under her stepmother’s control? Fast-paced off the charts hot read with great characters, intense chemistry between Ashe, Sebastian and Elijah. Plenty of drama and suspense. I loved it.

Welcome to 400 pages of pure heat. Ashe Pembroke is a modern-day Cinderella with an evil stepmother, one horrible sister, and two Prince Charmings! Throw in scheming parents and trust fund issues, and you have one hell of a great read for 2020.

***I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review***

Sexy Cinderella retelling, and very, very sexy it is!

This story is the perfect for the adult dreamer, blend of sexy men , hot, hot sex and intrigue. You will enjoy it, it will leave you breathless at moment, sad at other, but always engaged.

I can safely say I was left a little breathless when I finished this book.
A modern day Cinderella story but instead of one Prince Charming you get two. A hot story for Ashe, Elijah and Sebastian. A great reworking of the story with sex thrown in.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to read an ARC

An erotic take on the Cinderella story with a menage twist. Ashe, Elijah, and Sebastian bring this old fairytale to life in a new way.

Elijah and Bastian are long time lovers who occasionally participate in MMF, MFM or other orgy type bedroom activities, but their love for one another always remains steadfast. These two lovers have talked about adding another partner, if or when, they ever met someone that they both had a connection with, but neither have ever felt that emotional connection with any of the people they have invited into their bedroom, that is until they meet Ashe.

Ashe is living the Cinderella life, but her wicked stepmother and sister are even one step more wicked and straddling the abusive line. Meeting Elijah and Bastian is the only sunny spots on her dark days and keeping them a secret is the only way to any kind of happiness.

The three develop feelings both separately and together as a throuple, but sometimes things don't always go your way, especially when you are basically a prince in the modern world.

This story has lots of twists and turns as the powers against them are quite dastardly and the throuple tries to stay ahead of the plot against them.

For as dirty as the scenes could get, I enjoyed that the emotional connection took longer to evolve, while keeping true to the whole Cinderella theme.

Sexy, sexy, sexy!! Have cold drink handy when you read this, you are going to need it!!! Great story and characters!

A story based off Cinderella but with two men....yes please!! This story was sexy, charming, and endearing when it came to the lives of our main characters. I loved all three main characters and the different personalities they brought to the relationship.

***I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review***

I was quite surprised after reading the blurb that I enjoyed the book.

When you have a marriage that is forced and someone else loves another I was worried that most of the book was going to be taken up of everyone's inner monologue and not a lot of action. This is where I was definitely wrong!!

It was instant chemistry between them and in the end they all get their happily ever after because they all are in love with each other and they find a way to make it work with all three of them living together as a "truple"

It had a different take on the cinderella story but in the end it was that in a nutshell which is why I rated it 3 stars. I understand why authors use inspiration from those books but I'm a little past it on that.

A modern day erotic menage romance with a deep instant attraction. True enduring love and happiness, babies and a happy ever after ending.

This happiness overshadows all the grief, deceit, hateful upsetting emotional abuse, financial discrepancies, and attempted murder. To being in a loving family and happy home.

A Cinderella modern day fantasy with a twist. Oh my, what a twist it was!

I really enjoyed this hot, sexy, sensual full length MMF romance down to the last page. The author did a superb job at bringing our fairytale princess story to a reality base scenario and truly bringing to life the wicked characters who we demised to the forefront. Each character had great background and in depth personality that made you feel you knew the characters as if they were neighbors.

Ashe, Sebastian and Elijah were sinful together and I was excited to see that they story didn't just stop when the chapter stopped. As the Epilogue continued, it kept going and on a captivating, intriguing and down-right sexy book as Ever After is, I was thrilled as the words kept coming.

In my opinion, Erotica is meant to be outrageous, somewhat unbelievable, and contain the hottest sex you could ever imagine. Therefore I always like to clarify that I rate it differently than your run of the mill romance.

When it comes to the romance genre, whether that be contemporary, dark, paranormal, etc. I expect more. I want a solid plot, decent character development, and a climax I’ll never forget.

Reading erotica is like letting my hair down. I don't have to worry about all that stuff. I’m just in it for the sex!!

‘Ever After’ delivered exactly what I was looking for, but it had a bonus, an actual plot!!. My only qualm is that it was a little too long for my liking.

I loved the ‘Cinderella threesome’ vibe and the connection that Ashe, Sebastian, and Elijah developed with one another. Even though the men’s desire for Ashe was totally insta-love, the love between the two men made up for it. Their devotion to one another was undeniably true, believable, and well written.

If you're looking for a steamy polyamorous read, I highly recommend this book.

Thank you Netgalley and Entangled xx

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Let me just say that I have always love Cinderella, but Eden makes this retelling so much more. I absolutely loved reading this story. I loved reading about Sebastian, Elijah and Ashe, their story is unique and oh so sensual, emotional and full of surprises. This story really had my attention and keep me in gross in the story till the very end. I love that although Sebastian and Elijah are both in tune to each other that when meeting Ashe they felt completely. Nit only that, but they instantly wanted to protect her and keep her safe from Gloria and Veronica. I must that I was surprised that they allowed Ashe to be herself. It’s also, amazing how they all are broken in one way or another, but together they become one. Most of all they fought for their love and family. Above all I absolutely love how justice was prevailed.

That was one good book! I loved the modern day version of Cinderella. It was a really good romance. I am so glad I read it and highly recommend it!

I really wanted to like this book but I couldn’t get into it.. it had its steamy moments which were good but other than that.. it wasn’t for me.

Received arc in exchange for a honest review.....

The first few chapters of this book had me considering to put it on my DNF list. Luckily, I stuck with it because I needed up thoroughly enjoying the last 3/4ths of the book. The author did a great job tying a realistic story line into the intense erotica scenes. This doesn’t always happen with erotica, in my opinion. I enjoyed Ashe’s battle with her family and past even though it was a bit too Cinderella-y for me. Sebastian and Elijah also were easy to form connections to. Overall, I would rate this book a 4 out of 5. Thanks to NetGalley for the copy in exchange for an honest review.

I really couldn’t get into this book. I had to force my self to get through it. Nothing about the characters drew them to me.

I just couldn't get into this story and care much for these characters. I didn't feel any chemistry between them. Everything felt rushed and forced.

I liked how this book was inspired by Cinderella. But it leaned a bit too hard into the evil side characters. I don't think Cinderella was ever a victim of attempted murder. I actually would have rather read the story between how the heroes got together. That would have been more interesting than reading about a 22 year old offering to get knocked up by some guys she met in the woods