As much as I wanted to enjoy this one. It is one of those books that I do not classify as Spicy this is Erotica. It is one of those books that you stay for the sexy and you ask yourself what happened to the plot? #PlotWhatPlot would be this books hashtag. I found the characters boring and I really didn't need all the multiple descriptions that are throughout this story.

Tropes/Themes:
-MMF contemporary romance
-Sex Club Owner/Ex-CIA (Mark) x Bodyguard/Ex-Military (Tristian) x Aspiring Nun/Badass (Isolde)
-Age gap
-Forbidden
-Bodyguard romance
-Arranged marriage
-Opposites attract
-Tristan & Isolde retelling
-Book #1 in a trilogy (ends with a cliffhanger)

This was entertaining. Very messy and angsty.

CWs for military trauma, loss of a friend, PTSD, flashbacks/night terrors, grief

Thank you to the author, publisher and @NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Sierra Simone is a new-to-me author that I learned all about @steamylitcon. So I hopped in her signing line and bought a book (or two). I also RAN to NetGalley to request this one and it did not disappoint!

Mark, Tristan, and Isolde are 🔥 I cannot recommend less reading this on an airplane cause you will blush and squirm and get all hot and bothered.

Tristan falling hard was a little to insta love adjacent for me, but the spice and tension make it all worth it. I will be waiting with bated breath for Honey Cut to come out cause that ending was *interesting*

If ever there is an author you should read, it’s definitely Sierra Simone. And once again, she gives us a book that is EVERYTHING. Dark, spicy and a story to keep you in a chokehold. Will leave you needing more! I can't wait for the next book.

Unfortunately though I liked the concept of this book I could not get into the story line and writing style of this book. I ended up not finishing the book after reading about twenty percent of it.

This book is absolutely scandalizing, appalling, and dripping with filth... and I loved every single second of it. 🥵

This book may end up rivaling Thornchapel as my favorite Sierra Simone book, which is SAYING something because I haven't been able to shut up about that series since I read it. I genuinely haven't stopped thinking about Mark since I finished this, he is such a cunning and complex character you are constantly trying to work out what his ulterior motives are.

Some things to look forward to:
🖤 MM and MF romance (MMF scenes to come in book 2)
🖤 bodyguard x forbidden romance
🖤 queer af
🖤 arranged marriage x forced proximity
🖤 breath, impact, primal, and wax play
🖤 "crawl to me"
🖤 honestly so much more, this book is SO kinky

Sierra Simone always delivers on absolutely STUNNING prose and dark, twisty, and intelligent characters. Every character had me second and triple guessing where the story was going and what everyone's motivations were. It consumed my every waking thought while I was reading it. AND THAT ENDING??? I need book two immediately. 😭 If you love this, don't miss Salt in the Wound–a novella from Isolde's POV talking about her first meeting with Mark. It really adds ten new levels of intrigue and anticipation for the next book and gives you so much helpful context to set up book 2.

This book did not grasp my interest. I pushed through to see if it did, but it felt lacking compared to the New Camelot series. I wanted to like it, but this one just was not for me.

Good lord🌶️💀🥵😍🤤 so good! Love that it’s in the same universe but also a new stand alone series! I read the prequel from Amazon first and I do recommend going that route. Sierra did it again folks, just buy it!

This beauty and the beast retelling features a spinster miss Lydia Montgomery, being sold off in a marriage of convenience to a reclusive and scarred girl in payment for her stepfather and stepbrothers debts.

Lydia turns out to be one of the only people who can see beyond his scars and forms and attachment to the girl, but they are all has trouble believing her feelings, and trusting Lydia.

I found the story to be bit derivative and full of clichés, like the nasty mother-in-law sweeping in to provide Countess in training lessons, the class difference problems between our Earl hero, and the middle class, daughter of a steward, who just wants to be an artist… the story dragged on for me a little bit and I found myself speeding up the audio to move it along.

I listen to the audiobook of this story, and found no fault with the narration provided by Marian Hussey. Hussey’s narration provided varied voices for the characters in the very easy listening experience. There are no special effects or anything that made this narration stand out, but I can easily say that the narration was a highlight of the reading experience.

Thank you too dreamscape select for the ALC copy. Opinions are my own.

Sierra does it again with a captivating story full of charismatic, well developed, multi layered characters. I just wanted to peel back their layers bit by bit to get to their centers (like a tootsie pop, though, not an onion). This is my new favorite series from her. That ending…I cannot wait for the next installment.

Sierra Simone is my queen of MMF! This was such a highly anticipated read for me and DID NOT LET DOWN! I need more now, the only downside is ghacving to wait for the next one.

Salt Kiss by Sierra Simone is the first book in a new series titled Lyonesse. This book was so steamy and kinky it had me on the edge of my seat. The MMF relationship in this book was spice off the charts. The plot leaves you hanging and wanting more where you see if will carry into the next book. I was left wanting more and can't wait to see where this author takes us!

Holy HELL this book was STEAMY and KINKY.
Definitely way out of my comfort level with MMF relationship but damn did I enjoy their chemistry.
With that being said, it was all I enjoyed. Did not vibe with the whole plot and it feels incomplete. That did not help me develop a sense of understanding with the characters. Tristsan, I liked him. But I wish the other characters also had their POVs.

Sierra Simone did it again. (She even managed to throw in sexy times in a chapel.) I loved Tristan and how easily he falls in love. This is going to be such a messy, heart wrenching and ultimately happy trilogy.

If you haven’t read Sierra Simone before I think this book would be a slow start for you, especially with everything I saw about the book ahead of time. I’d highly recommend going into this without reading the blurb first. The payoff will be worth it.

Thanks to Sourcebooks and NetGalley for my chance to review.

As much as I anticipated reading this one I wasn't invested in it, maybe it was the storyline, the characters or the untimely reading.

Maybe it's the storyline more for me than the other two options, but I guess it's me as it's pretty dark.

Sierra has a chokehold on me and everyone knows it.

This book was SO HOT and Sierra absolutely crushed it! One of the best Sierra books I've read to date. I literally cannot stop thinking about it. The plot, the characters, and of course the spice were truly top tier and everyone knows it.

She literally had me hooked within the first chapter and I did not put this book down until I got right to the end. Cannot wait to read more of this series!

Thank you NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Ahhhh Sierra Simone writes some of my all time favorite spice!
This book was so good and also so excruciating for me!! I'm so excited for book two I can't stand it!
Jealousy is really hard for me to read, and this book does play on that a lot, but I have very high hopes for where book two is going!
will say that myself would have truly benefited from having
Mark's POV, but I feel like that will probably either come later or would defeat the purpose of a big part of the mystery of this story. So I get why it isn't there.
All in all Sierra Simone does not disappoint with the spice and I cannot wait to continue this story!

In the same world as the “New Camelot” series, “Salt Kiss” is a different story line but not void of spoiler for “New Camelot”. That being said, it carries on in a similar themes of her previous work, mysterious older dom, age gap, a young lost submissive, another lost submissive, and a potential poly throuple in the works.

After reading “Salt in the Wound” the prequel, I was not sure what to expect of “Salt Kiss”. “Salt Kiss” plays with those familiar Simone themes of age gap, why choose, Catholicism, and kink with a perspective entirely by Tristan who is recovering from the trauma of war.

This book reads like two separate novellas. A longer one about Tristan and his employer/ kink club owner Mark. And a second shorter one about Tristan accompanying Isolde to the US on a weeks long cruise before her wedding to Mark. This second one picks up where “Salt in the Wound” ends.

This book is fun, it’s hot, it showcases Simone’s strengths in writing incredibly horny, kinky, but tormented characters.

However, as a stand alone, if doesn’t provide a novel like flow and resolution. The end leaves us hanging in a way that doesn’t feel much different from a section of a book or a novella. And while I will absolutely be picking up the next in the series when it drops, I can’t help but feel like this felt incomplete- incomplete than a simple cliffhanger. “Salt Kiss” just didn’t quite land on solid ground after hundreds of pages of burning and pining but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a fun ride worth grabbing.

Salt Kiss is a captivating and addictive read that is sure to leave readers craving for more. The book is the first full-length novel in the Lyonesse series and is a queer Tristan-Isolde retelling. The story is told from Tristan's point of view, and the character development is excellent. The chemistry between Tristan and Mark is intense and 🔥, and the love triangle between Tristan, Mark, and Isolde is intriguing and dark. The themes of the book are subtle yet informative, and the writing style is poetic and fantastic. The book is not for the kink-adverse, and the heat level is high. The historical referencing and metaphors and similes used in the book are impressive and make the book even more enjoyable. The book is a page-turner that is sure to captivate readers with its enchanting world and expertly crafted storytelling. Overall, Salt Kiss is a spicy, sexy, and dark MMF romance that is a must-read for fans of Sierra Simone's work. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a captivating and addictive read.

Sexy and alluring! I was pulled in to this hard and fast. I absolutely loved the relationship dynamic between Mark and Tristan. Seeing the struggles and what not from Tristan's past made him that much more relatable. And then seeing his relationship with Isolde! I cannot wait until the next book is out.