Thank you so much for the opportunity to review this book and to be an early reader via NetGalley! However, I will not be writing a review for this title at this time, as my reading preferences have since changed somewhat. In the event that I decide to review the book in the future, I will make sure to purchase a copy for myself or borrow it from a library. Once again, thank you so much for providing me with early access to this title. I truly appreciate it. Please feel free to contact me with any follow-up questions or concerns.

This is the first book I read in this series and I really enjoy it.It was different from what I have read so far!It, was sexy,passionate and sensual.The sex scenes were super hot!
At the beginning I didn't know what to expect so I'm happy it was a unique story!

I had only read the previous book in the series and found it OK but this one just wasn't very interesting. There wasn't much conflict and for a book about threesomes it was really about a couple. So much of the sex was instructional and paint by numbers. I really liked Meyer and he seemed to be such an interesting character but I feel like he just played a sidekick role. I much prefer the author's desert dogs series

This novel had me in knots! Who would have the HEA! How can three become two- should three become two!?! Supremely sexy and easy to get lost in- I enjoyed this book big time!

Sins in the City has been one of my go to series when it comes to some really amazing sex scenes. Ms. McKenna knows how to GLORIOUSLY write those in such detail to the point you feel like you are living in it. The third in the series, Midtown Masters is no different. From the setup of the book, including the very first real scene, this one is H O T!!

Soo-jn Park (Suzy) and Meyer Cohen run a very lucrative business allowing people to view and direct them under the names of the married Mr. and Mrs. Parks. It’s a one year deal for them, then they go their separate ways. But there’s this one customer of theirs that we meet at the very beginning. Lindsay. Lindsay is allllllllll about Suzy’s pleasure and instructing just this. To the point that Suzy has kind of a girl crush on her. But when Lindsey turns out to be John Lindsay? Wow…that’s when it gets REALLY interesting!!

Meyer, we find at at the beginning of the read, is bi. Watching the dynamics of the two, then three, is awe inspiring. I love McKenna as an author and this series is definitely one you don’t want to miss!!

Midtown Masters is the third book in the Sins in the City series by Cara McKenna and can be read as a complete standalone. This book is an erotic romance that includes M/F/M, M/M/F, M/M, and M/F scenes. The relationship between characters is complicated and intriguing. The author did a good job of balancing a romance free sexual relationship/friendship between Suzy and Meyer with the budding romance between Suzy and John. I was concerned that it would feel too much like a cheat to have her pursuing John while obviously in a relationship, even one of convenience like she has with Meyer, but it didn't feel that way.

All in all, I enjoyed the book, it was a little confusing at times with flipping through point of views so often, but it was easy enough to catch up. The smut is hot, hot, hot... definitely not your typical romance novel.

Three Stars and Four Wet Panties.

ARC Review by Miranda at Mommy's a Book Whore.

MIDTOWN MASTERS is the third book in the Sins of the City series by Cara McKenna and as you know, I’ve been a huge fan of this author for many years. First off, McKenna is a fabulous writer. Her words flow so freely and eloquently that you can’t help but get lost in the scene. I also really enjoy her characters. No two are similar and McKenna is also never afraid to write about different characters or characters that aren’t normally featured in books.

An example in this book is the heroine. She’s Asian, which unfortunately, is still something that we don’t see often in novels and in particular, Romance novels. The first hero is a Jew, and again, McKenna does put quite a bit of emphasis on their backgrounds in this story. I really loved that. Not only does it shed light on some diversity in books, but it also makes me have a greater connection to them as a reader.

The premise of this story is very unique. Again, this is why I love Cara McKenna’s books. She writes stories that I haven’t read before and that’s hard when I tend to average 300+ books a year. The hero and heroine have sex for show. In this case, they are pretending to be a lovely couple. Although the husband and wife act is all fake, there is a very strong connection between the two that I think a lot of people will notice.

The second hero is another thing I loved about this book. Lindsay is very intelligent and well-mannered but he doesn’t have very much experience when it comes to sex. He’s also a writer and in an effort to further his books, these live sex sessions are lessons to him. However, of course, they turn into much more when they all get together in a ménage a trois.

I’ve read a lot of threesome stories. MIDTOWN MASTERS is one of the best. Not only is that connection there with all three characters individually, but I feel like something really explosive happens when they all get together. There’s a good amount of humor thrown in as well, which I think is an added bonus. I was so impressed by this story that it’s become my first 2017 favorite and I won’t be surprised if it makes it into my Favorite Sex Scene of 2017.

Cara McKenna likes to tease us with provocative stories, and her menage a trois series, Sins in the City has certainly delivered. This last story takes the interesting premise of a web cam couple who meet one of their subscribers in person in a surprisingly sweet yet still very erotic romance.

Suzy Park and Meyer Cohen are best friends, who just happen to have sizzling sexual chemistry. They've taken that attraction and parlayed it into a successful web cam business, performing live action scenes for a paying audience. Anything goes for them – dirty and rough or sweet and sensual, at the whim of the client. One of their favorites is Lindsay, whose requests are always politely worded and focus on Suzy's pleasure and the romance of their hour together. When Suzy initiates a conversation with Lindsay via the chat function of their online connection, it leads to a startling revelation – Lindsay, always assumed by the couple to a spinsterish older woman is in fact a 40 year old man.

John Lindsay didn't set out to deceive the Parks (as they are known online) but who wants to admit they are a shy, sexually inexperienced man? As a successful action novel writer, John's stories pack a punch but get poor sex scene reviews, a fact he's decided to remedy by going the interesting route of studying a web cam couple for research. And it's not as if he's the only one who's been keeping a secret – Suzy and Meyer aren't really a happily married couple as they display on screen either. When the chance to meet Suzy in person comes up, John is nervous but excited. It would be a lie to say that he hasn't developed a crush on her. But he's equally interested in the dominant and self assured 'Mr. Parks' as well. A hands on education is at his command – if he's willing to take the chance. Could it lead to something more?

What an enjoyable story! Of course the sex is super hot, but what makes it so is John's relative inexperience and the emotional undertones of the scenes he shares with Suzy, and with Meyer as well. All three are bisexual (or at least John is bi-curious), and with no hangups on Suzy and Meyer's side and their anything goes attitude, they are quickly able to put John at ease. The story is told from Suzy and John's point of view and they are the ones who get the developing relationship, with Meyer the third. There is no sense of jealousy on his part either – Meyer's been monogamous in his relationship with Suzy as part of their contract for camming with her for a year. He's thrilled with the opportunity to initiate John into the finer points of male/male sex.

The sweet part of the story comes from Suzy and John developing a friendship that leads to intimacy both of the body and the heart. It's romantic and it's tender, and really quite the contrast to the scenes with Suzy and Meyer that are funny, direct and unfiltered, especially when it comes to discussing sex since it's their business. There is in fact a happy ending to this story that totally fits the way these three come together. Midtown Masters is a sweet, poignant and super steamy erotic romance about sex and love and friendship.

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If there is one thing I can count on from a Cara McKenna book, it is that it will make me think - a lot. Her books aren’t always comfortable reads for me, but they often challenge me to think outside of my world view. I would absolutely put Midtown Masters in this category. If you read the above summary, you might expect this to be a menage book; you might assume that Suzy Park and Meyer Cohen are the primary couple; you might think any number of things about the book that aren’t exactly what the story actually is. But the summary is accurate.
 
Suzy Park and Meyer Cohen are two people who were once in a romantic relationship. They still have sex with each other and are exclusive, but they are not a couple - they just play one online where they have sex for paying customers who get to choose how the two have sex. Lindsay is a client, one with whom Suzy starts to develop a friendship. But of course, Lindsay isn’t who she seems. Lindsay is a male author who get criticism for his sex scenes. He hope that he might learn something by watching a married couple have sex.
 
Suzy and Meyer decide to invite Lindsay who they now know as John into their bedroom. They help John explore his somewhat repressed sexuality and find a connection - to Suzy. This is when things turn interesting because the primary romance in this story is between Suzy and John. McKenna did a decent job convincing me that Suzy and Meyer were not meant to be together, but part of me was still left a bit sad at their eventual split (they stay friends, but are no longer lovers). And this is why Midtown Masters wasn’t a comfortable read for me, why it challenged me. I don’t do well with love triangles or with situations where the characters have feelings for people who aren’t a part of the HEA.
 
Midtown Masters is a highly erotic book. Suzy is wonderfully confident in her sexuality whether she is with Meyer, with John or with them both - because there are menage scenes. I adore this about her. She is comfortable enough in herself and her body to have sex online for people and to indulge in any number of kinks. She is also comfortable with John who is not so sexually secure. Honestly, this is my favorite thing about this book and about so many of McKenna’s books, their sex positive portrayals.

Well, I just had a really hard time trying to get through this book. The dialogue was difficult because it just seemed stilted. And I'm not sure I would categorize it as erotica. I guess by the time I am about 40% finished with a book, I would expect more chemistry, action, etc. I did not really even feel any sense of character development. Maybe a little with Lindsay, but he was sort of the 3rd character introduced. We SHOULD know him, but we should also have a good sense of the other 2.
So, all in all, I was not able to finish this book. I think it's a first for me. I feel bad. Sorry :(

Online, Suzy Park and Meyer Cohen are a hot, young couple willing to try anything their paying viewers desire. Their chemistry offline, though, is fizzling out. They’d call it quits if not for the high they get from captivating their audience with mind-blowing sex.

Lately, however, one of their clients has begun captivating Suzy. With requests for vanilla lovemaking that annoy Meyer to no end, Lindsay seems to be a lonely innocent needing an imitation of romance. Suzy and Lindsay discover a bond that only deepens once the camera stops rolling, but Lindsay has a secret—that “she” is really a he pretending to be a woman for research—and the cost of confessing could turn a simple arrangement into a hands-on education...




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This was a very unconventional book/romance.




I liked that it was not like anything I had read before. Suzy and Meyer create live action sexual encounters online to paying customers. Suzy becomes attached to Lindsay, who turns out to be for intents and purposes a 40 year old virgin and he is a man not a woman. This is the part I liked most was that Lindsay (John) was the socially awkward and sexually inexperienced one. I really liked John and I liked him and Suzy together. They were very good together and liked their exchanges through email and phone. They were sweet together even when they were getting dirty. I guess my biggest issue was with Meyer. For me he was a jerk and not likable. Because I did not like him and since he was an integral part of the story I had a hard time fully enjoying it.




I think the writing was excellent and I would definitely read the Author again. The book was packed with super sexy and well-written intimate scenes. There are some M/M scenes as well as M/F/M and M/F, just to forewarn those who may not like the different pairings. This is the last book in the series, had not read the others and I had no difficulties or being confused.




3.5Stars




*I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this book provided by the publisher.*

I must admit, the first 20% or so didn't have my full intention. The story premise did, but I wasn't connecting fully to the characters. However, once things truly started to heat up . . . yeah, I was on 100% on board and really enjoyed the rest of the book. It's fantastically dirty hot, but also very intoxicating (regarding the sexual exploration) and sex positive (always a yay!). I must admit though, as much as I ultimately enjoyed this story, even to the very end, I never felt like I connected to any of the three characters like I would have liked. It was much better by the end, yes, but I still felt a bit disconnected from them. I guess I just wanted something a bit more from the three (and of course from the main couple in particular).

I'll have to go back and check out the previous 2 books; I do so love McKenna's writing, can't believe I nearly missed out on this series. (#readerproblems #somanybookssolittletime)

<strong><img class=" size-full wp-image-5101 alignleft" src="https://stitchmediamix.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/midtown-masters-cover.jpg" alt="midtown-masters-cover" width="333" height="500" />Title: </strong>Midtown Masters (Sins in the City #3)
<strong>Author: </strong><strong><a href="http://caramckenna.com/">Cara McKenna</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/caramckenna">Twitter</a>)</strong><strong>
Rating: </strong>Recommended
<strong>Genre/Category: </strong>Contemporary Romance, Erotica, Queer Romance, Queer Fiction<strong>
</strong><strong>Release Date: </strong>February 21, 2017

<strong>Publisher: </strong>Berkley Publishing Group: Intermix

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<strong>Note</strong><strong>: </strong>I received an ARC (Advance Reader Copy) of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions expressed here are my own. This review has some spoilers for the book but they're not major ones that you couldn't guess from reading McKenna's other books or the book blurb.

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It's Valentine's Day folks and that's kind of the perfect time to talk about the third book in Cara McKenna's steamy Sins in the City series. <em>Midtown Masters</em>, comes out in a week which gives you plenty of time to read the other two standalone novels in the series if you're a fast reader.

Out of the three books in the series so far, <em>Midtown Masters</em> is my favorite. Starring a pair of close friends who cam together for well-paying customers and the mysterious client that winds up sparking a deeper connection with one half of the duo, <em>Midtown Masters</em> has so much to it that was genuinely enjoyable.<!--more-->

First of all, I love the characters.

Our main characters are Soo-jn Park (who goes by Suzy in part to ward off creeps that would fetishize her identity), Meyer Cohen, and John Lindsay. I found myself both adoring and identifying with Suzy for a ton of reasons. One of the things that Cara McKenna does with her writing that I can't get enough of is make the characters in her standalone works characters that I want to get to know. She gives us backstory and vivid characterization so that we're reading about characters who feel like people.

More-so than the previous book in the series (<em>Downtown Devil</em>), <em>Midtown Masters</em> is very much about the way that these three characters fit together. We don't see them really interacting with other people so it's incredibly intimate because their spheres are so compact. It's a story told from room to room and while it felt a smidge claustrophobic at times to me, it's a fantastic method of storytelling that works with the characters and their relationships.

On top of that, Meyer and Suzy's friendship is kind of awesome to witness and I really loved how comfortable they were around each other. I also <em>really</em> found myself identifying with Meyer. As a history major turned Literature grad student, there's a ton about him that made me kind of perk up with excitement.

Now folks, let's talk about sex.

Cara McKenna writes some fantastic sex scenes. This is just a fact. She's one of my writerly role models when it comes to writing steamy sex that doesn't feel repetitive or boring at any point. I endeavor to write as well as she does one day.

I think my favorite sex scene is the first one between John and Suzy because it was so fragile and all the more realistic for it. When y'all hit that scene—

Well, you're going to feel something.

Now, I'm a critical Stitch so I'd just like to mention two things that stood out to me that I want to talk about.

First, the blurb is a little misleading. John Lindsay doesn't pretend to be a woman. He gives his last name and then just doesn't correct Suzy and Meyer's assumptions based on how they perceive that name as "typically" feminine because he's shy and doesn't want to ruin things. It's a premise that I've seen done before multiple times and I just wanted to give y'all the heads up that it wasn't anything even remotely gross.

Second, <em>Midtown Masters</em> is about two characters who do sex work and are coming from places of privilege in that they can choose to quit after a year. I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing (because again, it's a thing that people do), but if you're interested in talking about sex work, choice, and privilege, hit me up because I've got links to good bloggers who talk about their experiences.

Aside from turning me on (which, yes… it's TMI but it's my blog so whatever), <em>Midtown Masters</em> made me get critical in a pretty positive way. I love the characters and Cara McKenna's go to kinks and dynamics in literature mesh pretty well with mine so I'm always raring to buy her books.

Sexy and sweet with some interesting relationships and relationship dynamics that I adore, I recommend <em>Midtown Masters</em> to anyone that is interested in contemporary romances that don't have typical relationship dynamics.

I have to applaud Cara McKenna for her ability to write such a different story with every book of hers that I’ve read, even when the premises are similar. She seems to reinvent with each new novel, which I don’t think is easy in the romance genre, particularly with erotica. Midtown Masters completely enamored me in a way its two predecessors did not, feeling deeply romantic and sweet for a ménage book, even as it was totally hot.

Suzy and Meyer have been earning money by having sex via webcam for a while now. They tried dating and, while the sexual chemistry was all there, the monogamy and romance didn’t work. They agreed to cam for a year, and remain exclusive during that time for financial reasons, but by the time the book opens, each seems to be growing bored with the arrangement. Meyer, a bisexual man, is eager to get back to seeing other men, and Suzy is craving more intimacy and romance. When one of their clients, with the screen name “Lindsay”, piques her interest, she and this mysterious person begin chatting away from on-camera time.

All she knows about “Lindsay” is that they usually like to watch more romantic encounters between Suzy and Meyer, with the emphasis on female pleasure. “Lindsay” also never shows their face. Suzy makes the assumption that the watcher is female and, even so, begins to feel an attraction to them through their chats. The more cynical Meyer mocks Suzy for the flirtations, but she can’t seem to stay away.

Suzy comes to learn that “Lindsay” is actually John Lindsay, a bestselling novelist who is watching the cam shows as research for his books. John is (almost) a virgin and, after reviewers rip apart the sex scenes in his books, his seeks out Suzy and Meyer to help him improve his writing. What starts as research turns into a fascination with Suzy… and Meyer.

Both John and Meyer remind me of people I know in my life, which is probably an odd thing to say about erotica, but it really speaks to McKenna’s skill for characterization. The initial romance between John and Suzy is so sweet that I just fell in love with him. Suzy has to coach him through his first sexual encounters and they don’t go perfectly or easily, which is how life goes. He’s nervous and things are awkward and the whole thing gave me big heart eyes. I just wanted to hug him. It was the most romantic scene I’ve read in any erotica in as long as I can remember.

Of course, this is a ménage story, so it doesn’t stop there. John admits that he has had sexual fantasies about other men and Meyer is all too happy to oblige. I did feel that the jump from John-the-virgin to John having sex with Suzy and Meyer happened a bit quickly; however, McKenna bolsters that transition through Meyer’s personality. He is pushy and greedy, almost to the point of being cold. As I said, I know someone like that, and I found it believable that they would be willing to push someone who was wanting, if a bit unwilling, until they gave in.

Tonally, Midtown Masters is unlike either of its predecessors in the Sins in the City series. I couldn’t like Crosstown Crush for various moral reasons, and Downtown Devil dealt a lot with the characters feeling conflicted, giving in, and deciding to not feel shame. This book, however, is much more about meeting someone, falling in love, and discovering the thrill of newfound sexuality together. I highly recommend it if you’re into steamy threesomes and can enjoy a bit of man on man action.

Fantastic! This is my favorite of the series. A full review will be coming from allaboutromance.com.