Review of What he Left Behind by LA Witt

 

by LA Witt

3 stars

Josh Carver would do anything for Michael Adair, his childhood best friend. In the five years since Michael finally left his abusive ex-partner, Josh and his husband Ian have helped him leave that horrific past behind him. Michael seems to have adjusted well enough…until he admits he’s afraid to date because the abuse has left him terrified of physical intimacy.

Josh is stunned again when Ian proposes a solution—Josh can help Michael learn to enjoy sex again. It isn’t like it would be the first time. After all, Josh and Michael lost their virginity to each other years ago.

Michael hesitates, but then takes him up on the idea. It isn’t long before Ian’s getting involved too… and it’s all fine and dandy until emotions come into play that threaten their friendship, as well as Josh and Ian’s marriage.

Let’s start off by saying that we love LA Witt, gobble up all those great romance books, but somehow the ménage in this book didn’t grab up like we had hoped.

Josh and Ian are a happily married couple, and wish everyone could find the love they have.  Josh’s childhood best friend Michael is still re-living the horrendous abuse from his last partner and is struggling to let anyone in and push the past behind him.  Even after 5 years of therapy he is still handcuffed by his ghosts.   Josh wants nothing more for Michael to find the man of his dreams, but know that if he can’t find a way to let anyone in he will spend his life alone.  Ian suggests that maybe the key to helping Michael is finding someone that he is comfortable being intimate with; Josh. 

This is essentially a ménage book, but it isn’t really.  What he Left Behind focuses on the intimate relationship between Michael and Josh, and a building friendship of Michael and Ian.  And hold on to your hats, this book is very erotic, lots and lots of sex!  Michael struggles with a sexual relationship and Josh tries to get his libido back on track with lots of therapeutic time between the sheets.  And it is hot, hot hot! 

But feeling always start getting involved.  When Josh starts feeling this relationship with Michael is more than him just helping him get his groove back, the book starts to fall apart a bit for us.  Ian gets involved in this sex-triangle, but it feels like it is forced, like the book should have gone a different direction, that Josh should spread his own wings and fly on his own.  But instead we get a ménage story.   And don’t get us wrong, when it work it is hot, but this didn’t work for us. 

What he left behind set us up for a great story, but fell a little flat unfortunately.  If you are looking for a hot read and not much of a story, that this could be right up your alley!