Sometimes going home means running into everything you left behind. For Faye, that includes three men, one tattoo shop, and fifteen years' worth of unfinished business. Add a town fundraiser that puts three dates with Faye up for grabs, and suddenly avoiding the past isn't really an option anymore.
Bad Boy Bidders by Lara London
Series: Foxy Falls Auction #3
Genres: Erotic Romance, Menage Romance
About the Book:

Fifteen years later and I'm ready for all three bad boys -- will they be ready for me?

When the three men of my dreams show up at the Foxy Falls Fundraiser and Auction, I can't believe my eyes. They were my high-school fantasy back in the day, but they've barely said two combined words to me since I returned to town two years ago. Bid after bid, their paddles stay down, and then I'm on stage and boy, can they get it up.

When I go home with the bad boys of my dreams tonight, will the bubble burst by morning, or will this fairy tale finally have a happy ending?

NOTE: The prologue takes place 15 years earlier when all characters are 18+, but the rest of the book takes place when the characters are all in their 30s. This series is written for each book to be read in two hours or less. Although relationships from previous books will be introduced, each book can be read as a standalone. Each book follows the story of a different woman from the auction.

Tropes:🖤 Reverse Harem 💕 Why Choose 🖋️ Tattoo Artist MMCs 🌸 Virgin FMC 🚫⚔️ No Sword Crossing 💍 Guaranteed HEA

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This was my first book in Lara London’s Foxy Falls series, and this was short, sweet, hot, and sexy. There isn’t a huge complicated plot here, but I don’t think there needed to be. This is very much about Faye finally coming back for the three men she never really stopped wanting.

Fifteen years earlier, eighteen-year-old Faye walked into a tattoo shop and got a tattoo from Calder, Delan, and Hawk. Her family was incredibly strict, and the tattoo represented something bigger for her. It was a decision about her own body and her own life at a time when she didn’t have much freedom over either.

Then she left Foxy Falls.

By the time the first chapter really gets going, Faye has been back in town for two years, but there is still a lot sitting between her and the guys. Calder especially has some feelings about the fact that she disappeared. He had been crushing on her before she left, and all those years haven’t completely erased the hurt.

Things finally start moving when Faye puts herself up for three dates at a town fundraiser. Delan sees an opportunity. Hawk isn’t exactly fighting the attraction anymore. Calder has to decide how long he’s going to let the past keep him from the woman he’s wanted for years.

I liked that Lara London gave Faye an individual relationship with each man instead of treating Calder, Delan, and Hawk like one interchangeable group of tattooed guys. Her connection with each of them feels different.

Hawk brings out one side of her. Delan is playful and affectionate with her. Calder has all that history and unresolved hurt tangled up with how much he still wants her. Those differences made the why choose relationship work much better for me because I could understand what Faye saw in each of them.

I also appreciated that Faye actually talks to each man about why she left and what she wants now. With a book this short, it would have been easy to rush straight through those conversations to get to the steamier parts. Instead, we get to see her explain herself and talk about how she sees a future involving all three of them.

And yes, this book is VERY steamy.

The physical side of their relationship takes up a good portion of the story, so someone looking for a plot-heavy romance probably isn’t going to find that here. If you’re picking it up because you want three tattoo artists, a woman they’ve wanted for years, a second chance, plenty of possessiveness, and a why choose relationship, you’re in much better territory.

What I liked most about Faye was how different she is from the girl who originally left Foxy Falls. She’s comfortable making her own decisions now. She knows what she wants from these men and isn’t ashamed of wanting all three of them. Considering how tightly controlled her life had been when she was younger, that confidence felt important.

Calder probably had the most work to do emotionally because he couldn’t simply forget that she disappeared. I actually liked that he was allowed to be hurt by it. Faye had her reasons for leaving, but Calder also had the right to feel abandoned. Watching him move from holding onto that anger toward finally talking to her gave their relationship a little more weight.

There were definitely places where I would have enjoyed another fifty pages or so. The story moves quickly, and I wouldn’t have minded spending more time with each individual relationship before everyone settled into what they wanted together. At the same time, I knew what kind of book I was reading. This wasn’t trying to be a sprawling romance with six different subplots and three hundred pages of angst.

Sometimes I want that.

Sometimes I want three tattooed men bidding on dates with the woman they’ve been waiting fifteen years to get back.

Apparently Foxy Falls is where I go for option two.