3 Star Review ~ These Men (Banned Bend Anthology) by Andrea Smith

Synopsis:

This novella is a spin-off from the G-Men Series and can be read as a stand-alone.

Paige Matthews has a lot to learn - about everything, including herself. At age twenty-two, she finds herself driving across the country to start an internship with the F.B.I. in Quantico, Virginia.

You might think that Paige would be grateful to her older brother, Trace Matthews, a senior F.B.I. agent who pulled strings on her behalf to get her into the program, right?

Wrong.

She has insecurities and self-esteem issues, and she masks those issues in various attention-grabbing ways. Always a loner, she quickly wears out her welcome with Trace and his wife Lindsey, due to her . . . need for random hook-ups, and finds herself crashing with her oldest brother, Easton, and his wife Darcy.

Through Darcy, Paige is introduced to her sister-in-law's former roommate and bestie male friend, Eli Chambers, along with his sinfully handsome partner, Cain Maddox. They're looking for a roommate and Paige is looking to get out from underneath her family's watchful eye.

This is no typical "Three's Company" story though. Living with these men, Paige quickly learns that it's time to grow up and take responsibility for her life. She embarks on a journey of self-discovery that teaches her not only about giving, but about accepting love as well. She soon realizes that sometimes what you're searching for has been right there with you all along.

This book is intended for mature audiences. Explicit Sex

Review:

Paige is a young person who loves to have fun.  I mean have fun while you're young with no regrets right? When Paige starts her internship with the FBI, she is content with working and doing what she has wanted to do but trouble comes her way.

Paige has a sense of pleasing herself with no questions and no regrets.   She really turned the table with her relationship with her brother and sister in law when she was caught with someone hired to do something in the house. Then in the blink of an eye she moved to a friends house and then to more friends.  Paige was truly all over the place and with her moving in with Eli and Cain it just doesn't change.

This story will have you questioning a lot of things and why was Paige so....(enter you own word here).  I loved her desire to just be free but what is too free? Does the thoughts of others and her behavior affect her? Can she be who she wants to be with no repercussions?