This is emotional turmoil done right. I could feel the way Kate was tempted in both directions and her despair at having to choose between her needs and her heart. There was a lot to like about this story, but I want to address some things that were a problem for me...

...What’s right about this book is the careful handling of the D/s relationship. The understanding that Daniel is a vanilla guy and that Grant is a Dominant that met different needs in Kate was well done. I liked the way the story put me in Kate’s dilemma without giving her an easy out.  The choice does seem cut and dried. Does she choose the sexual satisfaction of her submissive nature?  Or does she deny it for the awesome trade off of intense, beautiful love? I was worried halfway into the story that there would be a simple solution. But there isn’t and the story doesn’t give one. The resolution is as complicated as it needs to be. The relationship between the three of them seems to fit together and both men fill a different need in a very hot, very sexy way.

What is YOUR grown-up Christmas wish? Willa Edwards has come up with a very interesting adult one in Owned for Christmas. Kate wants her man, her Dom, but which one does she pick?

Kate is a sheltered woman, although she admits she can only find her true self as a submissive. And only with one Master - Grant. But Grant disappeared, leaving only a note, and Kate's niggling thoughts on whether she was a good enough sub or not. His desertion almost destroyed her and if not for Daniel, she would probably have taken years to recover. 

Daniel is gentle, sweet, and kind; and most definitely not a Dom. He nurses Kate back to normal with his infinite patience and care, all the while assuring her that there's no one else for him. Finally she gets the courage to leave the city and travel with him to the family ranch for Christmas. It's a perfect holiday, right?

Maybe not. She's pleasantly surprised by the cozy ranch house, his sweet mom, and homey traditions, nothing of which she had growing up. The shocker comes in the form of Daniel's brother, no other than Grant himself. Suddenly all Daniel's hard work on her recovery seems to be all for nothing. 

Grant is still attracted to Kate and had his own reasons for leaving the way he did. Seeing her with his pesky younger brother may be even more than he can take, with the loss of his famous iron control the first victim of his guilt. 

Exactly how much does one love the other? What would they be willing to give up to have that love? 

This may be a quick novel to read, but it's definitely heavy on the erotic romance. It explores a dark fantasy of many woman in a loving, romantic, thrilling way. Kate does get it all, plus even more than she imagined. Who wouldn't want the complete and perfect man? Or men?

Owned for Christmas would definitely make anybody's holidays red hot. Willa Edwards, what a way to celebrate!