I loved this book! It was emotional with wonderful characters and an actual plot and everything. It certainly doesn't hurt that the heroine got to be in a hot man sandwich with two guys who also like each other. Where can I get me some of that? :DI want to hear more about these characters!On a side note: I really did not like Anna's parents or sister they owed her an apology! The stuff her sister did really pissed me off and Anna's parents- I would never talk to mine again if they treated me the way her's did. Ok, I really liked this story! This is my first story by Barbara Elsborg and she made a good impression on me based on this story. The story revolves around Anna, Jax and Will and I really like this threesome. The story starts out with Anna having some problems because she's being stalked by a psycho (Anna's psycho stalker = Gareth). This is more of a problem than it normally would be because she kept the issues with Gareth a secret from her friends and family. Gareth then goes out with her sister to mess with Anna and try to force her to be with him. Now if Anna had a decent sister this probably wouldn't have been an issue but her sister automatically believes Gareth over Anna when he tells her that he and Anna used to date and that Anna wanted him back. He convinces her sister, Beth, that Anna is just jealous and then tells Beth and her parents that Anna is still trying to get him back and trying to get him to have sex with her again in any way possible. Because of his lies, Anna is getting attitude from friends and family about her "issues" with Gareth. They all just tell her to "get over it" and be happy for Beth. All this causes Anna to attempt to escape from Beth and Gareth while at a family party...by climbing over a fence in to the neighbors backyard. That's when she runs in to Jax.Jax and Anna hit it off like wildfire but after a hot and steamy night together Anna finds something that makes her think Jax is married so, upset, she sneaks away while he's sleeping. Jax wakes up later to find her gone. He's sad about it but figures it's for the best because although he's not married he is involved seriously with Will.Will & Jax have been going out for a year and live together. They love each other but Jax has issues saying he loves Will out loud so Will is left unsure of how much hold he has on Jax. This normally isn't an issue but once Will learns about Anna he starts worrying. They've both had women separately and it's usually ok but Will knows that there's something different about Anna and it freaks him out. He loves Jax a lot though and when he realizes that Jax can't forget Anna and the only reason he doesn't see her again is because he doesn't know where to find her, Will decides to find her for Jax...even if it means risking his relationship with Jax. (Aw...Will is such a sweety!!!)In the mean time, Anna's stalker has gotten worse. Her sister's apartment gets flooded and Beth guilt-trips Anna in to letting her stay in her apartment. For some reason Beth doesn't get why having Gareth in Anna's apartment is an issue which I don't understand at all. If Beth actually thought Anna was trying to do anything to get Gareth back then why would Beth want him that close to Anna?!?!?! While Beth and Gareth are staying in her apartment he sneaks in to Anna's room while she's sleeping and almost rapes Anna and then she gets arrested for keying his car (which she didn't do).Around this time Will finds Anna and Jax goes to see her. Jax convinces her that he's not married and to take a chance with him. They end up over at his place and he tells her she can stay there while her sister and Gareth are invading her apartment. Will isn't too thrilled about this and Jax isn't real gentle about his feelings at first. Jax doesn't realize just how unsure Will is of his secure place and Jax doesn't do a very good job at the communication thing...surprising since he's a lawyer. LOL! :)Anyways...Anna figures out that Jax and Will are involved and they figure out she doesn't have an issue with their being a couple. When they figure out that they all want each other and no one has an issue with it things start looking up. Having a third that's a female is something Jax and Will (sounds like more Will than Jax but there's been thoughts of it from both) have dreamed about in the past but both thought it wouldn't happen because they didn't think they'd find a woman that could and would accept them both and a threesome relationship. Will and Anna become friends and lovers and the boys are happy having her there and involved with both of them and the relationship blossoms. The drama with Beth and Gareth continues but Anna is bolstered by having Jax and Will at her back. ** Spoiler alert ** In the end, Gareth tries to get her again and Will saves the day as well as sending Gareth to jail when he catches him trying to abduct her (BTW...Will is a cop). ** End spoiler alert ** I liked the ending pretty well, especially the way it resolved their relationship. I wish the ending had resolved a few of the outlying plot bits though. It wasn't much but I'd have liked to find out if the police were able to recover the voice recording of Gareth from the broken recorder. I'd love to get some reaction from her friends and family now that they know Gareth was a scum. The ending had Anna and Beth talking things out but not much from anyone else (not even her parents who came to the police station with Beth..although her Dad did show some support to Anna at the end). It's just a few unanswered questions I would have loved to have finished up in the ending but not enough to be a serious issue or ruin the story.I do have to say this though...Anna's family and friends are mostly horrible to her. I can't imagine that all these people that she's been friends with for years and has grown up with would believe Gareth instead of her without any reservations. It doesn't sound like Anna had an history of this kind of behavior in the past so I find it hard to believe that her family and friends just decided that she'd changed in to a psycho?!?! Where is the love!?!?!All in all her family and friends were bad but Beth was the worst. Beth was just horrible!!! I hope Beth doesn't get her own book because she doesn't deserve it and would make a horrible lead character. I would never ever read it. Even if it were true that Anna was jealous, Beth's actions still would have disgusted me. On the most basic level...shouldn't Beth have issues going out with Anna's ex? Aren't there unwritten rules about going out with exes or your friends or relatives??? Beth was selfish, stupid and didn't have any sense in her head. Even when Beth found out that Gareth really had been stalking Anna and why he had been arrested, she still didn't get it and wanted to know if Anna still thought Gareth might want her (Beth) anyways. I mean what kind of idiot would want a man that was arrested for everything he did to Anna!?!?! And how fair would it have been to Anna if Beth had been able to keep Gareth as a boyfriend? Did Beth think it would be fair to Anna to try to keep her psycho stalker in the family?!?! Beth is a total idiot and if she was my sister I think I would have had to disowned her. Or if nothing else, distanced myself from her to the point where we would only see each other at family events. **Spoiler alert** Beth was the one who keyed Gareth's car. It's not as if Beth didn't know Anna would get blamed for it...Beth engineered it on purpose so Anna would get arrested for it. Anna could have gone to jail for that and Beth would have let her go. **End Spoiler alert** I know I really ranted about Beth but she's such a b*tch, plain and simple. She did piss me off a lot but didn't ruin the story. :)As I said before, I really enjoyed this story. There are some humorous parts and I love when Anna's being a smart ass. Some of her comments had me laughing. There is a little toy play but no real BDSM action. At one time or another during the story, each of the 3 of them are in charge during sex so no real Dom/Sub relationships. I really liked this story and will probably read it again in the future. I'd recommend it. :)
What do You think about Anna In The Middle (2009)?
Very sexy threesome. Interesting bad guy but a weak finish.
—nikalay
Let's see what all the hype is about. :)
—MichelleSnyman101
