Dark Horse

Reviving that theme of MM romance, this entry will be about Kate Sherwood's Dark Horse series.  Rather then a two person relationship, the primary relationship in this series is a menage a trois.  In all three books, I would say Dan is the main character, as each one seems to focus mostly on his journey.  The series is easy to summarize as beginning the relationship, working on the relationship, and continuing the relationship.  Because relationships are organic things, I did not want to say beginning, middle, end, because even if at the end of book three I felt these guys were solid, there is always something that can come up.  Aside from the main three books Ms Sherwood has created a plethora of side short stories, much like those for THIRDS, that fill in various blanks that are mentioned, but not explored, in the main novels.  I think in trying, and for the most part succeeding, in telling this story, and not focusing it solely on sex, Ms Sherwood did an excellent job of tackling an unconventional relationship.  The men are attracted to each other, and they do have sex, but that isn't all, and while some of it drama because well drama happens in books and that is why you read them, it didn't seem nearly as contrived as it could have been.  The story arcs seem to progress naturally between the books, with nothing so obvious as to make the reader wonder, where did that come from.  If I recall correctly, Ms Sherwood did mention somewhere that she is not a great advance planner, so I will give her a lot of credit for how well these three books interlock.  Anyway, if you are looking for an interesting series that deals with a non-traditional relationship, this is one I would suggest.  It isn't science fiction or fantasy, but rather romance, which is still a genre that require suspension of disbelief, though happening in the "real" world, makes that suspension more of a hope that such a relationship does actually exist.