the moment we met was a lie (The Alternative #3)

The colorful staff of a hedonistic club attends to the unconventional and sometimes humorous needs of their members while navigating their own friendships, rivalries and romances in this contemporary series.

Since Trip is on his way to rehab, Black temporarily takes on both Becky and Babe, the collective’s two new recruits. Their journeys start off similarly but branch off when Becky is taken under Quinn’s wing and trained for her job. Once Becky is somewhat settled in, Black enlightens her on unexplored areas of the household and his personal preferences, cumulating in a shocking explanation of his training method.

Cade’s budding relationship with Jane progresses to the point of showing her his suite in the Mercer Estate. However, there’s someone in the way of him inviting Jane into his realm.

Random welcomes Sam home with an introduction to the newest showpiece in the estate, a project the two of them originally started together. Sam happily reunites with him as well as her close Black, Rayne and the departing Vienna. The only person who has any reservations about Sam’s return is Hannah, who is hellbent on smoothing out any lingering resentment from the past.

Trip’s own mentor, Geneva, takes on the responsibility of training Babe in his absence. Along the way, she discovers several intriguing qualities about Babe that compel her to make an unprecedented proposal to the collective.

Volume 3 establishes Becky’s position within the business, inspires a potential position for Babe and reconnects Sam with her history at the Mercer Estate.

It’s never too dark and never too light in this forward-moving series of desires, mind games, debauchery and the option to live an offbeat The Alternative.