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This was a really interesting take on the menage theme, focused very much on the emotional journey of three men who find themselves in a very tangled drama.
The original couple of Justin and Spencer have been together for ten years. They are successfully trying to get things back on track after a separation the previous year. But unknown to Spencer, Justin had an affair during their separation and found himself falling in love with the other man. When Spencer returns, and because Spencer had a prior claim on his heart, they get back together, with Justin determined to get over his feelings for Dutch.
Unfortunately Dutch doesn't get over Justin easily with tragic ramifications. The result is a late night phone call to Justin which exposes the truth and starts the three men on a pretty intense and emotional journey.
This story has a lot of twists and turns. There is time spent in the past where we learn more of Justin and Spencer's relationship, we learn how Justin met Dutch and we learn that Dutch and Spencer also share a secret. There is time spent in the current, where we see emotions continuing between Justin and Dutch as they deal with the fallout of the revelations and also see new developments between Dutch and Spencer. Lives become very much entwined and there are further conflicts and more repercussions.
This story was not focused on sex between the three men but there was sex between the different couples, mainly Justin and Spencer or Justin and Dustin and I did have a couple of issues. Firstly, Justin and Spencer have a couple of sessions with a 'third'. I didn't naturally see this fitting with their relationship and I definitely didn't like their sexual dialogue. To me it sounded like fake porn and didn't suit how I saw the characters of Justin and Spencer in my mind. There was a second issue which didn't sit comfortably with me but I won't outline it here as it would be a bit of a spoiler. Perhaps this trust was supposed to illustrate how significant their relationship was?
I liked the fact that the bringing together of the three men, with them acknowledging their feelings for one another, wasn't an easy journey. It acknowledges the difficulties they face, within themselves and with the outside world. There is a sense that they will succeed because of the depths of feeling.
\"After that, it was simply a matter of working out the intricacies of a relationship between three men.
It was a new concept for them and the world. After all, love was a joining of two hearts , two pieces of the same soul that locked together seamlessly. That was how the world functioned. Two people, two hearts, one relationship. That was the paradigm the rest of the world followed.
But they didn't fit that model. Their hearts were bigger than what society had preconcieved notions about. After all, it was the universe's magic, some unseen force, that brought them together. That bond pulled Justin and Spencer initially to each other, but it was that same power that brought Dutch into their lives, that somehow called both of them to Dutch, separately, just as strongly as it tugged upon him.\".........\"They weren't meant to be a couple. They were destined to be a trio.\"

An interestingly different slant on a three way, in that we experiences all the issues that lead up to the three men starting their life as a trio, and its not an easy road, for the characters and the reader!
It is a novel told mostly in flashback and Whilst a lot of readers dont like this, I thought it worked quite well here. Each chapter was headed up by the year so was easy enough to keep track. I always find that this type of writing pushes me to keep reading as I want to find out the next bit. 
The flashbacks were set amid the now with Dutch in hospital and during his recuperation. Some of the history flashes are disconcerting and uncomfortable, especially Dutch's descent in debauchery.
I found the narrative sections quite good but some of the language got a bit flowery with lots of metaphors, which I found a bit much by the end. Although Justin's floating (for want of spoiling too much) I though was well done.
Overall though, the story itself was one to make you think how any relationship can founder on one or two things said (or not), even with intelligent people involved.  It is a longer read but the writing does pull you along so it doesn't feel like it and it was worth reading, especially if you don't want a formulaic read.

I added this book to my wish list as soon as I read the summary, and bought it immediately after it was released. I don’t usually go for very long stories, as I prefer shorter books that I can read in a couple of days… yes, I’m one of those inpatient people who can’t wait to read how the story ends… so, 338 pages seemed an awful amount of time before I could finally get to the end! But I braced myself and started reading…
At the beginning I honestly thought that this was going to be a nice threesome story with a twisted plot and plenty of sex. Then I realized that there was sooooo much more!!! The way the author wrote the three characters is simply incredible: he managed to describe them very well, especially their emotional side. He wrote about their feelings, all different emotions at different stages, with many details, without being boring. I found very interesting and captivating the continuous switch between the different periods of their lives and, mostly, the different points of view, sometimes Spencer’s, sometimes Justin’s and sometimes Dutch’s. But what really amazed me is the way he plotted the last five chapters: every paragraph is about one of the three men and each paragraph is connected to the previous through one word… great job! All together this book is very well written and has all the ingredients: love, sex, trust, friendship, acceptance, angst, pain, forgiveness…
And before you ask: yes, I’d read it again!