Sugar Daddies is a standalone by Jade West. I don't get a chance to read too many standalones these days. I grabbed this up for my Romanceopoly pick, because I have heard the best things about this book and its been a long while since I have picked up a menage romance and this was also a new to me author and I absolutely had a great time with this one. It took a bit longer than I expected to get through it but its also 450 pages, so its a bit of a chunker but I had so much fun all the way through this one. It definitely had some aspects that I wasn't expecting of it, but I enjoyed the way that this author developed the story.

Sugar Daddies is basically what the title portrays. It begins with our male protagonists: Carl and Rick who are both bi sexual and have been together for years, but there is something more that they want, they want a woman to share their lives with but this is their last chance to find the happy ever after that they have both been searching for. Then comes into the party: Katie. Katie is searching for her dreams, she wants to run a horse school ranch of sorts. But in order to start her dream, she needs money and a lot of it. But she also has desires that she wants to explore with Carl and Rick. At first its a simple arrangement, but then it becomes clear that there is so much more building between them. What she doesn't expect is that love would filter its way into their heart and bring them together in ways they would least expect...

Sugar Daddies is a story that is about a menage romance. Now I will be frank that this didn't feel like a true menage. I was a bit disappointed with how Rick was more of a background character. In the first 1/3 we do see quite a bit of him. But then mostly the rest of the story, his character tends to fade into the backgroud, and the focus is on Carl and Katie. Now don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved seeing Carl and Katie together and seeing them grow and I do think that due to some character development that is needed with Katie, it was necessary in some ways. But I do wish that the author had maybe put this into a duet to focus on Katie and Rick together a bit more.

Now as for the heroine. She was a bit of a battle to enjoy as a character. She is a bit prickly and at first it was turning me off a bit from her. Eventually, I grew to really enjoy her character though. But she can be prickly and there is quite a bit of swearing in this one, so keep that in mind and be prepared for some crude language at times. The heroine can be hard to like at times, she is very bitter towards her family, so that was hard to see. But she goes through this transition and coming to terms with her past, the secrets of her family and with the assistance of Carl is able to find healing in that regard. Jade West did a superb job in writing her character though.

The romance itself was a solid win for me. The steam of the story is BLAZING, so keep that in mind depending on the steam level you are going for. I did enjoy the way that Jade West wrote these scenes and I am definitely looking forward to more books from her. Such captivating writing that sucked me into the story so quickly.

Overall, I found Sugar Daddies to be a charming, sexy as hell romance that will curl your toes with tingles and deep riveting emotion and leaving you itching for more delights from this author!