ACCEPTANCE (Club X #5) by K.M. Scott-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 18, 2016

Life after Club X has been good for the three brothers who used to run Tampa’s most exclusive fantasy club. Cassian and Kane run one of the city’s up and coming restaurants, CK, and Stefan has his own successful bar in the old Club X building.

Two marriages, three kids, and three happy couples make up one big happy family.

But there’s another son of Cassian March III out there, another illegitimate child who never knew his father. The three brothers don’t agree that they should find him, and even more importantly, what they don’t know about Sebastian could risk everything they cherish so dearly.

(NOTE: This book focuses on the three original brothers, Cassian, Stefan, and Kane. Also, Acceptance was originally released in the Complete Club X Series Set.)

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REVIEW: ACCEPTANCE is the fifth (and final?) installment in K.M. Scott’s contemporary, adult CLUB X erotic, romance series focusing on three brothers: Cassian and Stefan March, and their half brother Kane Jackson. ACCEPTANCE is their continuing story with an emphasis on Kane and Abbi’s struggling relationship, and the introduction of another potential sibling thrown into the mix.

NOTE: ACCEPTANCE was first released in the Complete Club X series boxset in July 2016.

Told from several first person perspectives (Cash, Stefan, Kane, Abbi and Sebastian) ACCEPTANCE advances the series several years and follows the fall out of Kane’s search for another one of his father’s b*astard sons. While Kane and Stefan risk meeting the young man who bears a striking resemblance to both Kane and Cash, not everyone is aware of, or on board, with inviting another brother into the family. To complicate matters, Kane’s relationship with Abbi begins to crack when he refuses to reveal the secret about where he goes and why- to protect the woman and the family that he loves.

We catch up with all of the series couples and their growing families, and witness the struggle as three brothers contemplate a future that may or may not include a younger sibling. The family dynamic is slightly fractured when tensions between brothers is thick with the possible fall out of acknowledging another one of Cassian March III’s illegitimate spawns, as well as the ongoing unease and uncomfortable situation between sisters in law for sins of the past. Club X is now a memory, and the brothers are now focused on their nightclub and bar.

ACCEPTANCE is a fascinating story line with heart stopping moments and emotional force; a culmination of one man’s collective progeny, their growing familial relationships, and the struggle to accept what is and what may never be. The premise is inspiring; the characters are colorful and passionate. We can only hope that there is a future story focusing on Sebastian March.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Temptation
Surrender
Possession
Satisfaction
Acceptance

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Reviewed by Sandy