Nan has spent decades running the Second Chance Ranch. She wants to make sure that the foster kids she took in had as much of a chance of success as possible. Blake and Slade are two of the boys she took in and they just never left. They now do all the day to day work on the ranch and make sure that everything works the way that it should. They are also Dom-ly types. Slade is a Daddy and Blake is all Dom.

Merry was the last foster child that Nan took in. Five years ago, she was a sub to both Slade and Blake. Each of them gave her something that she needed. The problem is that neither man knew that the other one was in a relationship with Merry. When they found out, they got into a fight and told Merry she had to choose. Instead of choosing, Merry fled. Now Nan wants Merry to come home for Christmas, but she isn't going. Or is she?

This is an interesting story. I liked seeing the forgiveness that goes into any kind of relationship, let alone a relationship that had a big fracture in it like the one between these 3. The boys had learned to share in the time she had been gone, but it still took work to make it all right. It also shows that just because you love someone and you are in a dynamic that you like doesn't mean that you are going to get everything right, which is what happened here. Lots of mistakes were made, on all parts, and the real work that has to go into any relationship shows up in this story. There's an HEA, but it doesn't come out of nowhere, it's worked for and earned. ( )