Party of Three
A Sapphire Cove Suite Secrets Novella
by C. Travis Rice
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Pub Date 24 Jun 2025 | Archive Date 24 Sep 2025
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Description
C. Travis Rice’s Suite Secrets Novellas are steamy, standalone stories in the beloved universe of Sapphire Cove, a beautiful luxury resort on the sparkling Southern California coast, where strong-willed heroes release the shame that blocks their hearts' desires.
“Jealousy was your word, babe. Not mine.”
Buckley Mitchell lives to put people back together again. The charming, warmhearted EMT is exactly who you want holding your hand in the ambulance after you’ve broken a bone. And he’s just the boyfriend Mateo Cano needs to help him embrace his sexuality after years of repressing his true self. But Mateo hasn’t been entirely truthful about the complicated relationship between him and his best friend from his Marine Corps days, the accomplished crew chief who saved his life during a training accident gone wrong. Why did Master Sergeant Jeff Braxton vanish from Mateo’s life right after Mateo and Buckley got together?
When Buckley and Jeff meet for the first time at Sapphire Cove, a posh oceanfront resort in Southern California, a more complicated history is revealed. But Buckley isn’t jealous. In fact, he’s something else altogether. Something excited…and hungry. He’s spent the past year bringing Mateo’s fantasies to life. Now it’s his turn to have his fantasies realized. And to do it, Mateo will partner with the handsome older Marine who taught him everything he knows in the bedroom, turning their lavish villa at Sapphire Cove into a gateway that brings secret passions to life. Will their wild weekend be little more than a fling? Or will it change all three of their lives for the better?
Want more Sapphire Cove? Don’t miss the novels in the series.
Sapphire Sunset
Sapphire Spring
Sapphire Storm
Sapphire Dawn
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9781963135763 |
PRICE | US$3.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 195 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews

Exactly what the title says. So hot. Hottest book I read this year for sure. I was reading this in public and I just kept blushing.
A devoted couple is celebrating a milestone birthday when an unexpected guest arrives—an old flame from the past, a fellow Marine who once shared an unbreakable bond with one of them. As the night unfolds, emotions resurface, revealing a love that never truly faded. Instead of dividing them, this reunion sparks a realization: their hearts were never meant to be separate. Together, they embrace a love that transcends time, proving that sometimes, the heart knows no limits—and neither does love.

This one was fun and fast. Love a MMM romance and “Party of Three” by C. Travis Rice has all the elements, with spicy eroticism thrown in. Unfortunately, I struggled with the pacing and style of Rice’s writing. As it’s a novella, you’re bound to either connect or struggle to with these characters before the book is over less than 200 pages later. Check it out if you want a steamy LGBTQ novel. Thanks to NetGalley and Blue Box Press for the ARC.