The Sextet Presents... A Toy Story Books in Order

Cheryl Brooks's A Toy Story entry in the Sextet Presents line is built around one novella, Small, Medium and Large, and it knows exactly what kind of story it wants to be. This is a contemporary erotic romance with a playful setup, a compact cast, and a central question about whether attraction has to follow the usual lines. It opens in a sex toy shop, which tells you right away that the story is going to be frank, flirty, and interested in chemistry from the first page.

Renee Swarovski meets Toby Lawrence and feels the spark immediately. Then Toby brings her home to meet his roommate, Lance Svahnstrom, and the book's real tension comes into focus. Renee is drawn to both men, but she also notices something the two of them have not fully faced in themselves. There is a latent attraction between Toby and Lance, and once that becomes visible the story stops being a simple triangle.

That question gives the story its shape.

Can Renee be the center of a working three-person relationship, or is she the bridge that finally brings two men together? Brooks plays that uncertainty for both heat and emotion. Because the cast is small and the page count is short, most of the drama is intimate rather than external. The tension comes from honesty, jealousy, curiosity, and the fear that someone will be left out once everybody starts saying what they really want.

The tone is lighter than Brooks's suspense or sci-fi books, but it is still character-driven. The novella is less about plot twists and more about the shift from fantasy to real choice. If you like contained menage romance, quick pacing, and stories where the emotional stakes sit right inside the bedroom and living room, this standalone corner of her catalog is easy to sample.