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kathydavie's review against another edition
2.0
First in the Nauti Girls erotic romance series; it's an offshoot from Leigh's Nauti Boys series and based in Somerset, Kentucky. The couple focus is on Eve Mackay and Brogan Campbell.
My Take
I've been so looking forward to reading this story, assuming it would be as nauti and suspenseful to read as her Nauti Boys series.
The characters are wonderful, as always, and I love the whole B&B scenario. But the story itself is so contrived and the reasons Leigh provides as to why Homeland Security wants Eve brought in and made his lover is incredibly muddled. I get the feeling that Leigh reckons we'll just buy her books no matter what effort she puts into it.
Considering later revelations, I don't get why Donny and Sandi are so up in Evie's face.
This is a half-hearted effort, it's eroticism is, um, damp, and I am so disappointed. It is not going on my buy list.
The Story
Seems Dawg's dad had four half-sisters with their mother, who is years younger than Dawg! Homeland Security found the last of Chandler McKay's accounts, shut them down, and cut the girls off from funds. Crawford has taken them in and brought them to Dawg, trusting he'll do right by them.
It's five years later in this story, and Eve has been falling for Brogan Campbell for the past two-and-a-half years. Only, Dawg has forced a promise from her to not get involved with him.
Brogan, on the other hand, is under orders to draw the Mackays in, using Eve to flush out members of the Freedom League.
The Characters
Eve Mackay is the oldest of Chandler McKay's four bastard daughters at 19 (in the prologue). She rotates working at the various Mackay businesses in Somerset, although all the girls work at Mercedes' bed-and-breakfast. Piper is 18; Lyrica is 17 and has a major crush on Graham Brock; and, Zoey just turned 16 and loves painting.Their mother Mercedes, who is almost seven years younger than Dawg(!), has struggled to care for them.
Dawg Mackay is one of three cousins from the Nauti Boys series; he's married to Christa and they have a daughter (Nauti Nights). The girls are his half-sisters, and he's taken them in. They're family after all. Rowdy and Natches Mackay both play a part as well. Rowdy is married to Kelly (Nauti Boy) and they have a daughter. Natches is married to Chaya (Nauti Dreams) and they have a little girl, Bliss, who has excellent hearing to Natches' dismay.
Brogan Campbell is undercover for Homeland Security (HS) and all anyone knows in town is that he's a very bad boy with a Harley and the leader of the Cumberland Touring and Motorcycle Club. He's also the bastard son of the director of HS, JD Bryce. Brody Campbell is his brother and one of his partners along with Jed and Eli. Chatham Bromleah Doogan III is his boss, director of operations, and a major player, pulling all sorts of strings, using anyone.
Timothy Cranston is the "fat, evil, little leprechaun" who is supposedly former Homeland Security. He's fallen in love with Mercedes and lives at the B&B.
Members of the Cumberland Touring and Motorcycle Club include:
Donny "Bowie" Sutherby and Sandi Mikels are a nasty couple determined to harass Eve.Grady "Poppa Bear" Aarons and his wife Mary, a.k.a., "Momma Bear", are retired. Shanna "Baby Bear" Aarons is their daughter. Then there's Hondo Grael, Pooh Yonkers and his sister Marbles, and another sister and brother, Boo and Homer Kennedy.
John and Sierra Walker own Walker's Run, the bar Rogue gave them and where Eve sometimes works. Dakota "Kota" Wayne and Matteo are two of the bartenders. Rogue Mayes (she's married to Sheriff Zeke Mayes, Nauti Deceptions, and they have newborn Zeke, Jr.) is full-time managing Janey Mackay Jansen's restaurant, Mackay's Fine Dining. Alex Jansen is still Somerset's chief of police (Nauti Intentions); they have a six-year-old daughter, Erin. Faisal Mackay is now Declan, and he's the floor manager at Janey's. Ray and Maria Mackay, Rowdy's parents, get a mention along with the traditions they started up for their new family without the jerk Mackays. Even the Augusts from Madison, Texas (the Men of August series) are showing up for these reunions.
Samantha Bryce is a detective and Brogan's little sister. For an unwanted bastard, he's got siblings everywhere. Kraig is her partner.
Kai Maynard is Judge Kiser's foreman.
The Cover
I'm going to assume that the stretch of dark brown is Lake Cumberland, as the surrounding grasslands don't make sense otherwise. There is a lovely sunset to make up for it. It's a shirtless Brogan who appears more anxious than the black-clad Eve for this particular embrace.
The title is a misnomer. I didn't get a real sense of Eve being a Nauti Temptress. Maybe because I was so disappointed.
My Take
I've been so looking forward to reading this story, assuming it would be as nauti and suspenseful to read as her Nauti Boys series.
The characters are wonderful, as always, and I love the whole B&B scenario. But the story itself is so contrived and the reasons Leigh provides as to why Homeland Security wants Eve brought in and made his lover is incredibly muddled. I get the feeling that Leigh reckons we'll just buy her books no matter what effort she puts into it.
Considering later revelations, I don't get why Donny and Sandi are so up in Evie's face.
This is a half-hearted effort, it's eroticism is, um, damp, and I am so disappointed. It is not going on my buy list.
The Story
Seems Dawg's dad had four half-sisters with their mother, who is years younger than Dawg! Homeland Security found the last of Chandler McKay's accounts, shut them down, and cut the girls off from funds. Crawford has taken them in and brought them to Dawg, trusting he'll do right by them.
It's five years later in this story, and Eve has been falling for Brogan Campbell for the past two-and-a-half years. Only, Dawg has forced a promise from her to not get involved with him.
Brogan, on the other hand, is under orders to draw the Mackays in, using Eve to flush out members of the Freedom League.
The Characters
Eve Mackay is the oldest of Chandler McKay's four bastard daughters at 19 (in the prologue). She rotates working at the various Mackay businesses in Somerset, although all the girls work at Mercedes' bed-and-breakfast. Piper is 18; Lyrica is 17 and has a major crush on Graham Brock; and, Zoey just turned 16 and loves painting.Their mother Mercedes, who is almost seven years younger than Dawg(!), has struggled to care for them.
Dawg Mackay is one of three cousins from the Nauti Boys series; he's married to Christa and they have a daughter (Nauti Nights). The girls are his half-sisters, and he's taken them in. They're family after all. Rowdy and Natches Mackay both play a part as well. Rowdy is married to Kelly (Nauti Boy) and they have a daughter. Natches is married to Chaya (Nauti Dreams) and they have a little girl, Bliss, who has excellent hearing to Natches' dismay.
Brogan Campbell is undercover for Homeland Security (HS) and all anyone knows in town is that he's a very bad boy with a Harley and the leader of the Cumberland Touring and Motorcycle Club. He's also the bastard son of the director of HS, JD Bryce. Brody Campbell is his brother and one of his partners along with Jed and Eli. Chatham Bromleah Doogan III is his boss, director of operations, and a major player, pulling all sorts of strings, using anyone.
Timothy Cranston is the "fat, evil, little leprechaun" who is supposedly former Homeland Security. He's fallen in love with Mercedes and lives at the B&B.
Members of the Cumberland Touring and Motorcycle Club include:
Donny "Bowie" Sutherby and Sandi Mikels are a nasty couple determined to harass Eve.Grady "Poppa Bear" Aarons and his wife Mary, a.k.a., "Momma Bear", are retired. Shanna "Baby Bear" Aarons is their daughter. Then there's Hondo Grael, Pooh Yonkers and his sister Marbles, and another sister and brother, Boo and Homer Kennedy.
John and Sierra Walker own Walker's Run, the bar Rogue gave them and where Eve sometimes works. Dakota "Kota" Wayne and Matteo are two of the bartenders. Rogue Mayes (she's married to Sheriff Zeke Mayes, Nauti Deceptions, and they have newborn Zeke, Jr.) is full-time managing Janey Mackay Jansen's restaurant, Mackay's Fine Dining. Alex Jansen is still Somerset's chief of police (Nauti Intentions); they have a six-year-old daughter, Erin. Faisal Mackay is now Declan, and he's the floor manager at Janey's. Ray and Maria Mackay, Rowdy's parents, get a mention along with the traditions they started up for their new family without the jerk Mackays. Even the Augusts from Madison, Texas (the Men of August series) are showing up for these reunions.
Samantha Bryce is a detective and Brogan's little sister. For an unwanted bastard, he's got siblings everywhere. Kraig is her partner.
Kai Maynard is Judge Kiser's foreman.
The Cover
I'm going to assume that the stretch of dark brown is Lake Cumberland, as the surrounding grasslands don't make sense otherwise. There is a lovely sunset to make up for it. It's a shirtless Brogan who appears more anxious than the black-clad Eve for this particular embrace.
The title is a misnomer. I didn't get a real sense of Eve being a Nauti Temptress. Maybe because I was so disappointed.
geisttull's review against another edition
2.0
better than her most recent paranormal books, but i'm starting to think that someone else is writing her books now or she's getting published without an editor. Glaring mistakes in grammar and continuity make it difficult to read. i continue to be very disappointed by her new books, although after the first badly written paranormal book, i read another and then i picked this up too. is it three strikes and she's out or will i keep trying to find what i used to love about lora leigh and continue reading anything new?
bookloverchelle's review against another edition
4.0
I just love the books from Lora Leigh, she writes a really good, dirty contemporary romance. I was a little sad to read the last of the Mackay cousin’s novel but was so happy when Ms. Leigh introduced a new cast of characters to continue in Pulaski County. When Eve Mackay arrived in Kentucky her brand new brother explained to her that loyalty to family was everything but she is so conflicted when she can’t seem to stay away from the one man forbidden to her, Brogan Campbell. Brogan isn’t what he seems. Everyone believes him to be a traitor but he’s really working deep cover and needs help from Eve to unravel the secrets hiding in Pulaski County. He’s having a very hard time keeping he’s feelings for Eve separate from his mission but soon they realize that fighting what they feel is harder than it seems. A really great, dirty story!
cpikas's review against another edition
3.0
Ugh. Things that annoy me about this book
Yeah all strong women want to be dominated
Women want to be ordered around by partners like its work for hire
Morning after pill is not "vile" or "horrible" nor is it abortion. It's perfectly reasonable precaution when other methods failed.
Not typical for women in this age -all in her books? To be virgins until exactly 24 then go buck wild doing advanced moves the first or second time
Very graphic- not that I mind necessarily.
The actual storyline was only sketched out. Clearly it was just a holder for the sex scenes.
Yeah all strong women want to be dominated
Women want to be ordered around by partners like its work for hire
Morning after pill is not "vile" or "horrible" nor is it abortion. It's perfectly reasonable precaution when other methods failed.
Not typical for women in this age -all in her books? To be virgins until exactly 24 then go buck wild doing advanced moves the first or second time
Very graphic- not that I mind necessarily.
The actual storyline was only sketched out. Clearly it was just a holder for the sex scenes.
asalters's review against another edition
3.0
I did enjoy this book as I have enjoyed the other stories but I was disappointed with the ending. Some of the things I expected to be clarified in the epilogue were just left hanging. That whole thing with Eve being pregnant wasn't resolved enough for me. I feel the same way about the whole reason Eve was in danger to begin with. We know that the bodyguard for the judge was the person who kidnapped Eve but we don't know the other players involved and I have to say as much as I enjoy these stories this part is driving me nuts. It feels like the story was just left hanging. There is always the possibility that these questions will be answered in other books but none of her other stories in this series has been left to end this way. Other than those issues I loved my visit with some of my favorite characters!
tlandrews's review against another edition
3.0
This is the 2nd Lora Leigh I've tried to read recently; I guess I've grown out of her work.
sjhodgson's review against another edition
2.0
I loved the previous series but this felt rushed I was a little disappointed.
straightupbookish's review against another edition
3.0
nice easy read not a oh my god you must read this but enjoyable
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