The most exciting thing to happen lately in Gator Bait,
Louisiana, is the alligator floating in Maylene
Thibodeaux's swimming pool with a backpack hanging from his
jaws. When Game Warden and Deputy Dorie Berenger finally
arranges to get the doped-up creature out of the pool,
things get even more exciting. They realize the gator's
high comes from consuming the heroin that's in the
backpack. Why can't things ever run smoothly for Dorie? Her
life has taken many highs and lows through the years, but
this turn of events could just prove to be the worst,
especially when DEA Agent Richard Starke is sent to
investigate.
To say that Richard is by-the-book and demanding would be
sugarcoating the truth. And being stuck in this backwater
hick town doesn't help his personality or ingratiate him
much with its inhabitants. But Richard is also very
attractive, and Dorie hates that she even notices that
fact. She swore off men a long time ago and doesn't need a
sexual distraction while they're trying to find out who's
running drugs in her bayou. With Richard's straitlaced
attitude, they may never get the case solved, especially
with the hot sparks flying between him and Dorie.
As the case continues and surprising elements from the past
are uncovered, Dorie is fearful of where the truth might
lead. Richard starts to bend and mellow, and he sees how
competent Dorie is and lets her lead the investigation.
Hey, he may not know much about small-town life, but he's
no dummy. He just hopes that when all is revealed and the
case is solved, he's able to keep the woman who's become so
important to him.
A very impressive debut novel, as Ms. DeLeon's descriptive
writing had me feeling a part of the Louisiana bayou and
the small town of Gator Bait. The characters are engaging
and slightly quirky, the plot intriguing and suspenseful,
the romance nice and sensual, while the added traces of
humor make it a complete package of pure reading enjoyment.
RUMBLE ON THE BAYOU kept me enthralled from the first page
to the last, and I loved it!
Deputy Dorie Berenger knew it was going to be a rough day
when the alligator she found in the town drunk’s swimming
pool turned out to be stoned. Now she has some big-shot
city slicker from the DEA trying to take over her turf.
And Agent Richard Starke is way too handsome for his own
good. Or hers.
The folks of Gator Bait, Louisiana, may know everything
about each other, but they’re sure not going to share it
with an outsider. Richard won’t be able to catch a drug
smuggler without Dorie’s help. But some secrets—and some
desires—are buried so deep that bringing them to the
surface will take a major…Rumble on the Bayou
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