Ames’ review of Nauti Deceptions
Caitlyn “Rogue” Walker left her life in Boston to become a teacher in a small Kentucky town. But her dream was shattered when she was framed in a sex scandal. Refusing to be run out of town, Caitlyn shed the identity she had and became Rogue.
Sheriff Zeke Mayes knows there’s more to her than meets the eye, though what meets the eye is pretty smoking. He’s prepared for a long struggle getting Rogue to drop her defenses-and give in to desire. But soon Zeke will become embroiled in a deadly game that sweeps Rogue up in its wake. And when everything seems to be a matter of life and death, there is no reason to hold back…
I’ve been taking a bit of a break from Lora Leigh’s writing lately. But I decided to finish out the Nauti series (Nauti Deceptions is book 4) and I’m sorry to say, I came back to her writing too soon.
Before Rogue was a leather wearing, bar owning rebel, she was Caitlyn, innocent school teacher. But when she crossed the wrong people, she was set up and fired from her job. In a show of stubborn pride, Caitlyn embraced the woman the town thought she was and became Rogue, the sexy, tough biker chick who owns a bar.
For years Rogue has tempted and teased Sheriff Zeke Mayes. But Rogue is too young and innocent. Zeke can see right through her public facade. And Zeke has hungers that he has no business asking an innocent like Rogue to satisfy.
Ok, this is where things get so frustrating for me! In almost every LL romantic suspense, the hero fights his attraction to the heroine for some pretty silly reasons. It’s the same internal debate in every book and I’m sorry to say Nauti Deceptions fits right into that. It made Nauti Deceptions repetitive and boring. Yes boring. Despite his reasons to stay away, the supremely masculine and alpha hero will give into temptation a taste at a time and then withdraw and then return and each time he tells the heroine how bad and wrong it is for them to be together and that they can’t be together and that she can’t handle his passions and tastes ad nauseum.
Also going on in the book is a suspense plot to discover who really is behind the homegrown domestic terrorist actions in Kentucky. I was not invested enough in this novel to care who was the villain.
I hate that I didn’t enjoy this book because I still like the Breed books. But if you’re a hardcore fan of LL’s, then this book is right up your alley. However, for this frustrated reader, Nauti Deceptions gets 2.5 out of 5 from me.
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You’re not the only one that didn’t care for this book. I have enjoyed the other books in this series, but felt that this was a tacked on story having no place in the series. Neither of the characters were very likable, and while I like steam in my books that’s all this one had. The bad guy was a head scratcher as to the why and the law of the town are dumber than Barney Fife since the answers were right in front of Zeke.
If there are any more books in this series I pray they’ll be a huge improvement or just let the series rest.
I’ve heard good things about the series and have the first book in my TBR, for whatever reason I just haven’t been able to bring myself to read it….
joder-Well with the ending…I think the next generation might have their stories written. I just found all the books in this series repetitive. I will still read her Breed books but I don’t know if I’ll read her other series.
Patti-Are you an LL fan? Have you read her other series? The first book is ok – and then the rest of them are similar.