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Rumble On The Bayou is a spectacular debut novel by Jana DeLeon.
Deputy Dorie Berenger didn't know what to think when she was called to investigate a stoned alligator in a citizen's pool. Seems the alligator is high on heroin. This is beyond her small town experience but she isn't willing to let go of the investigation. Next thing she knows big city DEA Agent Richard Starke is throwing his weight around town.
Richard Starke had been hot on the trail of this drug ring for ages. No small town deputy and town folks are going to get in his way. His first meeting with a sunbathing Dorie knocks him off his feet. Richard realizes the locals especially Dorie know the town and surrounding swamps better then anyone. So he dials back his in your face ways to get some help.
As Richard and Dorie follow the clues to find the drug ringleader their relationship goes to a much deeper level. These two were fun to watch banter and act on their attraction to each other. When the danger is directed towards Dorie all beats are off as far as Richard is concerned.
Rumble On The Bayou was a delight from page one. It made me laugh out loud and want to get those trying to hurt the heroine and hero. The passion between Richard and Dorie sizzles anytime they are together. I am looking forward to the next book from the new author to me.
Deputy Dorie Berenger didn't know what to think when she was called to investigate a stoned alligator in a citizen's pool. Seems the alligator is high on heroin. This is beyond her small town experience but she isn't willing to let go of the investigation. Next thing she knows big city DEA Agent Richard Starke is throwing his weight around town.
Richard Starke had been hot on the trail of this drug ring for ages. No small town deputy and town folks are going to get in his way. His first meeting with a sunbathing Dorie knocks him off his feet. Richard realizes the locals especially Dorie know the town and surrounding swamps better then anyone. So he dials back his in your face ways to get some help.
As Richard and Dorie follow the clues to find the drug ringleader their relationship goes to a much deeper level. These two were fun to watch banter and act on their attraction to each other. When the danger is directed towards Dorie all beats are off as far as Richard is concerned.
Rumble On The Bayou was a delight from page one. It made me laugh out loud and want to get those trying to hurt the heroine and hero. The passion between Richard and Dorie sizzles anytime they are together. I am looking forward to the next book from the new author to me.
reviewed by csean85 on November 27, 2006 4:18 AM
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I absolutely loved Rumble on the Bayou! Not many books make me laugh out loud. Even fewer books keep me turning the pages long after I should be asleep at night. Rumble did both!
The characters in the small, southern town of Gator Bait, Louisiana are wonderful, eccentric and completely believable.
Deputy Dorie Berenger is smart, sharp and sexy. She's a heroine I can admire and believe in. City slicker DEA agent, Richard Stark, is a brash know-it-all who doesn't know who he's about to tangle with. He soon learns that he'd better get on Dorie's good side if they're going to solve the mystery of why there's an alligator, high on heroin, in Maylene Thibodeaux's swimming pool! And who does the finger, also in the 'gator's mouth, belong to?
Maylene herself is hilarious - knocking back the homebrew and seeing aliens in the garden and unicorns in the bedroom. I loved sweet, shy Deputy Joe and his halting pursuit of the loveable Jenny. Dorie's father is there, with advice and help - but Dorie soon begins to wonder if he's a part of the problem.
The other secondary characters are equally compelling and fully developed. No one dimensional characters in Rumble!
Buy this book! You won't be sorry you did. I'm looking forward with eager (and slightly impatient!) anticipation for more, more, more from Jana DeLeon!
The characters in the small, southern town of Gator Bait, Louisiana are wonderful, eccentric and completely believable.
Deputy Dorie Berenger is smart, sharp and sexy. She's a heroine I can admire and believe in. City slicker DEA agent, Richard Stark, is a brash know-it-all who doesn't know who he's about to tangle with. He soon learns that he'd better get on Dorie's good side if they're going to solve the mystery of why there's an alligator, high on heroin, in Maylene Thibodeaux's swimming pool! And who does the finger, also in the 'gator's mouth, belong to?
Maylene herself is hilarious - knocking back the homebrew and seeing aliens in the garden and unicorns in the bedroom. I loved sweet, shy Deputy Joe and his halting pursuit of the loveable Jenny. Dorie's father is there, with advice and help - but Dorie soon begins to wonder if he's a part of the problem.
The other secondary characters are equally compelling and fully developed. No one dimensional characters in Rumble!
Buy this book! You won't be sorry you did. I'm looking forward with eager (and slightly impatient!) anticipation for more, more, more from Jana DeLeon!
reviewed by maxmill on November 27, 2006 9:58 AM
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Gator Bait, Louisiana is a small quiet town where neighbors help one another and the biggest crimes are drunk and disorderly conducts and domestics. When a resident calls Deputy Dorie Berrenger out to her home to get an alligator out of her pool, she sees he has a backpack in his mouth. When she gets the pack away from the alligator, she finds inside a finger, heroin and plenty of cash in it. Not long after she files her report, DEA Agent Richard Starke arrives in town.
The fingerprint belongs to Shawn Roland, a deal maker for the Herbert family when it comes to hard drugs. Richard has been chasing him for eight years and this time he intends to arrest Roland. However he first has to learn the realities of small town bayou life where outsiders are considered alligator bait as someone local is working with the felon and trying to kill the Agent and the Deputy.
The principal protagonists bristle like stray cats when they first meet, but it is not long after that they hit the sheets and soon fall in love. This romantic police procedural is fantastic due to the eccentric residents of Gator Bait who add depth to the tale of the local and the stressed out visitor struggling with a killer and worse a killer love.
Harriet Klausner
The fingerprint belongs to Shawn Roland, a deal maker for the Herbert family when it comes to hard drugs. Richard has been chasing him for eight years and this time he intends to arrest Roland. However he first has to learn the realities of small town bayou life where outsiders are considered alligator bait as someone local is working with the felon and trying to kill the Agent and the Deputy.
The principal protagonists bristle like stray cats when they first meet, but it is not long after that they hit the sheets and soon fall in love. This romantic police procedural is fantastic due to the eccentric residents of Gator Bait who add depth to the tale of the local and the stressed out visitor struggling with a killer and worse a killer love.
Harriet Klausner
reviewed by literary on November 29, 2006 12:46 AM