"The third Callahan - Nate - finally gets his passionate story told."

The Callahan's are back and if you thought Jack (Blue Bayou) and Finn (River Road) were hot, wait until you meet Nate...Mon Dieu!

Nate Callahan is the mayor of Blue Bayou, Louisiana, is a handymanextraordinaire and a confirmed bachelor. He once told his brothers he'd rather go swimming with the gators than ever tie himself down to one woman.

Nate is remodeling the courthouse and searching for a new police chief. As he tackles bags of old evidence in the police property room, he uncovers stock certificates, a death certificate and a journal from a suicide case his father investigated 31 years earlier. And it looks like there were some questions regarding the accuracy of that information. There was also a young child involved, one who now has a large inheritance coming. With the help of his brother, Finn, Nate finds out who this child is and travels to Los Angeles to find Regan Hart, now a 33-year-old LA homicide detective.

Regan became a cop because she wanted to make a difference, to help make people's lives better. Little does she know that her life is about to be turned upside-down by a handsome, smooth-talking Cajun; a charmer with a bone- melting smile whose name is Nate Callahan. They meet, and Nate is the one who's charmed. Is it fate? A few weeks later, Regan returns to Blue Bayou to uncover the mystery of her birth, her mother's death (if it really was her mother) and many more questions that need answers. She doesn't even know who she is anymore, but Nate is there to help. This feisty, fiercely independent beauty has really gotten under his skin. And can Regan let this irresistible Cajun into her life without losing her heart?

In this remarkable book, we're lured into the sultry warmth of the bayou. We can almost see the gators warming themselves in the sun, smell the tang of the swamp, taste the spicy gumbo, hear the cicadas singing and feel the humidity gathering on our skin. We experience the deep south, rich in tradition, strong in family values and the burning passions of its inhabitants. Its suspense and passion are arresting.

For all of you who read the last chapter first (you know who you are), please fight the urge. Take this journey and experience this story, with its suspense and passion, the way it was written. And, ooh, the ending! Be still my romantic heart. Also treat yourself to the first two installments of the yummy Callahans. Rare treasures these brothers three. Just two last words remain for Ms. Ross - Merci Beaucoup!

Reviewed by Suzanne Tucker
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 13, 2003