"Wonderful Bayou cowboy romance"

In Southern Louisiana Charmaine LeDeux, former state beauty queen winner and owner of two beauty parlors, knows borrowing from Bucks R Us was a mistake as the Mafia owned corporation charges usury rates. When an investment tanked she could not ask for help because she detest being labeled a bimbo, but that is how she behaved.

Her first husband former convict Raoul Lanier informs Charmaine that they are still married because of something his father did so she has not had four divorces. He also tells her that she inherited half of his family's Triple L Ranch from the death of his father. She sees the spread as a place to hide from the mob while she waits for investments to make the cash to pay off the shark. At the ranch, Charmaine and Raoul emit sparks that would light up New Orleans during Mardi Gras. However, he hurt her when they were married and he believes she conned his dad into bequeathing half the ranch to her. Though they still love one another, a second chance at marriage seems undesirable for both of them besides which he has a quest to prove his innocence, regain his vet license, and learn more about his dad's demise.

Though the gimmick has been used before, fans will enjoy Sandra Hill's latest Bayou cowboy romance because the principal couple love one another, but cannot live together without fighting. The mafia connection forces Charmaine to hide and thus relocate on Raoul's ranch, but takes away from the tale when stings occur. Still this is an amusing contemporary tale starring two fine protagonists and a horde of secondary players mostly smirking at the dynamic lead duet.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 18, 2004

Summary

She's the quintessential bimbo.
He's a Cajun Cowboy.
She's a four-time divorcee and a born-again virgin, on the lam from the Mafia.
He's her first husband, he's an ex-con, and he's baaaaaack!
Charmaine LeDeux will make you laugh out loud.
Raoul Lanier will make you sizzle.
Let the Cajun good times roll!