"Louisiana summer heated romance"

After years of failure as an environmental lobbyist has led to burn out, thirty-five years old Rene LeDeux hides in the remotest area of the Louisiana Bayou. His beloved seventy-nine years old Tante Lulu visits him and not long afterward, middle age hippies Joe Bob and Maddie Doucet land their plane nearby. Rene learns they have kidnapped news anchor Valerie "Ice" Breaux to act as a spokesperson to save the endangered Bayou from developers. Valerie blames Rene and threatens to sue him and have him arrested for her abduction. Tante Lulu sees lightning and knows that Valerie is Rene's beloved. Joe and Maddie leave Valerie behind with no escape for at least a few days.

Rene and Maddie inwardly reflect on the most embarrassing moment in their respective lives; when they were fifteen, she was drunk; they started to have sex, but he came too soon and she puked on his jewel. Maddie initially disdains her host, but soon they give in to their attraction and fall in love. However, nothing permanent can occur because Maddie does not trust males as men leave like her daddy did.

Sandra Hill is a unique author whose tales combines heat with the absurd as few writers are able to do. Her latest Rajun Cajun romance is a droll hot sauce that readers feel the heat yet laugh with the antics especially that crazy Bengal cat Tante Lulu. The lead couple is a delightful battling pair who wants each other, but uses barbs to defuse the feelings. Ms. Hill provides a Louisiana summer heat romance filled with passion and humor.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 25, 2005