Author: Lora Leigh

Title: Nauti Angel

Series: Nauti

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Angel Calloway isn't the girl next door. Known for being rude and cursing like a sailor on a bender, she's meaner than the two mercenaries she's followed since she was young. Needing anyone is not what she's about. Or so she thought--until she found the mother she was taken from so long ago, Chaya Mackay, wife to the notorious Natches Mackay.

One night with Angel and devilishly sexy Marine Reece Duquaine was hooked. She nearly blew his head off, and moments later, she blew his mind. He's been after her ever since, wrestling with a desire that fights to consume him. But now he has her in his sights--and is ready to take his shot.
Unless someone else moves in for the kill first..

 

 

 

 

*Warning: Minor spoilers*

Nauti Angel was a good story but I didn't like it - BUT not for the reason you think.

I really felt for Angel.

I felt for Angel when she revealed to the Mackay's her mother in particular and the group her secret and she was treated the way she was. It was awful. I actually cried. It broke my heart.

Even after she left and was forced to come back and deal with them after the way they acted it was like her feelings didn't matter what so ever to any of them.

It didn't matter at all what Angel needed or wanted emotionally or mentally after that experience all that mattered was that the Mackays didn't want to feel guilty for the way they treated her, so to make them feel better about themselves she was forced to come back despite how she felt and was manipulated into it. I hated that.

Its insensitive, its cruel, and everyone dismissing it as if it didn't matter upset me.

What's more is that I was insanely disappointed in the Mackays because of how they acted toward her. Where did all that cruelty come from even if was to protect Chaya? They're harsh and cold and the whole situation made me sad. The whole thing dominated the story for me beyond the intense plot and the love story because I was stuck on the interaction that started the whole thing. I liked the story and everything was really great but that one thing really effected the way I've felt about the Mackays this entire time.

 

 

 

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Nauti Seductress (Nauti #10/Nauti Girls #3) by Lora Leigh

Zoey Mackay is as tough and savvy as anyone. But when an unknown assailant slips her a psychoactive drug, she descends into a literal nightmare of violence and blood. And even after she wakes, the horror haunts her, spurring her to learn how to defend herself. But her defense may not be enough for a different kind of opponent.
Enigmatic Homeland Security honcho Chatham Bromleagh Doogan is a man with power and the will to use it. When he rescues Zoey from the depths of her drug-induced delirium, he swears to find the bastards who almost destroyed her spirit and make them pay.
But when the shadowy threat returns, will Zoey and Doogan have the strength to hold onto each other and survive the coming storm?


My Review:
I wasn't convinced at first that I was going to go for the story. The whole cover it up idea didn't win any points but the trauma seemed to be besides the point anyway so - moot.
You can't deny the heat between Doogan and Zoey is there because the draw is undeniable (the sex is fantastic) Lora Leigh's Erotic/Mystery/Action thing is growing in intensity and in darker depths while her talent for passion continues to grow.
Although the wish-washy trauma drama thing wasn't too convincing, I couldn't give up on Leighs ability to create tension and yet more fantastic stories for us Nauti fans.


My Rating:
4 Stars


Reviewed By: Krissy's Bookshelf Reviews
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Note: I received a print copy in exchange for an honest review from Berkley/NAL/Penguin

Scorching hot but sorry to say still waiting for those "desires" that Zeke hits us over the head with over and over as being too "dark" for Rogue to understand much less enjoy along with him.

What happens when your brother and cousins are all alpha males? Lyrica Mackay's father was a bastard who terrorized her mother and sisters. When her father finally dies and they find they have a brother who is completely different than their father, it's a new world. Lyrica isn't used to men meddling in her life, let alone determine what kind of guy she can date. It is ironic the man she falls for also happens to be a man not too different than her brother and cousins.

Graham Brock is getting cock blocked by just about everyone. He's had a thing for Lyrica for a while but he can't get his head out of his ass and commit. This plot device is now a bit old and used. Still I'm addicted and I wanted to see where it went. Predictably, the virgin protected girl demands to be loved right. The man breaks her heart. Her life is threatened. He realizes he can't live without her. They shack up and have wild monkey sex. Did I mention the wild monkey sex? Why is it wild monkey sex? Do domesticated monkeys not have sex? Or does wild mean crazy instead of "out in the wild" wild? I digress.

This book is pure mind candy. The women are a bit whiny. The men are thick headed. The men all beat their chests and roar. Good fun and no surprises. The sex was just "eh". Please note, I do read BDSM so when I say "eh" it just means it does nothing for me.

20/9 - 3.5 stars. This was reasonably good, but I got a bit bored in the second half and had trouble staying awake while reading it last night, in the end I had to skim about 50 pages before I could wake myself up enough to pay more attention and finish the book. The sex scenes were on par with all the other Leigh books, nothing particularly new, but nothing bad.

I thought Zeke's reasons for staying away from Rogue sounded very fake. He kept saying she was too innocent to deal with his proclivities, he said that he hadn't been able to be himself in all his past relationships since the death of his wife, but when he finally is 'himself' with Rogue his sexual appetites appeared no more out there than any other alpha male that I've ever read. I don't understand what the big deal was. If he thinks he's different, 'unique', he should read more romance, he'd see that he's not that different after all, in fact, compared with some of the other men of his type, he'd be at the bottom of the alpha male controllingness-hierarchy.