***4 ‘Dear lord, please, just do it already’ Stars***
Review for revised version
Yup, that’s pretty much sums up this book for me, but despite the frustration created by Tate and Nathan’s lovely little dance, I needed to find out what would finally make them “just do it” as well as see how they worked everything else out that was swirling around them and in the end the frustration was well worth it. It was a sweet, smexy and fun, if a bit bumpy, ride that I couldn’t get enough of.
I loved Tate and Nathan even when they were driving me batshit crazy. Tate has a lot on her shoulders: Her family’s, or her mother’s more specifically, expectations of what her life should be like, her career being in limbo, and getting her aunt’s house in order to sell. I have to say I admired Tate. She could have allowed all the chaos weigh her down, but she didn’t. She kept her head up and did what needed to be done. The funny thing about Tate though, was that she could be head strong in certain situations and a bit of a doormat in others.
Nathan is determined to prove that prejudice that comes with the color of his skin isn’t who he is. The problem with this is that it has turned him into a workaholic who has no social life or close relationships. I loved Nathan, I did, because when he wasn’t caught up in his own issues, he was that sweet, sexy alpha male with a dirty mind, but he was always on guard which keeps him from truly enjoying life.
Between Tate and Nathan’s personal issues and the fact that the deal they struck was not being fulfilled for what seemed like FOREVER due to Nathan deciding that his agenda was more important, this book definitely had me practicing patience (and working at not throwing my Kindle against the wall). But what kept me turning the pages was the chemistry between Tate and Nathan and the promise that once they truly came together it would be smexy as all get out, and dear lord was it hot. But outside of the sexual chemistry there was just that easiness between them that tells you that they’d be one of those couples you’d be jealous of because they are just that good together.
The writing was engaging and even though I started growling at the characters the pacing of the story was good, and the dual 3rd person POV’s were done well. The various issues, some of them hot topic issues, were handled well and resolved in an organic way. It’s been so long since I first read Dirty Deed’s that other than the obvious changes I couldn’t tell you what could have been revised, but it was still a great, smexy read!
~ Copy received from the author & voluntarily reviewed ~
Landscaper Nathan LeBeau knows exactly how to use his big equipment to make the earth move. The Native American bad-boy has a reputation for getting filthy—in and out of the bedroom.
So when good-girl Tate Cross needs dirt work done, she hires the wickedly hot and surprisingly intuitive Nathan—secretly hoping she’ll get more than just her flowerbeds plowed.
Smart and sexy Tate is exactly the type of woman Nathan’s been looking for. But he wants more than another fling, so he digs in his heels to prove to Miss-I-Don’t-Need-Romance that taking things slow will lead them to something real.
But Tate isn’t interested in being romanced—even when Nathan’s sweet and charming ways are hard to resist. She’ll use every tool at her disposal to convince the former player to play with her and that getting down and dirty together is as real as it gets.
This book has been previously published. Over 2600 revisions have been made to the book
Warning: A reformed bad boy who wants a taste of real love, and a good girl who wants just one taste of the wild side—and she’s willing to drive a hard bargain to get what she wants.
Book Summary
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published By: Ridgeview Publishing
Release Date: January 9th, 2017 (Re-Release)
Pages: 225
ISBN: 9781941869
Lorelei also writes dark, gritty mysteries under the name Lori Armstrong. Her books in the Julie Collins and Mercy Gunderson series have won Shamus Awards and the Willa Cather Literary Award. Lorelei lives in western South Dakota.
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