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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780446619424
ISBN number: 0446619426
Label: Forever
Manufacturer: Forever
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: May 01, 2007
Publishing house: Forever
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Rene LeDeux returns home to southern Louisiana after quitting his job in Washington as an environmental lobbyist. Years of battling with the oil industry and land developers have left him completely burnt out, and now all he wants to do is work on his cabin on Bayou Black. But his peace of mind is disrupted by a few things. One, his great-aunt Tante Lulu is determined to get him hitched. Two, a couple of his activist friends have hatched a plot to bring national attention to their cause to save the bayou. They've kidnapped a TV celebrity and brought her to Rene's cabin. And three, the celebrity is none other than Valerie 'Ice' Breux, Rene's nemesis while growing up. Talk about red-hot trouble!
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This is my very first Sandra Hill book and it won't be my last. I really enjoyed this book. The characters are all larger than life and hysterical. Some are down right crazy, like the indomitable Tante Lulu who at very first glance is a meddling, senile old lady, but is really very wise and so giving. She's the grandmother we are all embarrassed by when she comes in contact with our friends, but if she wasn't there it would be an incredible loss. Sandra also puts some sour along with the sweet in the form of Valerie's mother. What a witch!
Sandra also introduces me to the Louisiana bayou and the myriad of environmental problems it faces. Her descriptions of the bayou made it seem very romantic but I know if I were to step foot in the swamps I would probably scream and run back home. Sandra liberally sprinkles the effervescent charm of Cajun life with it's food and music and she tries to capture the cadence of their speech. Something I found, to be honest distracting, only because I have no frame of reference for what a Cajun sounds like. I can only image Britney Spears and that's never a good thing.
Surprisingly there is a lot of depth and conflict in this book. Something I wasn't expecting as I was under the impression this was going to be a silly slapstick book. I liked the fact that Rene and Val had to make some adult decisions about their relationship such as where to live, that to be honest, I don't think I've read about before with such depth. Normally the hero and heroine fall in love and voila, all problems are solved. Not so much in this book. It actually confronts that obstacle and Rene and Val have to make tough decisions and sacrifices. But this is a romance and it will all work out in the end, and what an ending! So touching to read about Rene and Valerie's uncertainty and hesitation in taking that final step, although to be honest, it had already been done for them. The rest was just formality. *laughs*
Also surprising, Sandra Hill has a kinky side! This was an unexpected and wholly enjoyable benefit. *grins* The book has several playful, erotic scenes of two people learning each others bodies and fantasies. Just like in the beginning stages of a relationship and it was really sweet.
I can't wait to get the rest of her Cajun series, and her Viking series.
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page 100. The plot just did hold me enough to want to go on. It seems too predictable. Maybe I am also overdosing on the virginal (or "semi-virginal" in this case) females and the full-throttle testosterone males solving this dilemna. This was my very first Sandra Hill book.
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Hilarious. Memorable characters, makes you look forward to reading the subsequent book in the series to see what funny thing happens next. Tante Lulu is my favorite character of all time.
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I loved this story about a man who loves his bayous and the woman he falls in love with. With an interesting background (one ill-fated night as teenagers and lots of misconceptions about each other), and an interesting reunion (she is kidnapped by friends of his who don't know they know each other in an endeavor to draw some attention and support to their cause), I just loved this book. And Rene is just hot, hot, hot! I live not that far from LA and this made me wonder what I am missing out on.
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Sandra Hill, one of romance's best loved writer of comedic romance, is hitting on all cylinders in her book, Red-Hot Cajun. In this book, Valerie Breuax is having a very bad day. She has been kidnapped by crazed environmentalists and delivered to Rene LeDeux, a burned-out environmentalist lobbyist who has returned to Louisiana for a break from D.C. politics and to finish the work on his house.
One of Hill's best known trademarks is her rich and hilarious secondary characters, and this book is no exception. Rene's Tante Lulu is a piece of work all on her own, andshe enriches the story with her sense of humor, provideda lot of the backstory without it seeming forced.
As Val, an uptight on-air attorney for Trial TV and daughter of prominent parents, tries to talk Rene into helping her get home, she's also trying desperately to fight her overwhelming attraction to him. Rene is at turns both attracte to Val and frustrated by her. When the couple finally act upon their attraction, the scene is incendiary. Hill writes romance that puts a smile on your face and makes you laugh out loud. She's a smooth writer who has a great sense of place and setting.
The only reason I would qualify my recommendation is because the dialogue is filled with what I'm sure is colloquial Louisiana language, but it sometimes seemed a bit forced to me, and I found it distracting. That being said, the romance is strongly written and very entertaining. Hill delivers again.
Armchair Interviews says: If you are looking for a fun, entertaining romance to read this summer, Red-Hot Cajun delivers, guar-un-teed.
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