Cover Reveal & Review – Dirty Deeds by Lorelei James

While Dirty Deeds may be one of Lorelei James’ first published works it just proves that from the beginning she had the uncanny ability to draw her readers in, give them characters they fall immediately in love with, and write a satisfying, sexy romance they can’t put down!  ~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures

Title: Dirty Deeds

Author: Lorelei James

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About Dirty Deeds:

When good, clean fun just isn’t an option.

Just once, good girl Tate Cross wants to experience a red-hot, no-strings-attached affair. She’s temporarily left her graphic artist position in Denver to settle her aunt’s estate in Spearfish, South Dakota, but the city won’t let her sell the property until the landscaping is up to snuff. The Native American landscape contractor her friend highly recommends looks like he can meet all her needs, in the flowerbed and out.

Nathan LeBeau believes few women look at the Native American man beneath the filthy work clothes and hard hat. When Tate offers to trade art lessons for dirt work, the tempting subtext is as plain as the lettering on the side of Nathan’s truck. But in truth, he’s tired of relationships based solely on sex. His goal of proving he’s not completely hopeless in matters of the heart is second only to his dream of expanding his business.

It figures. Tate wants no-holds-barred sex right about the time the one-time Casanova wants a good old-fashioned romance. Bring on the battle of wills!

This book has been previously published.

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.

Review copy provided for an honest review

This is a re-release of one of Lorelei James’ earliest works and it reminds me why I fell in love with this author. What I absolutely adore about this book is that while it is sweeter than most of her work, it is no less intense, no less enjoyable, and no less sexy. Even early on in her career, she penned an excellent story with characters you won’t soon forget and a love story that despite its bumps in the road was formed out of necessity but turned into so much more. It has been years since I first read this book before re-reading it for review and I’m honestly kicking myself for not re-reading it sooner because I love that it is different from the western romances we’ve come to associate this author with and proves that her heroes don’t have to be cowboys to be one hundred percent sexy male.

Tate Cross is at a crossroads in her life when an incident at work leaves her with time off to deal with a house she inherited in South Dakota from her favorite aunt. Running short on money and in need of help with satisfying a town regulation, Tate asks her friend’s brother Nathan LeBeau to help with landscaping her yard and for a no strings attached affair. For his assistance Tate will help Nathan with his lackluster drawing skills so he can get his landscaping business off the ground. Sounds like a win-win right? Only Nathan isn’t totally upfront with Tate about why he agrees to help with her landscaping and not only that after meeting Tate, Nathan wants more than just “wild monkey sex.” He wants to practice his romancing skills and while at some point that might have been okay with Tate right now all she wants is to climb Nathan like a tree.

I flat out LOVED watching Nathan trying to hold off a very determined Tate from having sex. Some of Tate’s suggestions and innuendos were hilarious and even a bit mean but that made it so much better. Nathan did a good job of trying to be romantic and while he didn’t think it was working it was easy to see that with every gesture Tate was falling for him just as hard as he was falling for her.

Their relationship wasn’t easy for many reasons; they both had trust issues, Nathan’s heritage and job often made him feel inferior, and Tate’s need to please others more than herself all got in the way. The build up to their first complete sexual encounter was unbelievably hot proving that sometimes waiting and that whole delayed gratification can really intensify the act. Let’s just say there were a whole lot of panty dripping moments.

While Dirty Deeds may be one of Lorelei James’ first published works it just proves that from the beginning she had the uncanny ability to draw her readers in, give them characters they fall immediately in love with, and write a satisfying, sexy romance they can’t put down!

 

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About Lorelei James:

Lorelei James is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of contemporary erotic western romances set in the modern day Wild West and also contemporary erotic romances. Lorelei’s books have been nominated for and won the Romantic Times Reviewer’s choice Award, as well as the CAPA Award. Lorelei lives in western South Dakota with her family…and a whole closet full of cow girl boots.

Why do I have a particular fondness for all things western? Well, I’m a fourth generation South Dakotan, living in the Black Hills, which is chock-full of interesting characters, including cowboys, Indians, ranchers, and bikers. The geographical diversity of the surrounding area showcases mountains, plains, and badlands. Living in and writing about rural settings gives me a unique perspective, especially since I’m not writing historical westerns. Through my fictional world, I can show the ideals and the cowboy way of life are still very much alive.

 

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