Gwen’s review of Bayou Treasure by Georgia Tribell
Contemporary romance eBook published 1 May 07 by Cerridwen Press
This ebook novel is a romantic suspense set in present day Boston and New Orleans and is set to be released this month. It surrounds an antique store owner, Marie, and an FBI agent, LD. It’s about old grudges, an older New Orleans family, some illicit diamonds, and romance. It’s set partially in the bayous and the governor’s mansion. More on that later…
Here’s the book blurb:
Marie Bernard owns a successful antique business in her home town of New Orleans. It’s a quiet predictable life that she’s created for herself and even when her heart yearns for more, she reminds herself of how good she has it. The security she’s created for herself disappears in the blink of an eye as a man holds a gun to her head and drags her toward certain death.
Special Agent LD Carmouche is a nine-year veteran of the FBI and a man who is determined to forge his own way in the world. Carmouche family ties run strong and deep back home in New Orleans, which is why staying away from Louisiana is his number one priority. That is until he rescues Marie from a sociopathic killer with whom he shares a painful past. Now, he’s not sure if he should arrest the brown eyed temptress or bed her.
Together this mismatched pair will be forced to unravel the clues around a ring of international thieves in order to uncover the gang’s true target before Marie becomes their next victim. Somewhere between the streets of the French Quarter and the back waters of the Louisiana bayous they find a treasure even more valuable than diamonds – love.
Read an excerpt.
I’m not sure what to think about this novel. I liked it and I didn’t. I felt like quite a bit of the story’s details were left out. The romantic development between Marie and LD (we never learn what “LD” stands for, by the way) was satisfying, if a bit abrupt. The details about his law enforcement career were a little unbelievable (speaking from personal experience having lived with an FBI agent for over a year).Â
It felt like the story got too convoluted. I think the author felt she needed to “sex up” the story and make it about organized crime, influence peddling, drugs, etc. None of that was really needed. It could have been left on a very “human” level and still been a good story.
I wanted more from this novel – it felt like I was on a diet while reading it. I didn’t dislike it, but I would only recommend it as light summer reading.
Grade: C-
