Lucky feels Serene(ah) (Lucky's Lady - Tami Hoag)

Member Name: kirstymack80

Product:	Lucky's Lady - Tami Hoag
Date:	23/05/05 (140 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: cheap (in more ways than one)

Disadvantages: lurve overload, cheesy beyond belief

Well KM loves a bargain and she recently found a brand new copy of this book selling for one English pound. So she made a purchase, having read only one other Tami Hoag book (Still Waters) and finding it fairly enjoyable.

So, what’s it all about?

Serena Sheridan is a psychologist who lives in Charleston but is called back to her old hometown in Louisiana when her grandfather vanishes into the swamps. There, she meets Etienne ‘Lucky’ Doucet – a Cajun who owns a boat which is the only route to Grandaddy Gifford.

Lucky and Serena take an instant dislike to each other but this is overridden by lust. He’s angry a lot of the time and this fuels her sarcasm.

He says things like “I won’t know how useful you are until I have you naked beneath me” and “Now, are you gonna get on down here or do I get to spend the rest of the day lookin’ up your skirt?”

She says things like “Couldn’t I just have you neutered?”

Exactly. Oh dear.

Eventually you just know Serena’s going to get Lucky. *rolls eyes*

Grandaddy Gifford isn’t a sweet old man. No sirree Bob he’s a mean, cantankerous rifle totin’ son of a … gun. He’s worried to death his son in law is planning on taking over his land and declaring him unfit. It’s up to Serena to sort this whole mess out, with Lucky’s help, naturellement.

* What I thought *

This started off with every cliché in the book – a couple that ‘hate’ one another (yeah, right), a bar room brawl (complete with knives) and a lurve triangle (Lucky has a history with Shelby, Serena’s twin sister). The book didn’t get much better – the storyline is pretty weak and is only spiced up with scenes of their …. animal passion.

The characters are prominent – Lucky is the strong silent type, he’s been alone for too long and can’t handle what he feels for Serena. Her feelings alternate between confusion as Lucky pushes her away to worrying about her grandfather’s future.

However, this was advertised as a thriller and to me it wasn’t. This was a love story, romance, whatever you want to call it. And it’s told in such a way that at times I was either groaning in disbelief or giggling as to what I was reading.

She’s a cool blonde, he’s got a magnificent physique, helps his neighbours out and is kind to animals. Awww. And he’s got zee sexy French accent to top it all off. They can’t keep their hands off one another and yet naturally they can’t be together.

Yawn! Haven’t a few hundred other books been there, done that?

The ‘thriller’ part – Grandfather’s disappearance, is swept under the carpet somewhat towards the beginning of the book only to pick up and escalate into a semi-interesting storyline which just about keeps the reader’s concentration. Coupled with descriptions of steamy images of the swamps and surrounding territory, the images do take your mind off the two main characters pawing at one another.

I feel a little cheated – from the blurb on the back I think I was misled. The love story far outweighs what I thought would be a crime novel. So from that point of view I can’t really recommend this – only if you are into seriously soppy books along the lines of Danielle Steel where true lurve conquers all. The Mack’s way too cynical for this and has to say she didn’t really think much of this one. *Sighs* What did I expect for a quid? ;-)

* Other info *

342 pages plus a glossary of French phrases used throughout the book if you no parlez Francais.

ISBN 0-75281-718-3

RRP £5.99

* Verdict *

A sorry 2 stars for this one. The only thrill you’ll get from this book is a cheap one.

* About the author *

Tami Hoag’s first book was published in 1988.

Other books include:

Cry Wolf
Still Waters
Sarah’s Sin
Magic
Night Sins
Guilty as Sin
Dark Paradise
A Thin Dark Line
Ashes to Ashes
Dust to Dust
Dark Horse

Thanks for reading.

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