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Nauti #3
Nauti Dreams
Third in a sizzling trilogy by the New York Times bestselling author of Nauti Boy and Nauti Nights .
Natches Mackay separated himself from his family years ago, except for the two cousins who gave him the only family he’d known. Now he’s being dragged back into his father’s life in ways that could destroy him and the one woman who tempts him beyond Government Agent Chaya Dane, who has fought to put her own past behind her. A mission in Somerset, Kentucky, brings her back into the dreams of Natches—and into the shadows cast by his father, suspected in the theft of government missiles. And it could cost Chaya more than she ever imagined.
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Natches Mackay separated himself from his family years ago, except for the two cousins who gave him the only family he’d known. Now he’s being dragged back into his father’s life in ways that could destroy him and the one woman who tempts him beyond Government Agent Chaya Dane, who has fought to put her own past behind her. A mission in Somerset, Kentucky, brings her back into the dreams of Natches—and into the shadows cast by his father, suspected in the theft of government missiles. And it could cost Chaya more than she ever imagined.
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340 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2008
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Lora Leigh
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Lora Leigh is a New York Times bestselling author of erotic romance novels. Leigh started publishing with electronic publisher Ellora's Cave in 2003. Leigh's longest-running series is The Breeds. She won the 2009 RT Award for erotica. Leigh was born in Ohio and raised in Martin County, Kentucky, US.
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Lora Leigh is a New York Times bestselling author of erotic romance novels. Leigh started publishing with electronic publisher Ellora's Cave in 2003. Leigh's longest-running series is The Breeds. She won the 2009 RT Award for erotica. Leigh was born in Ohio and raised in Martin County, Kentucky, US.
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August 2, 2008
This story started out great, with an exciting rescue of the heroine, Chaya Dane, a government agent, from terrorists in Iraq, by the hero Natches Mackey, a marine sniper. The story then shifts to five years later, and we learn what the H/H have been up to in those five years, and how they forged a deep connection all those years ago and never got over each other. Chaya now works as an agent for Homeland Security, and she's come to Natches's hometown of Somerset, Kentucky to tie up some loose ends of a previous case about stolen government missiles. Chaya's come to question some people from Somerset to see if she can smoke out the ringleader who's behind the theft of the missiles. And she has to question some members of Natches's family, which proves to be a sticky situation. Surely none of the Mackay family are traitors--or are they?
This book picks up where the previous book, "Naughty Nights", left off. This time it's Natches Mackay's turn for a HEA, and it's not all smooth sailing. Natches had a horrible childhood, with some nutty relatives and a real despicable brute for a father, and he's afraid that he may be a little bit like him. Until Chaya came into his life, he was content to lead a life of pain and darkness, and with her strength and love she showed him there was another way. Chaya, for her part, had her own terrible past to get over, and Natches's love and support gives her hope for some happiness in her future. But while these two are clearly falling in love, they do an awful lot of butting heads, as each of them is very stubborn. So there's lots of arguing, lusting, guilt, and passion in this book, which boggs it down a bit in the middle, and it got to be a little annoying. There were times when Natches acted like a real Neanderthal--he was just so smothering and overbearing with some of the things he said and did, and I wanted Chaya to just kick his butt! But she stood up to him, for the most part, and didn't let him bull-doze her into anything (except for the love scenes, which were typically hot)! The last hundred pages were much faster paced, and you could definitely see the love blooming between Chaya and Natches, and most of the arguing stopped when Natches finally opened up to Chaya and talked about his past. When they finally decided to trust each other and work together to trap the traitor, some tense nail biting moments ensued. There was a satisfying and somewhat surprising HEA for ALL of the Nauti boy cousins, and a possible hint of who the next book will be about. I'm guessing it will feature Natches's younger sister Janey, who we meet very briefly in this book. This was a pretty good read, maybe not my favorite of the series, but good enough that I look forward to reading the next one, "Nauti Intentions".
This book picks up where the previous book, "Naughty Nights", left off. This time it's Natches Mackay's turn for a HEA, and it's not all smooth sailing. Natches had a horrible childhood, with some nutty relatives and a real despicable brute for a father, and he's afraid that he may be a little bit like him. Until Chaya came into his life, he was content to lead a life of pain and darkness, and with her strength and love she showed him there was another way. Chaya, for her part, had her own terrible past to get over, and Natches's love and support gives her hope for some happiness in her future. But while these two are clearly falling in love, they do an awful lot of butting heads, as each of them is very stubborn. So there's lots of arguing, lusting, guilt, and passion in this book, which boggs it down a bit in the middle, and it got to be a little annoying. There were times when Natches acted like a real Neanderthal--he was just so smothering and overbearing with some of the things he said and did, and I wanted Chaya to just kick his butt! But she stood up to him, for the most part, and didn't let him bull-doze her into anything (except for the love scenes, which were typically hot)! The last hundred pages were much faster paced, and you could definitely see the love blooming between Chaya and Natches, and most of the arguing stopped when Natches finally opened up to Chaya and talked about his past. When they finally decided to trust each other and work together to trap the traitor, some tense nail biting moments ensued. There was a satisfying and somewhat surprising HEA for ALL of the Nauti boy cousins, and a possible hint of who the next book will be about. I'm guessing it will feature Natches's younger sister Janey, who we meet very briefly in this book. This was a pretty good read, maybe not my favorite of the series, but good enough that I look forward to reading the next one, "Nauti Intentions".
July 26, 2008
Reviewed for queuemyreview.com; book release August 2008
Why are we women so fascinated with bad boys? Is it because they’re uber-Alpha, uncontrollable, and so sexy they make our back teeth ache? Ok, maybe that’s just me…but, OH my goodness. Lora Leigh fans will be so delighted to have her naughty boys back in “Nauti Dreams”, book three in her ‘Nauti’ trilogy. She doesn’t disappoint as she turns up the heat with a hero and heroine tormented by painful pasts and haunted by a shared tragedy.
The action ratchets up a notch in this story where Natches MacKay finds his woman and the home he’s never quite dared to dream of. Natches has always been a bit of an outsider, even in the close-knit MacKay family. Dawg and Rowdy, cousins yet closer to Natches than brothers, always knew ‘something’ had changed him during his time as a sniper in Iraq with the Marines. He became colder and harder. In this last Nauti book, we find out exactly what, and more importantly who, caused that change.
Chaya is an intelligence agent who struggles with her past every day. She’s lost every person in her life that she loved and now she’s terrified of opening herself to that kind of pain again. Yet something inside her just can’t resist Natches, and when she’s ordered back to Kentucky she knows this time will be different. She managed to pull herself away twice…but will she even want to get away this time?
Natches can feel it the moment she’s back in his territory. Their bond is one that can’t be broken. He understands this and now he’s determined to make Chaya understand it as well. Twice before, he’s let her walk away, but the third time’s the charm and she’s had enough time…now they’ll play it his way.
The mystery of the terrorists in this last book of the trilogy was almost a distraction from the relationship between Natches and Chaya. I realize her losses made her hesitant, but really, this is Natches!!! The sexual tension between these two could light up New York and I don’t think I believe ANY woman would willingly walk away from that. Leigh does a great job painting Natches’ confusion regarding his feelings for Chaya and her assignment. And the way she mixes the mystery into the relationship and the growing understand the hero and heroine have for other is masterful. I wish the villain had been a little better developed, but I don’t think I can quite say with a straight face that anyone reads Leigh’s books for the villains. She knows what we like and provides it in spades and I’m sure many husbands/boyfriends would like to thank her for heating up their women for them. From the first Nauti book, I had a soft spot for the MacKay bad boys and hated to see this series end. BUT, hang onto your shirts! There is an announcement at the end of Natches’ story for a book titled “Nauti Intentions” to be released in spring of 2009, so apparently we’re not quite finished with the MacKays. And I and Ms. Leigh’s legions of fans are glad to hear it.
Why are we women so fascinated with bad boys? Is it because they’re uber-Alpha, uncontrollable, and so sexy they make our back teeth ache? Ok, maybe that’s just me…but, OH my goodness. Lora Leigh fans will be so delighted to have her naughty boys back in “Nauti Dreams”, book three in her ‘Nauti’ trilogy. She doesn’t disappoint as she turns up the heat with a hero and heroine tormented by painful pasts and haunted by a shared tragedy.
The action ratchets up a notch in this story where Natches MacKay finds his woman and the home he’s never quite dared to dream of. Natches has always been a bit of an outsider, even in the close-knit MacKay family. Dawg and Rowdy, cousins yet closer to Natches than brothers, always knew ‘something’ had changed him during his time as a sniper in Iraq with the Marines. He became colder and harder. In this last Nauti book, we find out exactly what, and more importantly who, caused that change.
Chaya is an intelligence agent who struggles with her past every day. She’s lost every person in her life that she loved and now she’s terrified of opening herself to that kind of pain again. Yet something inside her just can’t resist Natches, and when she’s ordered back to Kentucky she knows this time will be different. She managed to pull herself away twice…but will she even want to get away this time?
Natches can feel it the moment she’s back in his territory. Their bond is one that can’t be broken. He understands this and now he’s determined to make Chaya understand it as well. Twice before, he’s let her walk away, but the third time’s the charm and she’s had enough time…now they’ll play it his way.
The mystery of the terrorists in this last book of the trilogy was almost a distraction from the relationship between Natches and Chaya. I realize her losses made her hesitant, but really, this is Natches!!! The sexual tension between these two could light up New York and I don’t think I believe ANY woman would willingly walk away from that. Leigh does a great job painting Natches’ confusion regarding his feelings for Chaya and her assignment. And the way she mixes the mystery into the relationship and the growing understand the hero and heroine have for other is masterful. I wish the villain had been a little better developed, but I don’t think I can quite say with a straight face that anyone reads Leigh’s books for the villains. She knows what we like and provides it in spades and I’m sure many husbands/boyfriends would like to thank her for heating up their women for them. From the first Nauti book, I had a soft spot for the MacKay bad boys and hated to see this series end. BUT, hang onto your shirts! There is an announcement at the end of Natches’ story for a book titled “Nauti Intentions” to be released in spring of 2009, so apparently we’re not quite finished with the MacKays. And I and Ms. Leigh’s legions of fans are glad to hear it.
February 18, 2010
I'm rather surprised that of the first three books in this series, this one is my favorite. After reading the first book, I thought Natches' story would be my least favorite because I didn't like him in the first book. So it was a nice surprise how much I liked this book.
Series Note:
This series should be read in order.
Summary:
Natches Mackay had a horrible childhood with an evil abusive father. He took refuge in his close bond with his 2 cousins (Rowdy & Dawg) and his uncle. He later joined the military and was trained as a sniper assassin. While on a mission, he rescues an American agent who was captured and tortured. The two grow close but then tragedy strikes.
With the recent engagements of his cousins, Natches feels himself growing apart from his family and feeling totally alone. Then Chaya Dane pops back into his life. At first, he lets her get away again, but when she returns once more, he's tired of letting her go and decides to claim her. But Chaya is on a government op that could tear Natches life apart. Natches will have to face his father and decide where his loyalties lay, and also keep Chaya by his side.
Review:
Natches, in the first book of this series, was a total A-hole. He acted like a kid whose toy was stolen when Rowdy decided he wasn't going to share Kelly with his cousins. I was just really put off by the way he acted and I figured I wouldn't like his book. But Natches story ended up being my favorite of the first three books of this series. There was something about him in this book that I really liked. He's still a total Alpha dog and at times a bit Uber Alpha, but he was also sensitive and at times really sweet with Chaya. A few times he was really pushy with her, but for the most part I really enjoyed the relationship between the two of them.
At the same time, even though I liked Natches in this book, I did think the way he was portrayed didn't really match the way he was built up in the first two books. His connection to Chaya, which started years before, is suddenly this huge thing in this book when I never got that feeling before. And it's intimated that he hadn't been with any women since Chaya when I really didn't get that impression before. Plus there was the whole sharing thing. Natches thinks to himself in this book that it was a big thing and he'd gotten over it a while back, but yet in the first book, he was seriously pissed that Rowdy no longer wanted to share. There was just an overall feeling that Natches's character had been a bit revamped for this book. And though I liked Natches better because of it, it was a little irritating in the sense of series continuity.
Which also happened on other details...like book 2 saying Natches and Rowdy were ATF agents and this one saying they are occasional contract agents for DHS. And the second book having them find the DHS leader annoying but liking and respecting him and in this book hating him and calling him names. Lots of little mismatching details. Which is pretty common for LL. She's one of the worst authors I've read for continuity of details in a series.
The suspense aspect of the book was fairly good, though I had a good idea where everything was heading. But I thought it was a great dynamic for the book - Natches having to confront his father and put that all behind him once and forever.
And of course, there's a lot of smokin' hot sex. That's a given for an LL book. Surprisingly, though, there's no anal sex scene...a bit atypical for LL.
One thing that bugged me a bit at the end of the book, though, was the thing with Natches sister. I thought it was really underplayed. She's apparently been through something traumatic, yet it's virtually ignored. Natches and Chaya hole up in the houseboat and screw around for 2 weeks and nothing is said about him being there for his sister. That made no sense. It made it seem like what she went through (whatever it was...because we're given almost no clue) was unimportant to Natches.
But that was really my only major issue with the story. I really enjoyed it overall. I loved the romance. And I'm really looking forward to reading Jane and Alex's story (as well as Rogue's in book 5).
WARNING, this book contains: explicit sex and language, oral sex, toys, and an alpha dog hero who likes to be in control...and just a warning, the beginning does deal with the heroine being abused and tortured.
Series Note:
This series should be read in order.
Summary:
Natches Mackay had a horrible childhood with an evil abusive father. He took refuge in his close bond with his 2 cousins (Rowdy & Dawg) and his uncle. He later joined the military and was trained as a sniper assassin. While on a mission, he rescues an American agent who was captured and tortured. The two grow close but then tragedy strikes.
With the recent engagements of his cousins, Natches feels himself growing apart from his family and feeling totally alone. Then Chaya Dane pops back into his life. At first, he lets her get away again, but when she returns once more, he's tired of letting her go and decides to claim her. But Chaya is on a government op that could tear Natches life apart. Natches will have to face his father and decide where his loyalties lay, and also keep Chaya by his side.
Review:
Natches, in the first book of this series, was a total A-hole. He acted like a kid whose toy was stolen when Rowdy decided he wasn't going to share Kelly with his cousins. I was just really put off by the way he acted and I figured I wouldn't like his book. But Natches story ended up being my favorite of the first three books of this series. There was something about him in this book that I really liked. He's still a total Alpha dog and at times a bit Uber Alpha, but he was also sensitive and at times really sweet with Chaya. A few times he was really pushy with her, but for the most part I really enjoyed the relationship between the two of them.
At the same time, even though I liked Natches in this book, I did think the way he was portrayed didn't really match the way he was built up in the first two books. His connection to Chaya, which started years before, is suddenly this huge thing in this book when I never got that feeling before. And it's intimated that he hadn't been with any women since Chaya when I really didn't get that impression before. Plus there was the whole sharing thing. Natches thinks to himself in this book that it was a big thing and he'd gotten over it a while back, but yet in the first book, he was seriously pissed that Rowdy no longer wanted to share. There was just an overall feeling that Natches's character had been a bit revamped for this book. And though I liked Natches better because of it, it was a little irritating in the sense of series continuity.
Which also happened on other details...like book 2 saying Natches and Rowdy were ATF agents and this one saying they are occasional contract agents for DHS. And the second book having them find the DHS leader annoying but liking and respecting him and in this book hating him and calling him names. Lots of little mismatching details. Which is pretty common for LL. She's one of the worst authors I've read for continuity of details in a series.
The suspense aspect of the book was fairly good, though I had a good idea where everything was heading. But I thought it was a great dynamic for the book - Natches having to confront his father and put that all behind him once and forever.
And of course, there's a lot of smokin' hot sex. That's a given for an LL book. Surprisingly, though, there's no anal sex scene...a bit atypical for LL.
One thing that bugged me a bit at the end of the book, though, was the thing with Natches sister. I thought it was really underplayed. She's apparently been through something traumatic, yet it's virtually ignored. Natches and Chaya hole up in the houseboat and screw around for 2 weeks and nothing is said about him being there for his sister. That made no sense. It made it seem like what she went through (whatever it was...because we're given almost no clue) was unimportant to Natches.
But that was really my only major issue with the story. I really enjoyed it overall. I loved the romance. And I'm really looking forward to reading Jane and Alex's story (as well as Rogue's in book 5).
WARNING, this book contains: explicit sex and language, oral sex, toys, and an alpha dog hero who likes to be in control...and just a warning, the beginning does deal with the heroine being abused and tortured.
October 22, 2008
Okay for fear of being tarred and feathered I have to be honest and say I didn't like this book as well as the previous two. This is very unlike me. As ya'll know, like most of my friends here, I am a huge fan of Lora's, but well I really had a hard time getting into this book.
I carried it with me to read while I had breaks at work. I can't tell you how many times I wanted to either A: throw the book across the room or B: do paperwork (I HATE PAPERWORK) instead of continue to read it.
I thought that the constant argueing and bickering between Natches and Chaya were a turn off. To me the book moved more slowly than her other novels, or maybe I was having an off several days (weeks) who knows?
Of course the sex in this book is well written and air condition worthy, but otherwise it kinda left me flat. I guess I was the only one, huh?
I carried it with me to read while I had breaks at work. I can't tell you how many times I wanted to either A: throw the book across the room or B: do paperwork (I HATE PAPERWORK) instead of continue to read it.
I thought that the constant argueing and bickering between Natches and Chaya were a turn off. To me the book moved more slowly than her other novels, or maybe I was having an off several days (weeks) who knows?
Of course the sex in this book is well written and air condition worthy, but otherwise it kinda left me flat. I guess I was the only one, huh?
July 4, 2025
FINALLY....a book in this series that is worth reading....fingers crossed for the rest I have left!!
September 16, 2015
I love this author!!! Another amazing book with a fantastic ending!
June 19, 2010
The background premise of the story is quite laughable, such a typically cheesy Hollywood b-movie plot : home-grown renegades hoping to launch a revolution in America with the help of Arab terrorists. I didn't mind the psycho killers on the loose in the previous two L.L. books. This particular subplot is too incredulous to forgive.
What put me off more than anything was the white-trash characterisations; I wasn't sure if they were intentional (satirical) or not. Even Chaya knows the guys are "thick-skulled rednecks" - this is what turns her on, after all - but (for the reader) it is off-putting to listen to Dawg grunting like a sociopath all the time. On p. 120, then again p.124, and p.126...
And the epilogue is just too much. All the Mackay clan's "women" are now (barefoot and) pregnant, one happy & contented family again. But that's not the worst of it! I couldn't help but feel a sense of dread when the Mackay's announce that they've adopted Faisal. One happy family indeed!
Unless that's the "redneck" kind of eroticism, as the young Arab is described : "There was a hunger in the boy's eyes as he stared around the room. The hunger for family, for roots." I guess it takes all kinds.... (shivers).
What put me off more than anything was the white-trash characterisations; I wasn't sure if they were intentional (satirical) or not. Even Chaya knows the guys are "thick-skulled rednecks" - this is what turns her on, after all - but (for the reader) it is off-putting to listen to Dawg grunting like a sociopath all the time. On p. 120, then again p.124, and p.126...
And the epilogue is just too much. All the Mackay clan's "women" are now (barefoot and) pregnant, one happy & contented family again. But that's not the worst of it! I couldn't help but feel a sense of dread when the Mackay's announce that they've adopted Faisal. One happy family indeed!
Unless that's the "redneck" kind of eroticism, as the young Arab is described : "There was a hunger in the boy's eyes as he stared around the room. The hunger for family, for roots." I guess it takes all kinds.... (shivers).
August 21, 2008
WOW!!! Of all the Nauti Biys Trilogy this is my favorite!!! Natches has been thru hell and back a couple of times first with his father and then in Iraq as a Marine sniper. In Iraq is where he meets Chaya a operative with the Department of Homeland Security. If I go into too much I will be giving away the whole story but it is worth the read. I just love happy endings
July 18, 2008
I almost passed over this book because of the silly title, but I'm glad I didn't let that deter me. "Nauti Dreams" is a double whammy of sexual and criminal suspense, with two very compelling lead characters. Chaya Dane and Natches MacKay have one dark history and enough baggage between them to impede any relationship. But they overcome that as they confront a terrorist presence in a small Kentucky town that takes them right back to the beginning, when Chaya was a special agent working in Iraq and Natches was a crack Marine sniper.
Be forewarned that this is the third of a series. I didn't know that, but I'm going to pick up the first two books. Characters from those novels, woven around the MacKay family, appear here and I liked them enough to want their stories.
Be forewarned that this is the third of a series. I didn't know that, but I'm going to pick up the first two books. Characters from those novels, woven around the MacKay family, appear here and I liked them enough to want their stories.
February 19, 2017
This was Lora Leigh at her best. I loved this series and this is either a 2nd or 3rd reread for me. After meeting Natches in Nauti Boy and Nauti Nights and Chaya in Nauti Nights you really had no idea where there story would go. I absolutely loved the first chapter of this book. It was not what I was expecting. The shear heartbreak these two shared was soo emotional. This was one of her best series that just flowed from one book to the next and just kept getting better and better. (on a side note as I reread this - whoever her editor was during this series with this publisher - she needs to get them back as this book doesnt have all the error that have come with her lastest books)
May 23, 2011
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The Nauti Boys were thick as thieves, it was said. Their loyalty was to each other and to family alone.
The very first thing that inexplicitly drew me to the Nauti series was that mystifying bond between those MacKay men that said: “I’ll have your back at all times.” Rowdy, Dawg and Natches shared a youth together, shared their first time and every woman after that. At first I was given an easy mix of sultry sex, alluring romance and a suspenseful note in Nauti Boy but with book two, Nauti Nights, the balance already shifted a bit with more attention for a full bodied plot yet still remaining to give that Nauti vibe. Now, with reading Nauti Dreams Lora Leigh has blown my cap off with the youngest of the Nauti cousins. Natches is one of those men who became stronger then oak through the adversities in his life, it left him a bit dark, a bit nasty and always living on the edge of sanity and always in search of the most dangerous situations as to taunt life itself. Natches enthralled me from the get go in this series and his story is fraught with such steep emotions it literary absorbed me in to the romance that was meant to happen from the first moment Natches and Chaya spoke to each other.
Nauti Dreams opens with a life altering experience between Chaya and Natches and it reached out to me, whisked me away from my couch and threw me in to the story. Such an experience between two people digs deep in to the soul to leave a mark which is everlasting. It forges a bond between them that they cannot deny…how hard either one might try. Years later they meet again and this is where the actual story begins…
Nauti Dreams took me back to the hometown of the MacKay cousins Somerset, Kentucky, where Chaya is officially following up on events partaking in the second novel; Nauti Nights. The things on her hidden agenda remains shrouded in mystery but one thing’s for sure, it somehow is connected to the events of last year and the MacKay family is smack in the middle of it all. If there is one thing the men in this family seriously dislike is flying blind when every one of their honed senses tells them trouble is brewing in their small town. However, that is not the only thing brewing in Somerset. Natches allowed, yes he is that kind of man, he allowed Chaya to walk away from him twice in the past years but now it was time, she was his in every way, heart, soul and body, as he vice versa belonged to her. It was time they quit running and face up to what happened all those years back and let their feelings soar. Well I can tell you that soaring it did! Both in sexuality as in the pent up emotions of the heart. You could feel the past and the attraction burning between them, Natches was challenging Chaya to make it real, right there, right now. It was all there from the first line forging threads between me and the characters ensuring I wouldn’t leave this story until it was told.
Chaya is a woman who was blackmailed in doing this op that she was reluctant to do but she was that much of a professional to see it all through to the ending before she would resign her job. She is tough, she is responsible, she is sensual but also careful to open up and she buries her emotions so deep it takes a very determined man to uncover them. Chaya is a character you can instantly like with her tenacity and resilience for life and mostly because she gives Natches such a good run for his money.
This is one of the things that makes me rave about this story so, Natches and Chaya together. They bicker, they fight, they cry, they laugh, the share a passion that almost makes them go up in flames (but who wouldn’t want that kind of body action?) they want more from each other than anyone else and they open up towards each other in heart breaking scenes. The fact Natches is so sure of his feelings for Chaya had him reacting in a way that would both drive a woman up the wall yet at the same time woe her to surrender her deepest fears. Natches might have a lethal set mind and dark brooding thoughts but when he goes for someone, he really goes for someone, in all open honesty. It gives me that amazing romantic feel to see them work at some form of a relationship, born from such intense moments you can only wonder if they will work it out. The writing style is evoking participation from the reader, to feel, to see, to nit-pick at the information given so good can victor over evil.
Everything is so saturated with emotions as only Lora Leigh can give it and is backed up with a familiar secondary cast and a plot that delves deeper from the one in Nauti Nights. Natches and Chaya may have the spotlight but Dawg, Rowdy and even the rest of the MacKay family are still every bit as important to tell the tale. The bond between the three men is also something that shifts, changes and alters throughout these three books. Love happens to find them and it changes the way they view their sex life and new priorities are formed. Still, amidst all these changes in the end they are still the Nauti men, they are only entering a different phase in their lives. One I wouldn’t mind taking a sneak peak in once in a while and therefore I love the fact there is already a next novel out there named; Nauti Intentions.
The plot is something that held familiar things but also had very surprising elements in them that fueled this story with a frantic search for what was going on and because I read the previous novels I was equally curious where it all could come from. Also Timothy Cranston, as head-honcho of Homeland Security, was a manipulative rodent and someone I loved to hate. As he wasn’t above manipulating everyone to get where he wanted to go, leaving everyone with bits and pieces of the whole picture, it drove Natches crazy. He knew what Cranston was made of and all the more bent on the fact Chaya spill whatever information she had. Towards the ending every storyline came together and gave a finish that took me to that place where I feel a reader’s ecstasy, with tears and all.
Nauti Dreams is Lora Leigh at her finest with romance, passion and suspense working as one to create such a stupendous journey for two people it left a mark on me as a reader. When I started with this series I expected to be charmed with easy-to-read stories. It did start out that way for me but with each novel Lora Leigh proved to me why she is one of the Romantica queens out there!
The Nauti Boys were thick as thieves, it was said. Their loyalty was to each other and to family alone.
The very first thing that inexplicitly drew me to the Nauti series was that mystifying bond between those MacKay men that said: “I’ll have your back at all times.” Rowdy, Dawg and Natches shared a youth together, shared their first time and every woman after that. At first I was given an easy mix of sultry sex, alluring romance and a suspenseful note in Nauti Boy but with book two, Nauti Nights, the balance already shifted a bit with more attention for a full bodied plot yet still remaining to give that Nauti vibe. Now, with reading Nauti Dreams Lora Leigh has blown my cap off with the youngest of the Nauti cousins. Natches is one of those men who became stronger then oak through the adversities in his life, it left him a bit dark, a bit nasty and always living on the edge of sanity and always in search of the most dangerous situations as to taunt life itself. Natches enthralled me from the get go in this series and his story is fraught with such steep emotions it literary absorbed me in to the romance that was meant to happen from the first moment Natches and Chaya spoke to each other.
Nauti Dreams opens with a life altering experience between Chaya and Natches and it reached out to me, whisked me away from my couch and threw me in to the story. Such an experience between two people digs deep in to the soul to leave a mark which is everlasting. It forges a bond between them that they cannot deny…how hard either one might try. Years later they meet again and this is where the actual story begins…
Nauti Dreams took me back to the hometown of the MacKay cousins Somerset, Kentucky, where Chaya is officially following up on events partaking in the second novel; Nauti Nights. The things on her hidden agenda remains shrouded in mystery but one thing’s for sure, it somehow is connected to the events of last year and the MacKay family is smack in the middle of it all. If there is one thing the men in this family seriously dislike is flying blind when every one of their honed senses tells them trouble is brewing in their small town. However, that is not the only thing brewing in Somerset. Natches allowed, yes he is that kind of man, he allowed Chaya to walk away from him twice in the past years but now it was time, she was his in every way, heart, soul and body, as he vice versa belonged to her. It was time they quit running and face up to what happened all those years back and let their feelings soar. Well I can tell you that soaring it did! Both in sexuality as in the pent up emotions of the heart. You could feel the past and the attraction burning between them, Natches was challenging Chaya to make it real, right there, right now. It was all there from the first line forging threads between me and the characters ensuring I wouldn’t leave this story until it was told.
Chaya is a woman who was blackmailed in doing this op that she was reluctant to do but she was that much of a professional to see it all through to the ending before she would resign her job. She is tough, she is responsible, she is sensual but also careful to open up and she buries her emotions so deep it takes a very determined man to uncover them. Chaya is a character you can instantly like with her tenacity and resilience for life and mostly because she gives Natches such a good run for his money.
This is one of the things that makes me rave about this story so, Natches and Chaya together. They bicker, they fight, they cry, they laugh, the share a passion that almost makes them go up in flames (but who wouldn’t want that kind of body action?) they want more from each other than anyone else and they open up towards each other in heart breaking scenes. The fact Natches is so sure of his feelings for Chaya had him reacting in a way that would both drive a woman up the wall yet at the same time woe her to surrender her deepest fears. Natches might have a lethal set mind and dark brooding thoughts but when he goes for someone, he really goes for someone, in all open honesty. It gives me that amazing romantic feel to see them work at some form of a relationship, born from such intense moments you can only wonder if they will work it out. The writing style is evoking participation from the reader, to feel, to see, to nit-pick at the information given so good can victor over evil.
Everything is so saturated with emotions as only Lora Leigh can give it and is backed up with a familiar secondary cast and a plot that delves deeper from the one in Nauti Nights. Natches and Chaya may have the spotlight but Dawg, Rowdy and even the rest of the MacKay family are still every bit as important to tell the tale. The bond between the three men is also something that shifts, changes and alters throughout these three books. Love happens to find them and it changes the way they view their sex life and new priorities are formed. Still, amidst all these changes in the end they are still the Nauti men, they are only entering a different phase in their lives. One I wouldn’t mind taking a sneak peak in once in a while and therefore I love the fact there is already a next novel out there named; Nauti Intentions.
The plot is something that held familiar things but also had very surprising elements in them that fueled this story with a frantic search for what was going on and because I read the previous novels I was equally curious where it all could come from. Also Timothy Cranston, as head-honcho of Homeland Security, was a manipulative rodent and someone I loved to hate. As he wasn’t above manipulating everyone to get where he wanted to go, leaving everyone with bits and pieces of the whole picture, it drove Natches crazy. He knew what Cranston was made of and all the more bent on the fact Chaya spill whatever information she had. Towards the ending every storyline came together and gave a finish that took me to that place where I feel a reader’s ecstasy, with tears and all.
Nauti Dreams is Lora Leigh at her finest with romance, passion and suspense working as one to create such a stupendous journey for two people it left a mark on me as a reader. When I started with this series I expected to be charmed with easy-to-read stories. It did start out that way for me but with each novel Lora Leigh proved to me why she is one of the Romantica queens out there!
Quote Chaya about Natches:
He always looked like a dark avenging angel to her. But now, he looked like a savage warrior.
Quote Natches about Chaya:
She deserved gentleness and warmth, and all he had was hunger, lust, and heat.
Quote Chaya:
To be wanted like that. She had never been wanted so desperately by a man as Natches wanted her.
Quote Natches:
And she had changed him. In that short time, she had erased the man he had been, and shown him the man he wanted to be. A man who was worthy of a woman that strong.
September 7, 2018
this isn't a realistic story but it is lava hawt. seriously its a flame thrower. I don't see how it set on the shelf. this isn't steamy its straight up no holds barred dirty delicious. it's not filth because some how Lora Leigh has done the impossible task of creating characters and scenarios that while not perfect spark the imagination. and the images she creates in your imagination are just WOW. reality can be boring & this is a taste of something else.
June 8, 2011
Wow Natches and Chaya's book was great! So much better than the previous book. I was so hooked on Natches from the other book and was really looking forward to reading it. I wasn't disappointed at all. This book was so full of emotions. I mean the beginning blew me away and I was completely shocked at what was going on. Chaya in the other book I didn't really like her. But reading her story and what happened to her , I changed my mind.Wow. Those two were so wonderful together and they were what they both needed to heal . I love the mystery of what was missing at the end of the other book. That was resolved.
This book was full of heart break and healing for them both. I couldn't even imagine what Chaya went through. I think that would kill me. She was stronger than she believed. I was melting with the way that Natches was dealing with Chaya. He knew what she needed. Yeah he was a horn-dog but there moments of just holding her so she could fall apart. It just felt like we get to see this other side of Natches that I hoped that he had. He was so passionate and possessive and he knew what he wanted . I think that he was a big old softy sometimes. lol
There was the whole family dynamic that was going on too with the cousins and their wives and Uncle Ray. It was really wonderful to read how they all came together in a time of need. I now like Dawg way more than in his own book. He was like the brotherly/fatherly protective bear when it came to Natches who by the way is the youngest of the cousins. It was really endearing . OMG the moment at the end was cracking me up. I could just see Dawg freaking out. It was so damn funny. The ending of this one was wonderfully warm. I just love how it was done.
This book was full of heart break and healing for them both. I couldn't even imagine what Chaya went through. I think that would kill me. She was stronger than she believed. I was melting with the way that Natches was dealing with Chaya. He knew what she needed. Yeah he was a horn-dog but there moments of just holding her so she could fall apart. It just felt like we get to see this other side of Natches that I hoped that he had. He was so passionate and possessive and he knew what he wanted . I think that he was a big old softy sometimes. lol
There was the whole family dynamic that was going on too with the cousins and their wives and Uncle Ray. It was really wonderful to read how they all came together in a time of need. I now like Dawg way more than in his own book. He was like the brotherly/fatherly protective bear when it came to Natches who by the way is the youngest of the cousins. It was really endearing . OMG the moment at the end was cracking me up. I could just see Dawg freaking out. It was so damn funny. The ending of this one was wonderfully warm. I just love how it was done.
July 25, 2010
My favorite of the series so far. I loved the back story with Natches and Chaya. Can't wait for the next 2 books, they seem to get better and better. I read the first book for a reading challenge and I'm glad I did. I'm definitely a Lora Leigh fan now!
August 8, 2008
Well no menage a trois in this Lora Leigh book. Just two tortured souls who finally find their way to each other. Lots of suspense and danger and of course hot loving.
November 3, 2009
Several years ago Natches MacKay rescued an undercover agent from the hands of the enemy. The attraction between them was huge even though Chaya Dane was seriously wounded. But Chaya disappears without a trace before Natches could convince her to give him a chance. Now Chaya shows up in his town during an investigation and all the attraction he was feeling back then are flowing back to life. Natches is determined to find out why she’s back in his life and figure out a way to keep her in once and for all.
Chaya Dane was grateful when Natches save her life many years ago, but she always felt guilty for her time with him, while her young daughter was killed in a bombing. The only thing to do was disappear out of Natches life and focus on her work. But Chaya’s boss noticed her little affair and he decides to use her connection to him in this new investigation, involving some of the MacKay family members.
Nauti dreams by Lora Leigh is the third novel in the Nauti series and just like the previous two, a fabulous novel full off conspiracy, strong family connections and of course hot steamy scenes between the two main characters.
The circumstances Natches and Chaya meet each other isn’t the best way to start a relationship, but it definitely left their marks on both of them. So when they meet each other again several years later, they cannot deny the still growing attraction between them. But Chaya still feels guilty about her daughter’s death. Her husband was a traitor to their country and sold her out to the enemy, where Natches saved her. But Chaya didn’t knew that in the meantime her husband was getting their young daughter into enemies territory and both were killed in an unexpected bombing. Now they discovered the connection of that terrorist group to the town where Natches lives, even tying the connection to some of his family members. It’s up to Chaya and her agents to find out who is involved, but soon her life is in danger and Natches will do anything to save the woman he loves.
Of course we’ll see Natches’s cousins Rowdy and Dwag again, doing their best to keep their cousin save from their invisible enemy. But they are not the only ones helping Natches, Uncla Ray and his wife Maria and Kelly & Crista are there too.
What I really like about this series is the bond between the three cousins Rowdy, Dwag and Natches. You could say that they are brothers; each of them would do anything for the other two, even if that means putting their own life at stake. In this novel we also see Natches’s sister Janey MacKay, just briefly and I know the next novel will be about her. I already know she had a pretty hard life and that Natches did everything in his power to protect his baby-sister from their abusive father. So I’m curious to see what happened with her.
Chaya Dane was grateful when Natches save her life many years ago, but she always felt guilty for her time with him, while her young daughter was killed in a bombing. The only thing to do was disappear out of Natches life and focus on her work. But Chaya’s boss noticed her little affair and he decides to use her connection to him in this new investigation, involving some of the MacKay family members.
Nauti dreams by Lora Leigh is the third novel in the Nauti series and just like the previous two, a fabulous novel full off conspiracy, strong family connections and of course hot steamy scenes between the two main characters.
The circumstances Natches and Chaya meet each other isn’t the best way to start a relationship, but it definitely left their marks on both of them. So when they meet each other again several years later, they cannot deny the still growing attraction between them. But Chaya still feels guilty about her daughter’s death. Her husband was a traitor to their country and sold her out to the enemy, where Natches saved her. But Chaya didn’t knew that in the meantime her husband was getting their young daughter into enemies territory and both were killed in an unexpected bombing. Now they discovered the connection of that terrorist group to the town where Natches lives, even tying the connection to some of his family members. It’s up to Chaya and her agents to find out who is involved, but soon her life is in danger and Natches will do anything to save the woman he loves.
Of course we’ll see Natches’s cousins Rowdy and Dwag again, doing their best to keep their cousin save from their invisible enemy. But they are not the only ones helping Natches, Uncla Ray and his wife Maria and Kelly & Crista are there too.
What I really like about this series is the bond between the three cousins Rowdy, Dwag and Natches. You could say that they are brothers; each of them would do anything for the other two, even if that means putting their own life at stake. In this novel we also see Natches’s sister Janey MacKay, just briefly and I know the next novel will be about her. I already know she had a pretty hard life and that Natches did everything in his power to protect his baby-sister from their abusive father. So I’m curious to see what happened with her.
June 3, 2012
Natches Mackay a mi parecer el mas peligroso y ardiente en la Familia Mackay que tan solo hace unos 5 años conoció a una mujer y callo rendidamente a sus pies en tan solo unas pocas horar pero tuvo que esperar un tiempo para poder reclamarla! "Chaya Greta Dane " una mujer capas de hacerle frente y no se asusta.. realmente el libro es bueno! tarde 4 días en leerlo y es porque casi no tenia tiempo .. por las tareas del cole! pero definitivamente un libro que me izo reír y llorar en algunas escenas tan conmovedoras que no puedes creer que las diga este tipo tan rudo!
Frase Para Recordar--> " Si no quieres un hijo mío, mejor mueves tu culo a una clínica y te encargas del control de natalidad tu misma —puso su mano en el estómago de ella mientras Chaya lo miraba en un estado de shock tan intenso, tan abrumador, que se preguntó cómo podía permanecer en pie—. Porque apuesto a que tengo los más rápidos y más astutos soldaditos del estado de Kentucky. La más mínima oportunidad, amor, y estás embarazada "
ahaha esta frase realmente me izo reir mucho! xD
July 25, 2010
Well, despite me not liking Natches very much in the first story I really loved him in his own book. He turned out to be a much better character than what was first written in Nauti Boy. His love and devotion to Chaya was very sweet. His attitude in the first two books was explained (although it felt like a bit of a stretch since I felt his attitude was really crappy in the first book). However, there was so much more to his character and person and I grew to like him.
There definitely was more plot in this story and it wasn't all about the sex unlike the last two in the series, at least IMHO. The history between Natches and Chaya was intense and heart-wrenching. I definitely felt more connected to them as a couple than either Rowdy and Kelly or Dawg and Crista. The history for those couples just wasn't as intense or interesting as the history between Natches and Chaya and that made the story better.
If you can make it thru the first two in the series I recommend this one. It is definitely better and the love story is more real and is felt by the reader.
There definitely was more plot in this story and it wasn't all about the sex unlike the last two in the series, at least IMHO. The history between Natches and Chaya was intense and heart-wrenching. I definitely felt more connected to them as a couple than either Rowdy and Kelly or Dawg and Crista. The history for those couples just wasn't as intense or interesting as the history between Natches and Chaya and that made the story better.
If you can make it thru the first two in the series I recommend this one. It is definitely better and the love story is more real and is felt by the reader.
November 29, 2008
#3 Nauti Trilogy - now a series, with #4 Nauti Intentions due out in April 2009 (woot!)
Natches and Chaya's story is more intense with suspense than the first two, as LL expands her missle plot investigation story line. The romance between the two is intense, heartwrenching, romantic and ... big surprise -- sexy *g*. But isn't Lora Leigh always a sexy author!
This book is "grittier" than the first two, as far as hard to read Iraq war details (torture), details about Natches's childhood abuse, and creepy details about his creepy father - yech!
I was happy to know before I began reading that #4 Nauti Intentions is on the horizon ... I would've been bummed reading this knowing it was the end of the Nauti boys.
Looks like the next Nauti boy will be Alex, Crista's brother (?). Wonder if he'll get his own houseboat, too *g*, so he can be a proper "Nauti Boy", LOL.
Natches and Chaya's story is more intense with suspense than the first two, as LL expands her missle plot investigation story line. The romance between the two is intense, heartwrenching, romantic and ... big surprise -- sexy *g*. But isn't Lora Leigh always a sexy author!
This book is "grittier" than the first two, as far as hard to read Iraq war details (torture), details about Natches's childhood abuse, and creepy details about his creepy father - yech!
I was happy to know before I began reading that #4 Nauti Intentions is on the horizon ... I would've been bummed reading this knowing it was the end of the Nauti boys.
Looks like the next Nauti boy will be Alex, Crista's brother (?). Wonder if he'll get his own houseboat, too *g*, so he can be a proper "Nauti Boy", LOL.
March 3, 2012
MUCH better than the previous 2 books, especially the last book. I guess it really was just the hero that irritated me so much in Nauti Nights. Natches was more down to earth but still had that aura of alpha male and dangerous male. But he pulled it off so much better. He didn't need to blackmail his woman into being with me, nor did he shout out "mine" every 5 seconds during sex scenes. He instead had a cold demeanor that was warmed up only by Chaya. I also really liked Chaya, and I loved how she withstood so much in her life but managed to keep going. She also knew how to stand up to Natches and wasn't afraid to back down from him. The two were a great combo and this book was restored my faith in Leigh. I'm on to the next book!
Although I still think the names of the Nauti boys are ridiculous. Just my opinion!
Although I still think the names of the Nauti boys are ridiculous. Just my opinion!
January 9, 2025
I love so much of Lora Leigh, but I hated the first book in this series, and was lukewarm about the second. This book was the last chance for the lovable rednecks of Somerset County. Turns out that the third time is the charm, no question. This book has a strong, smart, independent female lead who knows who she is. She does not allow some big scary man to run roughshod over her. And both these characters are damaged, for real reasons, and they care about healing one another and want to learn how to heal themselves. They are evolved in a way the characters in the first two Nauti books certainly were not. I loved the romance, I loved the action/mystery, I loved the family interaction, and I cannot forget to mention that the sex is positively incendiary without being even the slightest bit kinky (not that there is anything wrong with that.) Sign me up for book 4!!
July 1, 2010
I’ve heard several people say that they liked this one the least from the original trilogy. I’m actually just the opposite. Who knew that Natches (stupidest named of the group) would be the most considerate redneck of the bunch. He never blackmailed anyone into having sex with him. He never kidnapped his woman. He was almost respectful. Maybe I liked this one the best as the heroine actually had a backbone. I doubt I’ll be continuing the series. 2.5/5
December 20, 2014
El mas duro de los tres primos, el que tiene el alma más oscura, el más atormentado, por fin se ha asentado y me ha encantado. Adoro cuando un hombre tiene claro lo que desea y lucha por ello, cuando saben que esa mujer es con la que quieren compartir el resto de su vida y no lo esconden, es más, intentan que lo sepa todo el mundo, incluso si ella es casi tan cabezota como él e intenta ponerle muros en el camino. Lo mejor? que como tengan una niña, Natches lo va a pasar realmente mal :)
February 19, 2011
I have been looking forward to reading this book as Nachie is my favourite of the cousins. I was not disappointed either. The story was warm and although you knew where it was heading it kept the suspense and intrigue going. the ending had me shedding a few tears.
October 13, 2014
I originally started reading this series in 2010 and fell in love with these men. Now I've reread them and I'm still just as in love as I was then. This is the third book and my very favorite. Natches is so so sexy. He's moody and dark and so very yummy!
September 6, 2010
To me this one wasn't as strong or exciting as the first two books. But the ending made up for it. I loved it. The ending actually made me cry this time. Now I can't wait to read the next book.
April 22, 2015
4.5 Natches.....now this one I really liked.
Good back story
Good back story
July 13, 2011
This is my favorite so far. Natches and Chaya are perfect together. I read it in one sitting, couldn't put it down.
December 28, 2024
Love these hot bad boys they get my heart racing all the time he has always been close to his two cousins he finds a woman that needs his help
February 6, 2017
Review to follow.
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