Dirty Deeds in Lorelei James

Dec 27, 2016 Whitney rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Sometimes you cross paths with people, not knowing what the real reason why until later. Nathan LeBeau is the average hard working business owner and Tate Cross is in need to not only find herself but settle her aunt’s estate as well. Both Nathan and Tate have reputations, one as a uncommitted player and the other as a rule follower.
Nathan LeBeau is a sewer/ditch digger where he is married to his work. He once fell for a girl, but things ended badly, so it was easier to ---Has a few spoilers ---
Sometimes you cross paths with people, not knowing what the real reason why until later. Nathan LeBeau is the average hard working business owner and Tate Cross is in need to not only find herself but settle her aunt’s estate as well. Both Nathan and Tate have reputations, one as a uncommitted player and the other as a rule follower.
Nathan LeBeau is a sewer/ditch digger where he is married to his work. He once fell for a girl, but things ended badly, so it was easier to put all of his effort into his business. Tate Cross is a goody two shoes who has talent, but had a difficult time seeing that she was being used. Due to an interoffice issue in her job in a marketing firm, she was taking a sabbatical (Yea, it was maybe forced per her company). Being that she was currently without work, she decided that she’d head to Spearfish (where she spent her summers as a child) to make the necessary changes on her aunt’s house so she would be able to put it on the market. However, being without a paying job and her savings account dwindling, she needs to find a way to barter her way through some landscaping. Luckily for her, a friend’s brother just happens to be in the business and he’s willing to make a deal. It was actually more than one deal, one deal was for trade of services and the other deal . . . that too was a trade for services. Tate wants to open her eyes (and body) to anything but boring vanilla sex and Nathan happens to want to help her fill that void as well, but his wants are high on his list as well. Nathan wants romance, can he help to make Tate see the benefits of time and patience?
Can Nathan and Tate build a non-committal relationship and use each other for what they actually want/need from each other? Will lines blur? What happens once the landscaping work is done?
Nathan and Tate have chemistry both inside and outside the bedroom. You want to see them make it work, but as you read and your heart gets more involved, you begin to lose the want. The non-truths, the unknown futures, their pasts . . . so much of it will mess with their story. It brings out the ugly in both of them, but it also makes you realize that they need to be together. Nathan and Tate deserve the happiness that is possible, the question is; can they make it through?

Lorelei James is one of my favorite authors. This wasn't my favorite book, but it was a quick read and had a good story line. The book drug in a few spots, but overall, I'd read it again.
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Jan 04, 2017 Ashley Calcutta-hasting rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I am not ashamed to say that I have read and loved every book that Lorelei James has ever written. I read the original edition of this book several years ago and I thought there was little to no room for improvement. In this newer updated version I find that it is even better. I loved the interactions between the Tate and Nathan and I thought the pace of the story was perfect, not too fast but not too slow.

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Feb 25, 2013 starsaga rated it did not like it

Shelves: a-a-owned, z-awful-to-avoid, a-a-reviewed

Slow Going....
This book was slow going, I did not get the chemistry between h and h. There was more confusion than chemistry. It appeared that the hero was too reluctant and I did not get how he could be so committed to romance yet knows the heroine won't be around for too long and on top it he is unwilling to say anything or offer anything to help change her mind (he's not very alpha at all). This confusion in his mind was visited often and maybe that added to the thickening of the plot but so ...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Misty rated it it was amazing

Lorelei does it again, another fantastic book of love found in an unconditional way.

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Shelves: would-read-again, strong-silent-type, good-guy-hero, flirtatious-male, good-girl-heroine, best-book-ever, cat-and-mouse, dirty-talk, erotica, favorite

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