Book Review – Easy Love

Location, Location, Location!

This past May I went to New Orleans with my husband to celebrate our 4 year wedding anniversary. Lucky for me, I had recently read a boatload of books set in this crazy and unique city. I will never forget walking up to Café du Monde and seeing the crazy line, smelling freshly fried dough, and hearing street musicians play jazz. My first taste of a beignet pretty much ruined me for all doughnuts and may just be the main reason I return to the Big Easy in the future!

Stay tuned to see all the pictures of book settings I was able to capture in NOLA!

Story (5 out of 5) Hottness (4 out of 5)

Book Description

The Boudreaux Series – Sexy. Intriguing. Easy.

Eli Boudreaux’s family has built ships and boats in Louisiana for generations. He comes from a hard working, wealthy family and his empire is growing by leaps and bounds. At thirty, he is the youngest CEO to ever head Bayou Enterprises, co-chairing with his eldest brother. His head for business and his no-nonsense work ethic is also quickly making him the best the company has seen in generations. His staff admires him, women adore him and Eli’s family is solid. But he’s recently discovered that someone on the inside of his business is stealing from him and he’s determined to find out who.

Kate O’Shaughnessy is hired by companies all over the world to slip inside and investigate every member of the organization from the CEO down to the custodial staff to find the person or persons responsible for embezzling. She’s excellent at blending, becoming part of the team, and finding the weakest link. She’s smart, quick-witted, and she’s now been hired by Bayou Enterprises, specifically Eli Boudreaux. The attraction is immediate and the chemistry is off the charts, but Kate has heard all about Eli’s playboy past and she has a job to do. Sleeping with the boss isn’t a part of that job, even if just the sound of her name rolling off that Cajun tongue and the way he fills out a designer suit does make her sweat.

Eli’s southern charms surprise Kate. The man whose reputation labels him as a ruthless, callous womanizer is not the man she’s coming to know intimately. He’s generous, protective and makes her smile,.Cracking through Kate’s cool, reserved demeanor and discovering her love of sexy, expensive lingerie is a challenge Eli can’t resist, but her sweet nature, love of family and sense of humor pull at him in ways no one else ever has.

But when the person responsible for trying to single-handedly dismantle Eli’s empire comes to light, and it’s time for Kate to move on, to what lengths will Eli go to keep the woman he he’s fallen in love with by his side?

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Review

Kristen Proby has done it yet again! There is no surprise that I fell deeply and madly in love with Proby’s book. Easy Love is the first book in her new Boudreaux series, which follows a sexy Cajun family living in the heart of Louisiana — New Orleans, The Big Easy.

Proby introduces us to two fantastic and unforgettable characters in Easy Love. First we have Kate, who is intelligent, strong willed, stubborn, gorgeous, and hilarious when she’s drunk. She’s the best friend that every girl wants to have! Then we have Eli, a man focused on work and family, not to mention his sexy abs, ass, and Cajun accent, which make him the perfect NOLA package. Put these two characters together and you have one hell of a foundation for a book!

“So professional.” he murmurs, then stops us on the sidewalk and leans in to whisper in my ear. “I can’t wait to see you all flummoxed and writhing and unprofessional beneath me, cher. Trust me, we’re about to get as unprofessional as possible.”

(Easy Love, Kristen Proby, p.85)

I had such a fun time reading this book. Proby always gives such wonderful and seamless descriptions of each scene that it’s easy to see everything happening as if you were watching it unfold right before your eyes. The writing is flawless, the story is unique, and the HEA is perfection. I cannot wait to see what Proby has in store for the Boudreaux family! If you love fast-paced sweet romances with a hint of mystery then this is the book for you!