Fleur Smithers rarely veers off the straight and (excruciatingly) narrow. So moving to the seaport town of Toulon to live with her newfound biological mother—an inspector with the French National Police—for one year is a pretty major detour.
Son of France’s crime royalty family and international rugby star, Louis Messette, is devoted to his sport, famille and nothing else. But the saucy American he meets one night changes everything. She sparks a desire in him like no other. Possession takes root. She will do as he commands.
Bit by bit Fleur slips into the Frenchman’s realm of wanton pleasure agreeing to his one condition: that she keep their affair secret. She serves up her heart without reservation in the hub of the glittering Côte d’Azur, and the along the soulful Seine in Paris, unaware of the danger she is in. For her new lover’s “family business” will pit her against her mother, the police woman sworn to bring down the Messettes. And by then, far more than Fleur’s heart will be on the line.
My Review:
The Frenchman by Lesley YoungMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Frenchman by Lesley Young is the first book in her new Crime Royalty Romance series. A witty and steamy romance novel set in the port town of Toulon, France.
Fleur was adopted and raised by her single adoptive mother in Austin, Texas. When she finds out in her early twenties that her birth mother is french and want her to come visit her there she agrees with her adoptive mother's blessing. Beginning her exciting year in Toulon, Fleur meets the rugged bad boy Louis and is instantly enthralled by him. She's not sure whether she likes him but she definitely things he's hot and enigmatic. When he puts on the brakes upon discovering she is still clutching her v-card (awkward), he hauls his beautiful professional rugby playing buns out the door. Tis leaves her embarrassed and confused and upset.
This back and forth with them continues throughuot the book. He's a bad boy, bad-ass rugby player from what turns out to be a crime family and her birth mother is a cop who has dedicated her life to putting away people like most of his family members. In trying to keep their passion for each other underwraps and private the tension builds and problems unfold.
The sprinkling of french language through was a nice touch, also appreciated each subtle translation for the non-french speaking reader *winks*. A steamy romance with a mysterious and twisty plot that will have you flipping pages with never a care for the day-to-day that goes on around you. (Dishes? Laundry? It'll keep)
Very excited to read The Australian which is slated for an April 2015 release. This authors writing style is quirky and witty without trying too hard and it was a pleasure to read.
About The Author:
Lesley Young is an award-winning Canadian journalist by day, and obsessive novelist by night. Her debut novel, Sky’s End (Soulmate Publishing, 2013) hit #9 on Amazon’s sci-fi romance paid best-seller list in its first three months of release.Not too long after that, she started dreaming up quirky heroines who lose their hearts to extremely powerful, flawed heroes, only to find out what love really is while on a dangerous adventure abroad. She called it theCrime Royalty Romance series, and landed herself a pretty big agent at Spencerhill Associates. Never one to take the obvious path, Lesley ultimately decided to self-publish. She’s never sure who or what will pop up in her imagination next. The Irishman? The Spaniard? The Hawaiian? Anything’s possible, and she loves suggestions (or recommendations of really hot, er, talented, actors to work as a muses).
Stay in touch with her and feel free to forward on decent options at Facebook.com/LesleyYoungBooks and @LesleyYoungBks (note: Charlie Hunnam’s already taken the lead role of The American—#3 Crime Royalty Romance...coming soon!).
Giveaway:
The Frenchman sounds amazing! I can't wait to get my hands on Louis!
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