Nauti boy

Nauti Boy, by Lora Leigh

Published by Berkley, March 2007

Grade: B-

About the book:

Too weak to resist young Kelly Benton's attempts at
seduction, Rowdy Mackay left home eight years ago. Duty as a U.S. Marine put a
safe distance between temptation and the nubile Kentucky vixen. Now he's back
home and ready to engage in the kind of erotic games that have earned him and
his two cousins a Nauti-boy reputation in three counties.


Once it was Kelly's dream too-to feel the heat of
the boy she desired. But an attack from a stalker still on the prowl has left
Kelly terrified of a man's touch. Now as fear and desire converge, Rowdy fights
to save her from the deadly threats of a stranger, to rid her of her demons, and
to satisfy a hunger more powerful than either can imagine.

Rowdy's dad married Kelly's mom. When Rowdy saw that he was starting to have sexual thoughts about his 16 year old step sister, he ran off and joined the Marines. He would come home to visit through out the years, and even though Kelly had become an adult he still didn't pursue her. He stayed away from her out of respect for his dad.

Finally, Rowdy decides that he can't stay away from her. He has stayed hands off for 8 years, but now he wants a relationship with her, and he doesn't care what his dad, or anyone else thinks.

When Rowdy goes home he finds a different Kelly. No longer is she dressing sexy, flirting and jumping into his arms for hugs. She is jumpy, skittish and afraid. Right off the bat he can tell that something has happened.

A year earlier a man had broken into her apartment and attacked her. The guy is still around and is stalking her, and it's up to Rowdy and his cousins to protect Kelly, and bring down the bad guy.

This reminded me a lot of Marly's choice. Rowdy is her step brother, Cade was Marly's step uncle/brother. Kelly steals Rowdy's shirts, Marly would steal Cade's shirts. Cade liked to share his women with his brothers, Rowdy shares with his cousins. Stalker was after Marly, a stalker is after Kelly.

There are differences though..There is no heavy handed pushiness in this book. The men are not trying to bully or guilt trip Kelly into a 4-some. Unlike the August men, the Nauti boys share because they want to, not because of some twisted need from their childhood.

Pretty much everything that readers complained about in the Men of August series is corrected in this one. I'm not going to give it away, but this time there is a twist with the sharing that I believe will make a lot of readers very happy.