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Rumble on the Bayou

By: Jana DeLeon
Narrated by: Johanna Parker
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Deputy Dorie Berenger knew the day would go from bad to worse when she found a stoned alligator in the town drunk’s swimming pool. Then DEA agent Richard Starke shows up in Gator Bait, Louisiana, giving out orders and insults faster than you can cast a fishing line.

Dorie knows the residents of Gator Bait aren’t going to talk to a stranger, especially a Yankee, but she's stuck with Richard until he catches his bad guy. With no other alternative to restore peace to the small town, Dorie agrees to help Richard catch a criminal and in the process, uncovers decades of secrets that have been hiding deep in the Louisiana bayou.

©2006 Jana DeLeon (P)2019 Audible, Inc. Contemporary Contemporary Romance Cozy Fiction Mystery Romance Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Detective Witty Feel-Good Suspense
Engaging Mystery • Humorous Moments • Excellent Reader • Strong Female Protagonist • Unexpected Twists
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I enjoyed the book but kept thinking I had heard it before because of the similarities to the authors other works. So if you like her other work you'll like this...just don't be surprised if you feel deja Vu.
Unrelated, as someone from that part of the world I was tickled pink to hear towns and places I know referenced.

Good book

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I love Jana Deleon’s Miss Fortune series and expected to enjoy this as much. What I wasn’t expecting was explicit sex scenes. The story could have been told just as well without them.
This book would have earned four stars if it hadn’t been for that. The story (sans sex) was good, exciting and full of Deleon’s quirky characters.

Wasn’t expecting soft porn

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there are parts if they story where you go " what just happened?" and some that straight up will surprise the tarnation outta you.

quite the story, full of twists and turns

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The plot was generally unpredictable and the characters were delightful. Dory was a different kind of heroine than usual.

exciting mystery in a very small town

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I cried and I laughed, if you are not reading Jana DeLeon yet you need to come on in, the water is great.

Another great work

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There is a lot to like about this story. The humour is good and fits with the story. I liked Dorie and Joe and Richard and Jenny and Gator Bait in general. The story had twists I didn't see coming. It is not a cozy and there is a hefty dose of romance to go along with the mystery.

I agree with others though... the narration left something to be desired. Definitely not South Louisiana. Typical cliche of Southerners speak slow and sound kind of dumb. We don't. This narrator was just distracting. There are two explicit sex scenes. They added nothing to the story and honestly not what I want to listen to when driving, but as others mentioned, easy to skip. Joe goes to see the minister, it added nothing to the story. It just kept going on and on and on. So, I eventually skipped to the next to last chapter to wrap it up. I was just about finished anyway, so I don't feel as if I missed much. I was sad at who the bad guy was, but thought the ending worked and with humour to boot.

Overall, I enjoyed it.

Not what I expected

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After the second chapter I was about check this title off my list. The way the reader emphasized the end of sentences was getting on my nerves. One more chapter and the story began to become interesting. I got over the narrator , and the phony accents actually helped me understand what character was talking at what time. This is a fun story. PS. We all don’t sound like that.




Close Cajun Town 

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Finally! Rumble On The Bayou has been one of my favorite Jana DeLeon books for years and now I can listen to it on audio.

Before Fortune There Was Deputy Dorie

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what a good book kept me so on the edge of what's going to happen next!

Entertaining

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Awesome story and characters..the narration was great as well. My favorite book so far out 25 or so.

Awesome

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