Nauti Nights Book

It's tough for me to like a book when the hero is such an over the top jackass Alpha dog. There were times in this book I was thoroughly disgusted with the hero. So I can't really give this book anything better than 3-stars and I think even that is being generous.

Series Note:
Second book in the "Nauti" series. I would recommend reading the books in order.

Summary:
With his cousin Rowdy engaged and his fiancee's stalker caught, Dawg Mackay turns his attentions to Crista Jansen. Years ago he'd chased after Crista but she turned tail and ran away. Now she's back and Dawg is ready to claim her.

But Crista has a secret she's hiding from Dawg. Not only that, but she somehow finds herself right smack in the middle of a terrorist investigation. Dawg uses Crista's unintentional involvement to blackmail her into his bed. He's not about to let her go again and will do whatever it takes to claim her.

Review:
The biggest thing that jumps into my head to say about this book is the uber Alpha hero. I like Alpha heroes, and don't even mind ones that are extra Alpha sometimes, but Dawg pushed my Ugh buttons. I thought his behavior was disgusting and ridiculous. He flat out blackmailed Crista to sleep with him. That's yucky enough. Then he got her fired from her job and when she tried to get a new one, he told her that she didn't need a job because her job was to fuck him. That's a double yuck. Any man who thinks like that needs to be shoved off a mountain.

So right from the start of this book I wasn't all that into it. Dawg just pissed me off. He did get a little better as the book went on, but for me, he could never redeem himself enough for me to really like him.

I also was a little annoyed about Dawg's behavior because it didn't quite fit with the character as he was introduced in the first book. I liked him in the first book, thought of the 3 cousins he might be the most sensitive. Instead, he's a total jerk. Not cool

There's a lot of hot sex in the book, as usual for LL. And there's also a bit of a suspense plot. The suspense was moderately good. Kept the book interesting.

One other thing I found frustrating was the details that didn't seem to match up with the first book. When this book starts off, Dawg and Natches were working an op for Homeland Security. I was thoroughly confused. The first book gave no hint they were working for ATF and as I was reading the beginning, I was baffled that they were suddenly agents. Then there was also Dawg thinking about how he'd lost interest in sharing women a while back yadda yadda yadda...yet he was all ready to join Rowdy with Kelley and was disappointed when he couldn't. There were other disparities as well, but those two stood out.

So giving this book 3 stars is a little generous. I didn't hate it, I just found the hero a jerk.

WARNING, this book contains: explicit sex and language, oral sex, anal sex, blackmail sex...I think that covers the big stuff.