Author:
Macy Beckett
Publication
Date: May 6, 2014
Publisher:
Signet
Series:
Dumont Bachelors # 1
For ninety-nine
years, every man in the Dumont family has remained a perpetual bachelor.
Residents of Cedar Bayou, Louisiana, whisper about a voodoo hex cast upon the
family, sabotaging each man’s chance at marriage. In truth, the Dumont men have
their own player personalities to blame, and Marc is no exception. As captain
of his family’s riverboat, he’s broken hearts up and down the Mississippi. That
is, until his high school crush strolls onboard...
Allie Mauvais rocks the boat when she fills in as pastry chef. She hasn’t seen Marc since senior year, when rumors flew that her great-great-grandmother was the one who cursed the Dumonts. After two weeks on the water, neither can deny the attraction that still burns between them. But to truly reach Marc’s heart, Allie must show him that the hex isn’t real, and it’ll take more than her mouthwatering sweets to prove it. Will Allie’s love be enough to finally make Marc hers?
Allie Mauvais rocks the boat when she fills in as pastry chef. She hasn’t seen Marc since senior year, when rumors flew that her great-great-grandmother was the one who cursed the Dumonts. After two weeks on the water, neither can deny the attraction that still burns between them. But to truly reach Marc’s heart, Allie must show him that the hex isn’t real, and it’ll take more than her mouthwatering sweets to prove it. Will Allie’s love be enough to finally make Marc hers?
Allie’s
mama and daddy, God rest their souls, used to say South Louisiana in August was
hotter that a two-pricked goat in a pepper patch.
“I’m
a grown woman,” Allie reminded her ever so slightly older sister. “I can get
freaky with whoever I want!”
“Aha!”
Devyn cried, waving the lacy frock at her. “I was right! You want to get freaky
with Marc!”
Join
me in welcoming in this brand new series by Macy Beckett, in which she tells
the story of the Dumont Bachelors, a line a men who have supposedly been cursed
for many years. Allie Mauvais is our heroine who essentially falls in love with
Marc Dumont and attempts breaking this so-called “curse.” Allie knows that Marc
will be a tough cookie to crack because, well Allie and Marc have a history
together. You see, there is way more to the story than I first mentioned. Allie’s
great grandmother actually place the curse on the Dumont men because one of
them left her at the altar!
This
story is so fun and exciting and I really believe this is going to be an
awesome series. It reminds me a lot of Jennifer Bernard’s series called The San
Gabriel Bachelor Firemen! I am in love with those books, I own every single
one, and I am here to say that this series left me with the same feeling. I was
really intrigued by the Louisiana setting, as I always love to hear about
things happening on the Bayou!
Marc
and Allie cannot deny their feelings for one another! And not only do we have
two awesome characters in these two, but Macy gives us a cast of amazing secondary
characters as well. In the next installment in this series we were be hearing
Devyn and Beau’s story. I love series like this that build one on top of the
other! Be sure to scroll down and read my short and sweet interview with
author, Macy Beckett!
***A
free copy of this book was provided to me by the publishers at Signet in
exchange for my honest review***
1. What was
your inspiration for starting this brand new series?
My agent
suggested that I set a new series in New Orleans. When I traveled there for
research, I took a boat tour of the bayou and totally fell in love! It was so
different than what I had expected. Not swampy and dank, but lush and filled
with life. Inspiration struck, and that's when Cedar Bayou was born.
2. What was
your favorite part about writing this book?
Like Allie, I
have a fascination with the inner workings of the human mind. (True story: I
originally declared pre-med as my major in college, because I wanted to be a
psychiatrist.) So I had a lot of fun writing Allie's interactions with her
voodoo customers, and how she gently manipulated them into making positive life
choices.
3. Do you
ever base your characters off of actual people you know?
No, but there
is a little bit of myself in each heroine I write. (For example, see above.)
4. And now
for the question we all want to know, can you tell us about the next book in
this series? Including when it might be published?
You bet! The
next book in the series is called MAKE YOU REMEMBER, and it releases November
3rd. (Now available for pre-order...just sayin'.) This is Devyn and Beau's
story, but you'll get to see the whole Dumont gang again, including Allie and
Marc and our favorite "best friends" Alex and Ella-Claire.
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