REVIEW: Bayou Vows by Geri Krotow

Bayou Vows by Geri Krotow is the third book in her Bayou Bachelor series. Ms. Krotow has a real talent for telling a story with an entertaining storyline as well as expressing the emotions of her characters.

Jena Boudreaux hasn’t been honest with her family and friends. She has told them that her frequent trips are for the Navy Reserves. Not true! She really has been doing missions for the CIA and the most recent one in Paraguay was almost her last – literally. She nearly died. That’s when she contacted her childhood buddy and current “friends with benefits” lover, Jeb DeVilliers to ask him as her dying request to tell her family she loves them. Jeb wasn’t about to give up on Jena and accept her impending death without a fight. Yes, she had been kidnapped by drug dealers but there had to be a solution. Jeb managed to extract her from her kidnappers with US government help.

Now they are back in Tampa and things have changed between them. No more “friends with benefits” action, maybe not even friends. Jeb is hopping mad that Jena never told him about her CIA activities. He knows she really couldn’t tell him about it but – still… He thought Jena needed him and here she is a big, bad CIA agent who really needs no one. Jeb just can’t get his head around that. Jena, on the other hand, feels confused about how to proceed with Jeb. She really cares about him. Jena’s family rallies around her to help her establish her dream, a social services agency, which helps keep the nightmares away and gives her less time to worry about whether or not Jeb cares about her.

The relationship between Jena and Jeb is very complicated but the author expressed this in a way to not only keep the reader engrossed but also to feel the main characters emotional pain. I loved following Jena and Jeb’s trip to the HEA.

Book Info:

Publication: January 8th 2019 | Kensington Publishing Corporation | The Bayou Bachelors

Jeb DeVillier has a lot of explaining to do. True, he did steal millions from the sailboat business he ran with his partner, Brandon, and disappear to South America. But Jeb has a good reason-Brandon’s sister, Jena Boudreaux. A decade ago, she broke his heart when she chose career over their relationship. Still, when he learns she’s being held for ransom by drug dealers, he doesn’t hesitate. He’ll save her life, no matter what the danger. When Jena called Jeb out of the blue, it was to ask him to give her last words to her family. She knew the risks when she took one final mission for the CIA. Suddenly, Jeb’s riding to the rescue like her own personal Cajun knight. Yet now that they’re both safe in New Orleans, he refuses to give her a second chance. That’s not good enough for Jena. Because when you find someone crazy enough to risk everything for you, the only sane thing to do is to hang on tight . . .