Say It Like You Mane It (Boys of the Bayou Gone Wild Book Six)

Erin Nicholas

Oct 2021 · Erin Nicholas

About this ebook

What happens when a hellraiser turned hot cop is stuck with a headstrong heiress he’s determined to protect...and resist?

A run-away bride, wearing a freakin’ tiara, and carrying a stolen lion cub, of all things. This was not how rowdy, bad-boy-turned-small-town-cop, Zander Landry expected his day to go.

He really didn’t expect his night to end with her sleeping in his bed after her near-kidnapping.

But his intense attraction to her and the feelings of protectiveness she stirs up? Oh, yeah, he knew those were coming.

She’s stunning, whip-smart, and trouble with a capital T. 

Which means, he needs her to head right back the way she came. ASAP. 

His town is exactly the way he wants it . . . crazy and trouble free.

Well, the crazy trouble he’s not related to anyway. 

 

 

Stranded in a tiny town in her half-million-dollar wedding gown with no money and no place to go . . . today is going pretty much exactly the way Caroline Holland expected it to.

But the grumpy, tattooed, oh-my-god hot cop being the answer to all her problems isn’t at all what she expected. 

Now that she’s turned all the criminal (and obnoxious) info about her exotic-animal-dealing ex-fiance over to Zander, she can kick back in a hammock with some sweet tea and relax. 

Or not. 

Turns out Caroline’s not the spoiled heiress Zander thinks she is. The gorgeous hellion wants in on the action and soon discovers just how dirty things can get in the bayou. And the bedroom. 

More and more, Zander just wants her safe on the sidelines. But Caroline isn’t going anywhere until justice is done. 

It’s a clash of wills that’s gonna get hotter than a crawfish boil in July. And the most fun the Landry family has had watching sparks fly since . . . well, the last book. 

Ratings and reviews

Gosh, I do want to enjoy reading this book because I like Zander but I just can't because I get annoyed by Caroline's personality. Well, she doesn't do anything wrong and she means well but I don't like the way she tricks or manipulates people. Oh, Zander's still grumpy as usual but his possessiveness and protectiveness towards Caroline is cute and kind of hot. But the story is too heavy and I feel like the author focuses more on Caroline's mission than Zander and Caroline's love story. I know that with Caroline's problem and Zander being a cop, they match and Zander can help her which is the way Erin wants to put them together but when the problem is this heavy, I don't feel any chemistry between Zander and Caroline at all. Plus lately, the last few books of the series seem to shift from funny and easy reading to something else and I don't feel like it. The banters between the Landry family members seem less and less but I want more because that's why I'm hooked by the series.

Take one hot cop, Zander, and a runaway bride, Caroline and add in a cutey patootie lion cub that she rescued during her exit stage right and you have a chortle-filled rom-com! Zander has a protective streak a mile wide for women, children and animals. You have to feel kind of sorry for the poor guy - all that family meddling in his busy - sadly he can't arrest everyone he's related to, that'd be half of his town! Caroline is almost sunshine personified. Zander may not want his soul mate to roll into town 'cos he's sure not ready for her but it would seem Kismet/fate/karma has other ideas. Witty, scorching chemistry, peppered with danger - completely adored it, and I wasn't hampered in my love by the fact that I hadn't read any of the other books in this series.

SAY IT LIKE YOU MANE IT is the sixth instalment in Erin Nicholas’ contemporary, adult BOYS OF THE BAYOU GONE WILD erotic, romance series, a spin off from the author’s BOYS OF THE BAYOU, and HOT CAKES series. This is interior designer/attorney Caroline Holland, and police officer Zander Landry’s story line. SAY IT LIKE YOU MAN IT can be read as a stand-alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary. Told from dual third person perspectives (Zander and Caroline) SAY IT LIKE YOU MANE IT follows the building romance and relationship between attorney Caroline Holland, and police officer Zander Landry. Caroline Holland is a runaway bride whose fiancé gifted our heroine with a lion cub for their wedding. Unable to marry said fiance in the face of 1) an surprise wedding she knew nothing about, and 2) the illegal sale and transport of exotic animals, Caroline Holland headed to Autre, Louisiana where she knew someone would be able to look after the weeks old cub but Caroline never expected to come face to face with her future in the guise of Autre police officer Zander Landry, the man with whom she would fall in love. With no money and no place to stay, Zander offers Caroline his home for the foreseeable future, as Zander, Caroline and the FBI begin an investigation into the possible animal smuggling ring in New Orleans, Louisiana. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Zander and Caroline, and the potential fall-out as Zander’s need to protect Caroline pushes our heroine out of his life, and possibly into the arms of someone else. Caroline Holland is an heiress, of sorts, a young woman whose future has been planned by someone else but Caroline, along with her best friend and journalists Max, worth together on the side, in an effort to take down the corrupt, and powerful of New Orleans.Falling for Zander meant falling for the people of Autre, Louisiana, people that had easily accepted our heroine as one of their own. Zander Landry doesn’t do relationships, in fact, Zander has spent his life protecting everyone else but a runaway, princess bride finds Zander on the defensive, constantly reminding Caroline she isn’t a part of the life he had planned for himself. The relationship between Caroline and Zander begins when Zander, as a police officer in Autre, Louisiana, comes to the rescue of our story line heroine. Armed with only a tiara, some jewels, her bridal gown and trousseau, Caroline finds herself penniless and homeless, hoping to stay in Autre for a night or two. Zander knows that his life with always be in Autre, Louisiana, and has no plans to to involve a stranger in a lifestyle in which she would never be comfortable. As Caroline and Zander’s relationship develops, Zander’s need to protect Caroline threatens a possibility of a happily ever after. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text. Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including many we have met in the previous story lines. And, again, the author has added an index and breakdown of the main and recurring characters at the beginning of the book, revealing and reminding of each connection, relationship, book and series. SAY IT LIKE YOU MANE IT is a story of family, relationships and love; of passion and betrayal; of obsession, power and control. The premise is entertaining and consuming; the characters are stubborn, energetic and determined; the romance is captivating and seductive.

About the author

Erin Nicholas is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty sexy contemporary romances. Her stories have been described as toe-curling, enchanting, steamy and fun. She loves to write about reluctant heroes, imperfect heroines and happily ever afters. She lives in the Midwest with her husband who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books, her kids who will never read the sex scenes in her books, and family and friends who say they’re shocked by the sex scenes in her books (yeah, right!).