Overview
Julie Bullard, daughter of one of Hollywood's legendary directors and one of the hottest young directors in her own right, is filming on location in the Louisiana bayou, working on a high-budget film that will make or break her career. Rey Tabary, nicknamed the Swamp Rat, is a Creole, a native of the bayou -- a man Julie needs to provide authenticity for her movie . . . and to fill other needs as well. But as first accidents, and then murder, disrupt the set, Julie turns to Rey to face the deadly reality of a killer . . . and the pleasures of uncompromising love.Bestselling author Jennifer Blake presents a bold, contemporary successor to her successful Love and Smoke. Julie Bullard is one of Hollywood's rarest commodities: a female director. But can she shoot her newest movie with two different lovers on the set . . . and someone threatening her life?
Synopsis
"Blake's a master at romantic fiction." The Chattanooga Times.
Julie Bullard, daughter of one of Hollywood's legendary directors and one of the hottest young directors in her own right, is filming on location in the Louisiana bayou, working on a high-budget film that will make or break her career. Rey Tabary, nicknamed the Swamp Rat, is a Creole, a native of the bayou — a man Julie needs to provide authenticity for her movie . . . and to fill other needs as well. But as first accidents, and then murder, disrupt the set, Julie turns to Rey to face the deadly reality of a killer . . . and the pleasures of uncompromising love.
Publishers Weekly
Veteran paperback romance writer Blake, whose first hardcover was Love and Smoke , mines cliches familiar to the genre in her newest romantic mystery, set in the Louisiana bayous and the Hollywood film world. Directing Swamp Kingdom , her first major film, Julie Bullard hires enigmatic Rey Tabary to serve as technical consultant. Impressed by his knowledge of the swamps and Cajun life, Julie is strongly attracted to Rey despite the fact that she is engaged to the film's producer, Allen Gravesend. After several deaths occur among the movie's crew, Allen brings in Julie's father, famous director Bull Bullard, to take over the production. Not only does Julie have a contentious relationship with Bull, but she suspects the movie has become a cover for the drug trade. Rey, a former agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration, becomes the only person who can save her film. Blake's fans will undoubtedly enjoy the sultry, atmospheric background for this unsurprising but competent tale. (July)