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Absolute Trouble

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This was a delight to read and I didn't want to put it down. The characters are extremely well drawn out, the love scenes are tender and erotic and the dialog is fun. Her second book "Stargazer" is also very original.

After my first Jerott book, A Great Catch, I felt certain that she could not write a weak book. All Night Long was the second book of Jerott's books I read and although not as good as A Great Catch, I still enjoyed it and gave it a high rating. Absolute Trouble, however, took me hours to finish. I found the book to be only mildly interesting until the last fourth of the book.

Dulcinea Quinn (Dulcie) is a retired cop - one forced into retirement after a beating with a bat one night. It left Dulcie with a badly injured back and forced her into a new career. She has artistic talent and begins making and selling dolls. She lives on a houseboat on Lake Pontchartrain and finds the gentle motion of the water soothes her aching back. Although now out of police work, she still has many friends within the department. One night, a detective friend, Bobby, brings an eyewitness to her and asks her to hide him on her boat for 24 hours. This witness, Julien Langlois, has observed a murder that will bring down a big-time criminal that the police have attempted to apprehend for years. Dulcie has a personal interest in the capture and conviction of this crime-lord. It was one of his men that brutally beat her several years ago. With great reluctance, Dulcie allows Julien to stay aboard her houseboat as the police close in on the crime lord. Two police officers stay with her on the boat for protection. However, Dulcie has a little problem with this witness - he is wearing only the detective's trench coat, a g-string, and bow tie. He is a dancer at one of the strip clubs that caters to women. He is surely a hunk and more than a little belligerent. It seems he is after the crime lord as well and is not happy with the enforced police protection.

Absolute Trouble, although intriguing, was difficult reading for the first three-fourths of the book. This difficulty was based entirely on the romantic relationship between Dulcie and Julien. Their relationship was forced in the beginning - each trying to get something from the other. Julien wants Dulcie to release him. Dulcie wants Julien to work with the police to capture this bad guy. For most of the book, the romantic relationship remained very strained. I could not envision the leads as a real couple. The majority of their conversation was dedicated to fighting. They would make love, fight, make love almost, fight, finish making love, and fight again. Then they would have a little normal conversation and then fight again and again and then start all over again. At one point, I put the book down not intending to finish it. But I was curious about a few things and was very pleased with the last portion of the book.

What did they fight so much about? Julien is determined to bring down the crime-lord, to avenge his brother's death and he plans to kill him without any police assistance. Dulcie, early on, tells Julien she loves him. This seemed very out of place and, as the reader, I wondered if she was attempting to manipulate Julien. But she was serious with her declaration and she fights him to give up his pursuit of this evil man. Although the couple makes love often, it just doesn't seem sincere or meaningful. The actual sensual scenes rate about a 3.5 out of 5.0 (see More About Me for rating guidelines). I could not comprehend a real couple, knowing each other for such a short period of time, conversing, as Dulcie wanted them to. It is no wonder that Julien doubted her motivations.

Although Absolute Trouble did not prove to be a powerful story, it was still a pleasant book. This is Jerott's debut novel and I believe she becomes more talented with each book she writes. Her backlist is short and will take little time to work through. Therefore, I look forward to her next release. Jerott also writes under the name of Michele Albert.

The police finally have a witness, willing to testify that he saw crime boss Jacob Mitsumi kill a man. Desperate to keep the eyewitness safe, police Detective Bobby Halloran convinces his former partner Dulcie Quinn to hide the man on her houseboat. She reluctantly agrees to protect the man from Mitsumi's goons because his men brutally beat her and ended her law enforcement career.

Julien Langlois is a gorgeous hunk, who plans to seduce his jailer so he can go about his real agenda without her interference. The witness wants to personally kill Mitsumi, who is responsible for the vicious murder of Julien's teenage brother. The confinement leads to a growing passion and Julien and Dulcie begin to fall in love. However, he has a quest to complete and Mitsumi plans to eliminate the only person willing to send him up the river. This leaves little room for love to flourish.

Readers will find it no trouble to read Michele Jerott's wonderful debut novel, ABSOLUTE TROU! BLE. This award-winning novel is an action-packed sizzler due to the heat generated by the lead protagonists. The suspense-laden story line adds much excitement to a terrific tale that should draw a deserving Ms. Jerott a large fan base from both the romantic suspense and contemporary romance sub-genres.

Harriet Klausner

Ex- cop, Dulcie Quinn, hasnt been doing much she she left the NOPD, so when her friend and policeman Bobby Halloran asks if she can keep an eye on a star witness, she reluctantly agrees.
Enter Julien Langlois...the dark, sexy stripper who has witnessed a murder. Once Julien and Dulcie get together...wow do the sparks ever fly.
"Absolute Trouble" was a good solid read. The book was a little slow to start, but wow was it hot. I LOVED Julien...OMG was he to die for. His accent and his looks and his EVERYTHING just had me wild. I really REALLY loved him. Dulcie was a little more rough around the edges than I usually like, but she was strong and good and knew what she wanted and how to get it.
"Absolute trouble" just missed being a keeper for me, but it was still an entertaining story that I would recommend.

These two characters have brains and hearts. He's about the sexiest thing this side of heaven. She has a life and lives it. The tension is as thick and hot as molten lava between his will and hers. Ms. Jerott's writing is clean and a precise as a scalpel. The 'ride' starts with the first sentence and ends only with the last. To a prospective reader, my advice - don't start this book on a week night. If Ms. Jerott's next work is written at one-third the skill level, I'd still purchase her third book the moment it is published. To the author, thank you for making Dulcie real, human, and intelligent.

This may have been the best love story I have ever read. Dulcie and Julien were so right for each other, but the situation was tense. It's hard to find such good contemporary novels with such interesting characters and a plot too. And I would never had read it if not for the Amazon.com recommendation. If you're looking for a great romance this is it! It's the kind of book you just have to keep reading to get to the exciting conclusion. I am definitely looking forward to her future books.

This is the best book I have read in a long time. While I was reading it, it was hard to believe that this was the author's first book. I can't wait to read her newest "Her Bodyguard"

...................As far as I'm concerned, Julien's the one generating all the heat. Dulcie's just "the amazon"--Ms. Jerott should've made more effort to make Dulcie seem sexier. I particularly liked the Cajun 'strutting his stuff' in a VERY SEXY striptease and hearing his sexy Cajun talk.

This book was very enjoyable to read. The humor and romance were very good. It's one worth buying.

Whooooo-eee! Hot and sizzlin' from page one! Julien Langlois- a gorgeous, sexy stripper who cooks, cleans, AND sews buttons on clothes? The PERFECT MAN?? Does he exist? Only in Romance Novels, I think! Anyway - this book is fun, exciting and the sexual tension just about leaps off the page. Julien with his sexy Bayou talk and the "Amazon" ex-cop, Dulcie - a hot but compassionate couple. Lots of time given to letting them work through their problems and even some quiet times of just sitting, talking and holding hands. I liked them both - I liked the storyline and I liked the writing. Try this book - you'll love it!!