Thigh High (The Fortune Hunter Books)

5 Stars!!! Christina Dodd's "Thigh High" is a fast paced page turner! I read this in record time considering I am having one of my busiest weeks ever with my business. I picked it up every chance I got. Christina's characters are wonderfully quirky, delightfully dysfunctional and lovable to their cores. Mac and Nessa are one of the best book-couples I have read about in contemoprary fiction in a long time! The winding plot roads of this book kept me on edge and eagerly wanting more. The description of post-Katrina New Orleans and its Mardi Gras are spot on and I felt as though I had visited the 'Big Easy' after I finished. Absolutely wonderful and highly recommended for your summer reading list! Rachel E. Moniz reviewing for Kaseysview.com

Jeremiah (Mac) MacNaught's New Orleans Banks have been robbed at the same time each year for the last few years. Always during Mardi Gras, and its just about that time now. Even though the amounts have been small for some reason, Jeremiah is not going to have it happen again and he has the perfect plan to find the mastermind. As a matter of fact, he might even have a lead on the person involved. Ionessa (Nessa) Dahl has worked in the bank for many years. Unfortunately, because of one mistake she just can't seem to get ahead. However, when you live in the South there are always different ways of looking at things and Nessa prefers the more positive way. This is a time of celebration and not even being asked to help with the investigation, with a Yankee no less, is going to keep her from enjoying. Mac and Nessa work together to figure out who is behind the robberies and at the same time they discover a passion between them. However, all is not going to be easy in paradise when Nessa discovers something about Mac and he decides his initial beliefs were correct. Rage, hurt and misunderstandings are now ruling both Mac and Nessa. When the truth finally comes out and the misunderstandings understood, will Nessa and Mac be able to let the good times roll? What do you do when the beads are flying? In Thigh High, Nessa helps with the preparations for her family's annual party and wonders if her bank will be hit this year. Mac just knows he's looking for an insider working at his bank, and if he can discover who that will solve the robberies. When Mac and Nessa meet, its the North and South colliding again, except this time the South wins the day. Ms. Dodd had me laughing several times as I watched Mac try to figure out the baffling attitudes around him. I also loved how Nessa was able to combine the strange ins and outs of the investigation and her uppity Yankee at the same time with grace and class. The subtle eroticism is evident from the moment Nessa and Mac meet. Thigh High is a light-hearted romantic suspense that has an undertone of laughter through out it. If you haven't tried one of Ms. Dodd's contemporaries then you won't go wrong in starting with this one. While this is the third book in the series, they are all stand-alone and don't have to be read in order or together. Jo reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

I was hooked on this book from the beginning right through to the end. I enjoy books most that mix laugh out loud humor, quirky characters, hot heros and heroines with attitude and this one has all these things and more. Mac is a classic alpha hero (and thank god he's not classically handsome) and Nessa is just the woman to tame him. I admit it, I love an over the top opposite attracts type romance with a full shot of pure old animal magnetism. Yum!

I REALLY ENJOYED THIS STORY. THE MAIN MALE AND FEMALE LEADS WERE SO GOOD TOGETHER. THERE WAS A TERRIFIC STORY LINE WITH A MYSTERY PLOT AND SIZZLING SWEET LOVE/SEX SCENES. THE SECONDARY CHARACTERS WERE RATHER ODD BUT FUN. I'M KEEPING THIS ONE TO READ AGAIN.

This author has carved out a dependable niche in the market with her excellently done contemporary romances. Her first, "Trouble in High Heels", was a superb fantsy ride, second one a little weaker, but now she's in top form. The author not only creates smart, sexy lead males and females but fills her story with a lenghty list of secondary characters full of charm and worthy of their own stories. This well written book kept me turning pages because of all my questions--how did he get those scars, nah, couldn't be the old ladies! You'll see what I mean--first class fun and relaxation all the way.