A sexy small town, beauty and the beast rom com!Sawyer Landry knows he’s been beastly to be around for the past few months. But he can’t seem to remember how to be fun-loving and friendly. Until he sees Juliet Dawson on his boat dock… and realizes that hip waders are, apparently, one of his turn-ons. But despite the beauty in the boots, the last thing he needs right now is a city girl in his way … needs right now is a city girl in his way for the next two weeks.
But he’s not really getting a vote. Juliet is determined that her little brother rebuild the dock he and his idiot friends smashed. She’s quirky, klutzy, independent…and possibly an even bigger pessimist than Sawyer is. He’s incredibly drawn to the cynical fish-out-of-water, who seems to be the one person who isn’t intimidated by his growling.
The big, gruff boat captain is the first person in a long time to want to watch out for her and Juliet finds that hotter than his grandma’s jambalaya. Well, that and his sexy scar, his emotional baggage, and the sense of humor and fun that is buried deep. But Sawyer doesn’t need any more people to worry about long-term and the things that make him feel protective of Juliet aren’t going to go away.
So, this two-week adventure can’t be anything more than a fling. With Juliet down on the bayou, there’s an even bigger threat than alligators and hurricanes. There’s the very good chance of someone ending up with a broken heart.
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Beauty and the Bayou is book 3 in the Boys of the Bayou by Erin Nicholas. This is a standalone but reading books 1 and 2 will give you a better understanding into Sawyer’s emotional state.
Sawyer Landry was once a fun loving, sexy flirt, panty melting man but when he lost his BFF, Tommy who he couldn’t save and he also got hurt he changed into a not so like able guy. His attitude has his family deeply concerned and could adversely effect their family business…
Juliet Dawson, attorney comes to the bayou with her brother Chase to rebuild the dock he and his buddies destroyed by crashing and air boat into it. She is determined her spoiled, arrogant brother will not use the family money to pay and walk away. He needs to learn there are consequences for your mistakes.
What happens next between Juliet and Sawyer will keep your turning the pages, fill you with laughter, watch the sexual tensions, chemistry, the banter, tears and makes for a heartfelt, emotional read to both finding their soulmate and helping each other to heal!!
I love the Boys of the Bayou series and Beauty and the Bayou (Book 3) is a perfect addition!
This book is a sweet, fun romance story that had me smiling and laughing my way through. Juliet and Sawyer first meeting starts off with a bang and a laugh when Sawyer catches Juliet by the back of her pants as she almost tumbled into the bayou. It turns out to be the best thing that happened to them both and they ended up being a perfect match for each other. They each had their own struggles and issues to overcome but they not only compliment each other, they understand the perfect way to support each other.
In addition to Sawyer and Juliet, we are treated to a cast of fun side characters that make this story even more enjoyable!
I love Erin Nicholas’ books. Anything she writes is an automatic read for me. I’ve been anxiously awaiting Beauty and the Bayou. It did not disappoint.
Sawyer is a protector. He has always been the one who watched over everything and everyone. Until one day when he gets a phone call from his best friend. He can’t get to him in time to save him and in his efforts, he suffers a disfiguring injury. In his grief, he becomes extremely safety conscious and over protective of everyone. Gone is the fun loving majority owner of Boys of the Bayou. In his place is a sad and broken man.
Juliet is the responsible sister of the drunk frat boy who stole a Boys of the Bayou boat and crashed it into their dock, destroying the dock. Juliet is a lawyer. She suffered from a health issue as a child that has left her with a deficit. She compensates for the deficit by being an extreme planner and overly safety conscious. She adores her younger brother and doesn’t want him to be an entiltled jerk or have his future ruined by a criminal record. She decides that she and her brother will spend 2 weeks rebuilding the dock. She hopes to teach her brother skills and life lessons.
When Sawyer and Juliet meet, Juliet falls for Sawyer, literally. This story ran me through all sorts of emotions. Can these two overcome their fears and find what their souls need to heal? This book is a must buy. It is part of a series and characters from the author’s series, Boys of the Big Easy, walk through the book. It could be read as a stand alone but I think it would be much better if you started at the beginning of the series.
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This book hit every base for me. It starts off so very funny when Sawyer discovers Juliet out on the dock. Then it gets serious because Sawyer is still grieving the loss of his best friend and Juliet has a medically complicated backstory. Then it gets steamy because the chemistry between Juliet and Sawyer is off the charts. And then it gets cute when Stella and Cooper (children that Sawyer knows) come to visit, but then things get a little scary. It all wraps up in a lovely ending and some hints for the next book.
That is the short version of why I loved it so much. The longer version involves the fact that I have been waiting for Sawyer’s story ever since Stella proposed to him in Nice and Easy. He is a terrific character that jumps off the page. Since his best friend died, he has been very difficult to live with. He is making everyone crazy and harming the business with his constant worrying. He broke my heart, and I thought that his journey back to normal life was very realistic.
Juliet was a perfect match for Sawyer in every way. She has had a lifetime of physical challenges, and she understands Sawyer very well from the very beginning. She has a lovely heart, a terrific brain, and lots of guts. She fits into the Landry family perfectly, and that was fun to read. Also, she helps Sawyer open up about his fears by sharing herself. They had wonderful conversations.
The best parts of the book were the scenes where Sawyer and Juliet silently assisted one another while they faced hard and scary things. They were so in tune with each other, and they brought tears to my eyes more than once. I love the Landrys –they are funny and sexy and lovable, but I think this book is my favorite because of all the emotion that Sawyer and Juliet dealt with. But it wasn’t a heavy or angsty book overall. They dealt with stuff, but they also had a lot of fun and some crazy banter.
I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for great characters, lots of laughs, and a good deal of emotion
You know it’s going to be a good book when it starts out, Nailed. Pounded. Drilled. This book was great. I loved Juliet from the get go and Sawyer has finally met his match from a safety standpoint. She was perfect for him from her life jacket, safety goggles, first aid kit right down to her steel toed boots. Seriously though, these two have the safety aspect covered. I really loved how the family took her and Chase in and made them ‘honorary’ Landry’s. Of course it was great to see our friends again but I just really liked the story of Sawyer and Juliet and Sawyer finding ‘old Sawyer’ and Juliet learning to take some chances. I also enjoyed our visit from our New Orleans friends, that was awesome. I have to say Sawyer Landry has now topped my list of Erin Nicholas heroes. I loved the line, You might have met your worst case scenario match, Sawyer Landry. This book was perfect from beginning to end and one more great addition to this series. Definitely looking forward to the next book.
I really wish I could give this book more than 5 stars!!!
I love everything Erin Nicholas writes but this book has to be my favorite of all time. The chemistry between Sawyer and Juliet is off the charts. But even more, is the way that they just get each other; quirks, fears, what-ifs and Yeah-but’s.
It’s a wonderful story that shows there really is a perfect match for everyone. And in the words of a very wise 9-year old boy, Everyone needs someone to balance them out.
This book picks up where Sweet Home Louisiana left off. Though it isn’t necessary to read that book first, why wouldn’t you??? Anyway, back to Beauty and the Bayou. As Sawyer walks toward the dock in the morning he hears a couple talking. He investigates and discovers Juliet talking on her phone. Sawyer thinks she’s beautiful but he has two questions. Why is she on his dock and why is she dressed in safety gear? Of course, the safety gear may be a bigger turn on for Sawyer than her beauty. He has been Mr. Safety (and Mr. Ornery) since his friend, Tommy, died in a freak shark attack on the Bayou.
Juliet Dawson is on a dock in the Bayou dressed in safety gear because she is a klutz and because she has promised to help rebuild the dock her brother smashed with his frat buddies. She is trying to teach her brother a life lesson, how to be a good person, before he goes off to medical school. Could the Bayou have more in store for Juliet?
Sawyer tries to avoid Juliet but they are drawn together. They discover they have a lot in common, things other people don’t understand. Can they over come their fears and be what the other needs? Another fantastic novel by Erin Nicholas!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
If you thought Josh and Owen were hot, just wait until you see Sawyer in action. Tall, sexy, alpha male…yes please!
We all know Sawyer has a lot of baggage from Tommy’s death. He wants his family and friends to be safe, to think about the danger being reckless can cause, and he may have been a bit of an ass trying to prove his point. But what he wasn’t expecting was a beautiful, safety-first, always aware of every danger woman to come to the bayou, especially to fix the dock that her brother had broken.
Juliet is a lawyer from the city but that doesn’t mean she won’t be prepared for anything she may run into in the swamp. She has done her research, she takes the necessary precautions, and is aware of all the ways she could get hurt. The one thing she didn’t expect was a tall, sexy, Cajun who makes her heart skip a beat with his deep, southern drawl. He also doesn’t make her feel bad about her need for safety, even more so, he likes that about her.
Read to see how Juliet brings the old Sawyer back to the living and how Sawyer helps Juliet learn to have fun!
I’ve been looking forward to Sawyer’s story since book one and Juliet was the perfect heroine for him. My goodness – these two will keep you turning the pages.
Sawyer has had a rough year – losing his best friend and business partner really put him into a tailspin in many ways. He’s had to get used to a few new faces in his family which really just means that many more people he needs to worry about and keep safe. Enter Juliet. His well-meaning business partners figured let’s find someone who he can really worry about and it’ll distract him. OK – so Sawyer realizes that’s not exactly how it happened and she may have a legitimate reason to be there but it still feels like a set up.
Juliet is intrigued by this burly man who greets her by way of yelling/lecturing. She considers herself a master of planning for the worst case scenario and realizes that she’s met her match in Sawyer as far as that concerns. She doesn’t need anyone hovering over her but the more Sawyer does she realizes she doesn’t really mind it if it’s him. Hmm.. food for thought.
Watching these two damaged souls work through their issues was riveting. We go into the story (if you’ve read the first two books) knowing enough about Sawyer to have a good feel for his personality. We quickly learn there’s a lot more to Juliet than the first impression we got at the end of the last book and she’s got her own “weight of the world” circumstances sitting on her shoulders. These two come together and make each other stronger – but is it strong enough when things go really wrong? Can two “always be prepared for the glass half-empty” people handle life when the glass shatters? Pick up this book and find out. You’ll love these characters and like most of worlds Erin Nicholas creates – I wish I could plan a trip to hang out with this group!
Sawyer’s a man’s man–big, capable, unafraid, he’s definitely an example of the guys Juliet wants her brother to have as a role model. He’s known for being fun, flirty, almost bigger than life. He’s also broken. Devastated when he lost his best friend in a freak accident last year, he’s not been the same since. He’s become Mr Gloom and Doom, Mr Triple-Check-Your-Seatbelt, Mr Park-Your-Butt-on-the-Seat-at-ALL-Times… His family and friends are giving him space to be, but he’s feeling lost.
Juliet’s baby brother Chase and his friends did something stupid, and Juliet is going to make sure he learns his lesson, so she volunteers him and herself to rebuild the dock they busted up. Her background’s shaped her into Ms Cautious. She knows it’s better to be prepared than to be caught off-guard. Her motto is to measure five times, and then and only then to cut once.
Erin Nicholas’s Boys of the Bayou series has been all winners from the start, and Beauty and the Bayou is no exception. Ms Nicholas lets us see how sometimes those who know and love us best still can’t ease our pain. And sometimes it takes a new friend to elicit just the measure of comfort and healing needed to bring us back to our truest selves.
Ms Nicholas’s characters are incredible. Sawyer and Juliet are people I want to befriend, and I want to move to Autre to hang out with Ellie, Cora, Leo, and all the rest! Readers who have enjoyed this series and Boys of the Big Easy will love the chance to catch up with Gabe and his charming family when they arrive for a swamp boat tour. New readers will have no trouble falling even more in love with the Landrys and the entrancing, compelling universe Ms Nicholas has created in Louisiana.
I especially love the way Ms Nicholas reminds me that while love can indeed heal, love also appreciates us just as we are. We don’t need to fear our brokenness or our weaknesses because those very things can be exactly what fills a need in another. And yes, life is not without risk and even the best planners among us cannot adequately prepare for the unknown lurking around the corner. But ultimately the loving embrace of our family or found-family? That is the best balm of all.
Beauty and the Bayou has it all–fabulous characters, great plot, tons of heart, happy tears, and more heat than a Louisiana bayou. And that Boys of the Bayou office? That place has seen more action than a Bond flick. The bottom line? Beauty and the Bayou will leave you satisfied and hungover–Erin Nicholas packs more of a punch than Kenny’s moonshine. And that’s REALLY sayin’ something 😉
It’s another hit from Erin with this one, Beauty and the Bayou is the next in the Landry family series featuring Sawyer!
Mourning the loss of his best friend and business partner, Sawyer was fighting feelings he never thought he would have about his home and the Bayou which he made his living from. After loosing Tommy to a rare accident in the place they loved and grew up, and suffering a permanent scar himself of the incident, Sawyer became a little obsessed with safety. He knew his family was concerned about him and knew they were only trying to help but still he couldn’t help worrying and overreacting to their lack of safety measures on the bayou. After constant complaints from tourists about Sawyer and how he was handling the tours on the bayou, they decided to take over his portion of the business until he could get his life together. He wasn’t happy about it but he knew he wasn’t in shape to be playing tour guide and agreed to staying off the bayou and in the office for now.
Along comes a beauty, a hip wader, life vest, hard hat, goggle wearing, safety conscious beauty that Sawyer never expected! Despite Juliet’s fear of water and her own physical limitations, she was determined to help replace the dock that her brother Chase and his buddies destroyed in a joy riding drunken night on the bayou.
After stumbling across the beauty, hanging off his dock, wearing hip waders and a life vest, Sawyer was shocked to learn that his family had went behind his back and agreed to let Juliet and her brother rebuild the dock he destroyed, in turn, teaching Chase a lesson. After rescuing her from nearly tumbling head first into his bayou and after his initial shock of learning his family’s plans he agreed to Juliet’s terms. Let her and Chase rebuild his dock, and they show Chase what a real man is and how to be part of a community. In other words, how not to grow into a rich entitled asshole his older brothers had become.
Spending time with Juliet and helping guide her in rebuilding the dock and learning of her own fears and physical limitations due to a childhood stroke at the age of 10, he found his soulmate. She was the woman who got him, and understood his newly developed fears and apprehensions about life in the bayou after suffering the loss of Tommy. How they could overcome both their fears and live life again. Slowly, Sawyer felt himself coming back to life, and he wanted a life with Juliet, which meant convincing her to stay with him and that she could be happy and safe in his world.
You’ll not want to put this one down, it’s an emotional tug at your heart, along with the usual steaminess of the Bayou boys! Sawyer and Juliet has it all, hot, off the chart sex, romance, laughter and of course tears. Oh, and can’t forget the kids!!! Gabe Trahan, little alligator loving Stella with her adorable protective little brother Cooper make an appearance in this one, you’ll love falling in love with them again!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I found this book absolutely delightful!! I thought that there was a very special feeling to Sawyer and Juliet’s romance. Originally, the idiosyncrasies that these two have would seem to clash and really be too much for one relationship to contain but instead they helped to create a beautiful and unique couple. Sawyer is a hero that will make you swoon and not just because he is handsome and has that southern charm. He made me think of Batman. Tragedy has entered his life and death has stolen from him and this has left him a changed man. His wounded soul will call to you and his over-stimulated savior instinct will make your heart melt. He is a genuinely good guy compelled to try to protect, save and defend from enemies that he can never really defeat. As for Juliet, I felt an immediate connection with. I could see so much of myself in her. Her desire to have control, the need to plan every detail, the agonizing over every situation and wanting to scope out each and any way things could go wrong and her lists and papers that needs to aid in her fight against turmoil and the foe that most people just call everyday life. Toss in her Gatekeeper tendencies and sometimes felt like I was looking in a mirror. I thought these two were very sweet, funny and steamy. They soothed each others souls, eased the voices of their demons and brought light, love and happiness into each others hearts and that is something that is simply priceless and more precious than gold.
NO SPOLIERS no book specifics told…I absolutely love the Boys of Bayou series and getting to know all them a little each more with every book that Erin comes out with. This one was focusing on Sawyer and Juliet. Sawyer has been through some very tough times in recent months and his personality was changed drastically by those events. Juliet had something happen in her childhood that molded her into the non risk taker that she is today. So can these two change each to be able to figure out that pull that they have between them from the first time they meet. You know Erin always brings the HEA but how they get there is a ride.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Oh my these Landry men have been so much fun! It’s finally time for Sawyer to get his story and was it a great one. If you have read books 1 and 2 you know that Sawyer has been having a rough time of things for the past 9 months. Juliet is an attorney from Virginia that is working alongside her brother Chase in doing repairs to the Landry’s dock that Chase and his friends destroyed in a drunken swamp boat adventure. Juliet believes that Chase will learn more by working off his debt than simply writing a check. To say that Sawyer doesn’t think that this is a good idea is an understatement. Two people working with power tools that have no clue how to use them is an accident waiting to happen and no matter how easy on the eyes Juliet is, Sawyer is all about safety first. Juliet is intrigued by the gruff and sexy Sawyer but she’s headed back to Virginia in two weeks so should she sample what the Bayou has to offer or stay in her lane? Beauty and the Bayou is what readers want in a romance, laughter, emotions, silliness, heat and love. It really is a great story about two people that need to relax and let the good times roll! The question is are they going to be able to do that. Beauty and the Bayou is told from dual POV and will give you all the feels and tastes of the Louisiana bayou.
For the past day and a half I’ve been stalking my Kindle and synching it every five minutes to see if this book had downloaded, and when it finally did, the rest of my world ground to a halt so I could dig into this one. I’ve been dying to read Sawyer’s story and knew it would be epic!
Since the beginning of this series, the Landry clan has owned my heart. But viewing them from Juliet and Chase Dawson’s point of view, I fell in love with them all over again. Juliet and her brother Chase are about as southern as snowshoeing, but when Chase and his buddies “borrow” an airboat from the Boys of the Bayou Swamp Boat and Fishing Tours one night and end up crashing it into the dock, Juliet is determined that they spend a couple of weeks in Autre, Louisiana, so her brother can rebuild the dock, learn some responsibility, and hopefully be around guys who will be a good influence.
Juliet is a planner, and quirky enough that her quirks have quirks. She has an accordion file for everything and, no matter the situation, Juliet runs through all of the “what ifs” so she can anticipate the unexpected and be fully prepared. But with all of her painstaking advance planning, nothing could have prepared her for Sawyer Landry.
Sawyer, bless his heart, is a heartbreak and a half. He lost his best friend to the bayou he loves so much, and now he’s obsessed with keeping everyone safe, preferably tucked away in bubble wrap. He’s lived the days since Tommy’s death being uptight and worried, and hasn’t seen a glimmer of the old, laid back Mr. Nice Guy in all that time. But Juliet has him feeling things he hasn’t felt in a long time and wanting to do things he hasn’t done in the last nine months. Like smile. And laugh.
Juliet and Sawyer both have traits that might be off putting to the average person. To those who love and understand them those traits are patiently accepted, and it isn’t long before the reader understands and loves these characters, as well. Regardless of their flaws, Juliet and Sawyer are both strong, compassionate characters, and it quickly becomes apparent how their strengths benefit each other.
This series just keeps getting better and better. With plenty of laughs and more Landry craziness, this one goes even deeper. Juliet and Sawyer both have a lot from their past that they’re dealing with, but there’s something especially endearing when a character accepts their flaws and works to be their best version of self, and it’s especially beautiful when Sawyer and Juliet’s broken pieces fit the other so perfectly. Their challenges are authentic, their struggles believable, and their growth is inspiring.
Not only do we get these two amazing characters and the rest of the Landrys, but we get to reunite with a few characters from The Boys of the Big Easy Series, including nine-year-old Stella who asked Sawyer to marry her and her scary-smart, serious stepbrother Cooper, who is nine going on forty. And it’s little Cooper who offers the words of wisdom that are so helpful to Juliet. Well, that, as well as the whole Landry clan. Because to Juliet, people who will support her and have her back, no questions asked, is more than she can resist.
Clever, witty and sarcastic, this one has undeniable chemistry and plenty of steam, but also more than its share of tugs at the heartstrings, making this a hilarious, poignant, delightful read that you won’t want to miss!
*I read an early edition of this book freely and voluntarily, having made no commitment to provide feedback and receiving no compensation of any kind from any source.
Another fabulous book by Erin Nicholas. Just when you think you read a fantastic book the next one seems to top it. I was so excited to read Sawyer’s book and I definitely was not disappointed! From the moment Sawyer met Juliet you just knew they were what the other one needed. They both had issues that made them each overthinking, over protective yet with each other they helped to calm each other and make them realize that together they can handle anything.
I liked that Chase, Juliet’s brother, was able to redeem himself from the jerk he was when we first met him and that he actually was likable. You could tell he cared for his sister and for his new Bayou family.
For as excited as I was for Sawyer’s book, which I absolutely loved, I can tell my kindle will be smoking when I finally read Kennedy and Bennett’s book. I like that we were able to see Tori, Josh, Maddie, Owen, Kennedy and the rest of the Landry clan. They are just a crazy, wonderful family and I love them and their antics.
I am in love with the whole Landry family!! This time we get to focus on Sawyer, who is struggling to gain his balance after losing his best friend and partner Tommy in their beloved bayou. Sawyer can’t seem to have any fun because he’s so focused on keeping everyone safe. Sawyer’s life is disrupted by Juliet and Chase who have returned to rebuild the deck that Chase destroyed. Juliet is a safety first kind of girl and her favorite past time is playing the what if game. Can you say match made in heaven?? The first meeting between Sawyer and Juliet is perfect! It is so sweet to watch Sawyer learn to breathe again and fall in love with Juliet. We get plenty of the whole family, which is icing on the cake. Definitely grab this one for a good time!
Juliet, is an attorney, comes to Autre, Louisiana to build a deck, at The Boys of the Bayou tour boats. Juliet’s brother was down there with frat brothers, they stole one of the boats, and it crashed into the dock. She makes her brother help so he will learn a lesson. Her right side is weak and she is constantly playing the “what if” game. Sawyer is one of the owners of Boys of the Bayou and is not the same man he was nine months ago. He doesn’t have fun, he yells at clients and family, and he is making his own life miserable. When he meets Juliet, she’s wearing waders, a hard hat, and a life vest, and she’s the perfect woman for him. Can they both get over their fears and live happily ever after?
Funny, sexy, and a great story. Two people who take safety to the extreme.
* Voluntarily read and reviewed this for the author *
Last few months has been hard for Sawyer, since his friend died. He is worrying about everyone.
Juliet’s brother destroyed boat dock and she thinks the best thing for him will be to rebuild that dock with her help, hoping that this prevent him from being same as their older brothers.
When those two meets, you can feel chemistry between those two from a mile away.
Book is great, characters are awesome. We meet characters from previous books.
I did enjoyed this book very much and highly recommend.
Omg! I don’t have the right words to express how in love I am with Sawyer, Juliet and this whole story. All I can say is, WOW! Absolutely amazing. Loved every minute. It was fun, cute, sweet, inspiring, and oh so sexy. My heart is so full right now because of these amazing characters in this little fictional town of Autre. I seriously want to move in with these people and be surrounded by their fun loving and caring ways everyday. I didn’t want to finish this story. I really want to be a part of this world forever. Luckily there’s one more book in this series. Can’t wait for more fun with Kennedy and Bennett next.
*I voluntarily read an advance copy of this book*