Review: Voodoo Dreams by Alana Lorens a Tempting Taste of New Orleans
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 9, 2013
Alana Lorens captured all the flavors of New Orleans, especially at Mardi Gras, in her third book in the Pittsburgh Lady Lawyer series, Voodoo Dreams. From sights of decorated floats and multicolored beads thrown to the crowds, to the haunting sounds of jazz in the air, and the tastes of cajun spices, Lorens leads us around the Big Easy.  If you've never been to New Orleans, you'll feel you're there, and if you've been, you'll take a trip down memory lane as I did.As two attorneys from rival Pittsburgh law firms seek to escape the stress of high paced legal lives, they end up in the same bed and breakfast in New Orleans by coincidence.  Not at all pleased to recognize each other, they at first try to avoid being together, but events change their plans.  A mysterious local man with a background in voodoo keeps appearing wherever Brianna Ward goes, and what first seems coincidence becomes something more sinister.  Is he  stalking her?  Evan tries to warn her, but she is reluctant to listen.  They are lured into an alligator infested swamp in the moonlight, alone in a boat, rowing through the bayou, trying to figure out the mystery.This book will draw you in, coaxing you to keep reading long into the night, into the wee hours. It is an intense mystery, full of danger and suspense, flavored with the hint of an improbable romance.  A very satisfying read!