Detective Rick Easterling is the best undercover cop. Then his non-drug using brother dies from a drug overdose and rumor start that he is a dirty cop. Enter rookie cop Lusinda, she ends up working undercover trying to prove he is dirty. The time she spends with him and watching him interact and help others makes her doubt he is a dirty cop. Then she remembers the importance of this assignment and continues to look for clues that he is bad. When they team up to find out who is supplying the deadly drug things heat up between them. They will have to trust each other to discover the truth and maybe learn to trust themselves in the process. I really enjoyed this book. 3.5 stars!

I’d probably give this one 3 1/2 stars if half stars were available, mainly because the pacing was a bit all over the place and some of the action and consequences were predictable and a bit too convenient.
Book two in Mallory Kane’s Louisiana Lawmen series, No Saint is a contemporary romantic suspense set in New Orleans and pits two undercover police officers against each other.
Rick Easterling is a seasoned undercover cop working to find the source of a lethal blend of heroin that has resulted in several deaths including that of his brother, who was murdered with a fatal injection. Lusinda Johnstone is new to the world of undercover sleuthing. She’s been sent from Baton Rouge to to New. Orleans to find out whether or not Rick is a dirty cop.
This is quite a good story though I did find some of the plot a bit predictable at times. I liked both Rick and Lusinda and I liked the way they juggled with feelings that neither wanted to have while also facing a slew of challenges from the outside world. The build of tension as the story moved to its conclusion was fairly good and the conclusion was satisfying.

I enjoy any book that is based in New Orleans. It is a bonus that this book includes lawmen. There is definitely an undeniable chemistry between the main characters of No Saint. It is fun to read the story as the romance develops between Sin and Rick.

No Saint by Mallory Kane is an action romantic suspense story that looks at the seedier side of New Orleans that tourists hopefully never see. The action is brisk throwing a rookie and a seasoned undercover cop together. They must survive so that they can solve the case bringing down the bad guys. The beginning has a changed up from the usual in bringing the two main characters together; making for an excellent start to the book.

Undercover Detective Rick Easterling has seen plenty of the lowlife side of New Orleans. He is a realistic character that I could see Bruce Willis portraying. Depth, complexity and an undercover cop that walks the line between good and bad would describe him. I liked Rookie Lusinda Johnson, though at time she reminded me of Judy Hopps, the bunny cop in Zootopia. Yelp, that describes her too. Idealistic, naïve, but determined.

There is a romantic side, but it is the action scenes that make this book an interesting read.

An ARC of the book was given to me by the publisher through Net Galley.

This book had me on the edge of my seat and I had trouble putting it down. I really got into the story.

Detective Rick Easterling and rookie police officer Lusinda Johnston are both working undercover at a bar in New Orleans. Rick is investigating what the city is calling the Bad Dope Murders, people dying from contaminated heroin. Sin was recruited by the New Orleans Bureau of Integrity to investigate Rick because he is thought to be a dirty cop and has something to do with the murders. Even though they both live in the same building and work at the same place, neither knows the other is an undercover cop. When the truth finally comes out, will they be able to trust each other enough to find the killer?

I found this book to be extremely exciting and even though I kind of figured out who the killer was early in the book, I still enjoyed reading how Sin and Rick were able to bust them. This is the second in a series, but I found it to be a book you can read on its own. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good romantic suspense story.

I didn't really enjoy this one. The overall premise of the story is solid but I never really connected with the characters nor did feel any connection between Rick and Lucinda. Lucinda just seemed immature and out of her league trying to investigate a "bad cop" and some of the things she does are really quite childish. Rick on the other hand is suppose to be this hard nose out for revenge cop with plenty of experience. I couldn't understand what he could ever find appealing in Lucinda. Perhaps it's just me but this one just didn't click.

I requested No Saint from NetGalley as I really liked the premise of the story. But sadly I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected too.

Don't get me wrong though, it was an ok story and the characters likable. It just never really captured or held my interest and unfortunately there were large parts that didn't really work for me. Including the fact there wasn't much suspense. And the ending, which fell really flat for me. As I never felt like the murders and who set Rick up as a dirty cop was ever fully resolved.

Yet that being said, there were moments I did like. But unfortunately they were very few and far between, and that is really why in the end I gave No Saint two stars.

No Saint by Mallory Kane, book two in the Louisiana Lawmen series, A great addition to the series. I enjoyed the characters especially Lucinda who is a rookie undercover cop who gets sent to investigate another undercover cop Rick who is working on another investigation. The unexpected happens. It had a interesting storyline and great dialogue. Look forward to reading future books in this series.

I really liked this second installment of the series but not quite as much as the first (No Hero). I also wish we had seen a little more of Reghan and Dev (and it sounded like they had a baby!) in this one. I found this a little disjointed at times though Rick and Lusinda were an interesting couple. The author made it sound like there was a huge age gap at first but it doesn't appear so actually. Moreover, it was never really fully explained how Lucinda got pulled into a NOLA investigation when she was with another city's PD. Finally, I felt that Lusinda, Carlos, and Rick all shared too much putting their undercover roles in jeopardy - esp. surprising for Rick since he supposedly is an amazing undercover officer (and he kept saying this had never happened to him). All in all an enjoyable romance and I look forward to the next one.

‘No Saint’ was a mixed bag for me, though I thought the premise sounded intriguing: sending a rookie officer undercover to investigate another, who might have turned dirty in all his years of experience working in the underbelly of society. 

Unfortunately, I couldn’t really buy into the characters at all, even though the beginning started out quite well. I did find Rick easier to sympathise with; his personal vendetta of avenging his brother’s death, his regret about their relationship and his compassion he showed for others when he didn’t need to made him a likeable protagonist. 

I couldn’t quite say the same for Lusinda. For a rookie cop, she seemed painfully naive and amateurish with the lack of experience showing up in sharp contrast to Rick’s hardened undercover mien. Her neurotic act with roaches, the constant monologue about her uncertainty and wavering emotions made her out to be almost like a teenager playing cop, consequently making it harder to believe Rick’s fascination with her, let alone his willingness to break his own rule about getting involved while undercover. 

I also thought the writing was also somewhat uneven: well-written, descriptive at times, then repetitive/simplistic at other times to the point where I found myself skimming. ‘No Saint’ had good action however; it was also a gritty romantic suspense drawing out the violence of such work and the thin lines of good and bad, particularly if you’re into books that deal with the shifting identities of undercover cops and the struggle to inhabit separate personas and the surprises that will come your way.