While the road to love was filled with twists, turns, and a few obstacles, there is no doubt these two enjoyed the ride! ~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures
Blurb:
When desire gets this hot, you’d better buckle up…
Mary Daniels doesn’t let anything get in the way of her job acquiring rare artifacts for her wealthy boss. But this particular obstacle—huge, hard-muscled, unashamedly masculine—is impossible to ignore. Stuck in a cramped car with Brodie Crews for hours en route to their new assignment, Mary feels her carefully crafted persona—and her trademark self-control—is slipping, and she won’t allow it.
Brodie can’t imagine what secret in Mary’s past has left her so buttoned-up, though he’d dearly love to find out. Maybe then she’d trust him enough to explore their explosive chemistry. But he needs this job, so he’ll play by her rules and bide his time…until an enemy determined to outwit them strikes and he needs to get close—in every way—to protect her. Otherwise they could lose much more than a precious collectible. They could lose it all.
I have to hand it to Lori Foster, Driven to Distraction, the first book in her new Road to Love series, is the perfect mix of romance, suspense,
and sweet, sexy fun. As with all first books in a series, a lot of characters were introduced and the series was set up, but never once did the romance between Brodie and Mary get lost and for that I give Ms. Foster huge kudos. While the road to love was filled with twists, turns, and a few obstacles, there is no doubt these two enjoyed the ride!
I always love when the hero and heroine don’t hit it off right away and there is a bit of animosity and that describes Brodie and Mary perfectly. Brodie is laid back, confident, and overtly sexual and Mary is buttoned up, controlled, and exudes an air of authority so naturally from the start they are sparring, but beneath that is sexual chemistry that oozed off the page.
Mary works for an eccentric, very wealthy man who liked to collect things; things that are sometimes odd, sometimes a bit illegal, and always expensive and it is Mary who goes out with a driver/courier as her boss’s representative and the “money person.” When Brodie is hired to be her driver, they end up spending quite a bit of time together and sometimes coming up against some interesting people. Their hours of driving also gives them a lot of time to talk and get to know one another and THIS is what I loved so much about this book; the reader really gets into these character’s heads and begins to know what motivates them and why they act the way they do. Oh, and I cannot forget about Brodie’s dog, Howler, who is always along for the ride and his story is equally important to his relationship with Brodie.
We meet Brodie’s brother, his pseudo sister, and his Mom all of which are entertaining and fascinating and while I’m sure she has stories planned for Jack and Charlotte, I do hope she writes one for their mom, Ros as well who is so deserving of her own happy ever after. I honestly can’t say enough about Ros and the men she raised, the way she treats Charlotte as her own, and the way she gave Mary something she never had and needed so very badly.
With characters that come to life on the page, an engaging plot, a fantastic dog, and lots of sizzling chemistry Driven to Distraction was a perfect romance and is Lori Foster at her best!
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