Drive Me Wild

Features

• Cover Type: Mass Market Paperback with 352 pages
• Published by: Dell March 7, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0440236185
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0440236184
• Book Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.9 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 6.4 ounces

Product Description
He was a devastating TV anchorman who thought he'd seen it all

With the face that launched a thousand newscasts, drop-dead-gorgeous TV anchor Brent Michaels  returns to his Texas hometown--to be the "bachelor" in a Dating Game fund-raiser.  He can't refuse his old friend Laura Beth Morgan's request. And soon,  he can't refuse the shy do-gooder anything. The tomboy he remembered had blossomed into a gorgeous woman. An irresistible challenge for the man every lady wants

until he rediscovered the girl next door.

Laura Morgan yearns to break free, just as Brent Michaels did. He'd come a long way from the boy who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, the friend who kissed her once, then ran. But even as he warns her he's incapable of love, he's not running now. For Laura was stirring him like no lady had before, making him consider the "M" word for the first time, leaving him certain of only one thing: Laura Morgan could be his undoing.

From the Inside Flap
He was a devastating TV anchorman who thought he'd seen it all

With the face that launched a thousand newscasts, drop-dead-gorgeous TV anchor Brent Michaels  returns to his Texas hometown--to be the "bachelor" in a Dating Game fund-raiser.  He can't refuse his old friend Laura Beth Morgan's request. And soon,  he can't refuse the shy do-gooder anything. The tomboy he remembered had blossomed into a gorgeous woman. An irresistible challenge for the man every lady wants

until he rediscovered the girl next door.

Laura Morgan yearns to break free, just as Brent Michaels did. He'd come a long way from the boy who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, the friend who kissed her once, then ran. But even as he warns her he's incapable of love, he's not running now. For Laura was stirring him like no lady had before, making him consider the "M" word for the first time, leaving him certain of only one thing: Laura Morgan could be his undoing.

Reader Reviews
A first novel that really delivers! My first book by this author was "Lead Me On", then I read "Falling for You". I'm looking forward to reading "Dear Cupid" to bring me current (and can't wait for "Don't Tempt Me" due early in 2004). Ms Ortolon's obvious love of Texas and her feel for small town life add to the charm of her stories. Brent Michaels has really made it. Handsome, wealthy Houston news anchor, he's come a long way from the abusive, wrong-side-of-the-tracks, poverty of his broken childhood. No one in the small town of Beason's Ferry ever thought he'd amount to much, so he left and never looked back. But a charity "Dating Game" event organized by the only friend he ever had brings him reluctantly back to his hated home town - on the condition that she is one of the contestants! Laura Morgan, dutiful daughter of the town doctor, has never left Beason's Ferry. She lives a sedate, conservative life organizing charity events and occassionally dating the town pharmacist. She never misses the evening news watching Brent with pride, longing and a bit of envy, for she'd love to move to Houston and make her own life, but she's always felt a duty to stay with her father. And so, when the former Brent Michael Zartlich selects Laura to be his date, they see each other again for the first time in years. There is obvious attraction on both sides, but Brent tries hard not to act on it. Laura's the white-picket-fence, two kids and a dog type and that life is definitely not for Brent. With the childhood he had, he's convinced he'd make a lousy husband and father and has no intention of ever trying. Laura assures him she's not looking for those things, and decides to move to Houston for the summer, get a job and pursue a relationship with Brent. Things go well until they get serious, of course and I think I'll stop there. You'll have to read it yourself to find out what happens! Brent and Laura are both likeable characters, especially Brent - so smooth and confident on the outside, yet a bundle of insecurities inside, particularaly when dealing with the people from his past. A recommended read!