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Review Tour: Drive Me Wild: Melanie Harlow

by - Tuesday, August 25, 2020




Drive Me Wild
Melanie Harlow
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Release Date August 24, 2020

When Blair Beaufort literally crashes into Bellamy Creek wearing a ball gown and a tiara, I should have towed her car, said goodnight, and sent her packing.

I’m a mechanic, not a hotel manager. I've got enough on my plate trying to keep my shop from going under, my overbearing mother off my back, and my baseball team in contention for the league championship. I don’t have time for a former debutante with zero street smarts and a cash flow problem, even if she is crazy beautiful.

Problem is, she’s stranded in my small town, and I’m hiding a protective streak underneath my broody exterior that runs deep. So I offer her a place to stay and keep my hands to myself.

For exactly one night.

If only she weren't so gorgeous. So funny. So eager to please. She’s a disaster behind the wheel, but she drives me wild without even trying--at work, at home, in the back of my truck . . . I can’t get enough of the way she makes me feel.

But I know better than to think it can last. She wants a fairy tale, and I’m no prince.

So when it comes time for her to leave, there’s nothing I can do but let her go.

No matter how much it hurts to say goodbye.


Griffin Dempsey is fine with his life in his home town of Bellamy Creek. He works hard and is trying to keep his family garage afloat and plays baseball with his good friends. He does not have time for much else. He does not get attached to women or have relationships. It is safer if he follows his own rules and be in control of his own life. 

He does not know what hits him with Blair Beaufort crashes into town...literally. Looking like a runaway princess and needing a rescue, Griff begrudgingly ends up being her savior. She has left her previously privileged life to strike out on her own. But she is a bit lost, desperate, and in need of help. But she has plans and dreams, and is strong-willed and wants to be independent. 

While waiting for Griff to repair her car, she hangs around his town and his apartment and garage. Soon she is filling roles he did not realize needed to be filled...not only in his business but in his bed. One night only leads to a couple weeks of fun. They have a great rapport, push each other, and tear up the sheets. His family would love for her to stay and marry him and are sure it is fate. But Griff has reasons for closing himself off and not wanting to truly let someone in enough to hurt him.

He has been breaking some of his rules, but will he break the most important one?

And what happens when time ticks down and it is time for her to go?

Griff is a broody one. He could be sweet, charming, protective, and he could be stubborn, angry, and strike out when cornered. He fights himself and his own feelings as much as he argues with everyone else trying to make him see what he refuses to. He made me want to shake him at times. And Blair is finding her confidence and knows what she wants. But she also believes in fairytales and happily-ever-after, and Griff knows he is not a prince. Their communication can be a bit lacking (especially grumpy, closed off Griff) and their plans seem to conflict. But I really liked how they challenged and balanced each other. 

This is a sweet, sexy, heartfelt, opposites-attract, just passing through the small-town love story. The Prince "Not Always So" Charming and the lost Princess searching for true love and a home. They both have flaws and quirks and are definitely not perfect, but that is what makes them unique. I also enjoyed the side characters of his three best friends, Cole, Enzo, and Beckett, and his sister, Cheyenne. The whole small-town setting with nosy townspeople is fun. I enjoyed a cameo and tie-in to another series too. 

This is a great start to a brand new series and I can see several more stories happening here. I am already invested in one potential couple for sure!
Switching off the lights, I followed her out onto the sidewalk, locking the door behind us. “I need a quick shower and change of clothes. Want to come up with me?”
“Sure.”
I was following her up the stairs to my apartment, looking at her ass and wondering if she had sexual rules and how long it would take me to break them, when I realized she was still talking. 
Shit, had she just asked me a question? 
At the top of the stairs, she turned around and faced me. “So? Are you going to?”
I stood close. Ridiculously close. So close I could smell her—vanilla and lemon—and she could probably smell me—sweat and motor oil. 
“Am I going to what?”I asked, looking at her lips. 
She licked them. “Listen to me.”
“Oh. Yeah. I am.” But at that moment, I was pretty sure I was going to do something else to her too. 
Suddenly she stepped back. “Good,”she said, her cheeks flushed pink. “On second thought, I think I’ll wait outside. I’m a little warm, and there’s a nice breeze.”
“Okay. I’ll be out in a few minutes.”
Nodding, she turned and descended the stairs so slowly, I wondered if she was dizzy. I watched her hand sliding along the wooden rail, thinking dirty thoughts. 
On the landing, she pushed the door open and disappeared from view, but I still couldn’t breathe right. 
What would she have done if I’d put my mouth on hers like I’d wanted to just now? Would she have kissed me back? Would she have welcomed my hands on her skin? Or would she have kneed me in the balls and told me to keep my filthy fingers to myself? 
She wasn’t like any other girl I’d ever met, which was both the problem and the allure. I didn’t know how to read her. 
But damn, I wanted her something fierce. 
I took an ice cold shower, hoping it would help. 
It didn’t.
 
Melanie Harlow 

USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. When she's not writing or reading, she gets her kicks from TV series like Schitt’s Creek, Homeland, and Fleabag. She occasionally runs three miles, but only so she can have more gin and steak.

Melanie is the author of the CLOVERLEIGH FARMS series, the ONE & ONLY series, AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.

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