Fear of Driving

by Daniella Brodsky

Ruby's a New Yorker-and everyone knows owning a car in Manhattan is a big hassle. For Ruby, the idea of driving brings back too many memories of a childhood spent riding all over the country with her mom in a beat-up car, never settling down on solid ground. But after meeting Ed Robbins at a country wedding, Ruby faces a tough decision-stay within her city limits, or move to Middleville, Connecticut, to make a future with Ed. It would mean being blissfully close to the guy she loves. It would alsomean (shudder) having to drive. Is any man worth that kind of sacrifice? And could anything short of an eighteen-wheeler haul both Ruby and her emotional baggage around? Ruby's always been a my-way-or-the-highway kind of girl. But on the road of love, you have to learn when to take the wheel-and when to yield.

Genres: Chick Lit

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Daniella Brodsky is the bestselling author of dozens of contemporary romance novels--one of which has been adapted by Disney as the film, Beauty & The Briefcase, starring Hilary Duff (I know, right?!).

She writes sexy, sweet, intelligent romance that often takes readers into far-off destinations. This is because she’s lived all over the world, from New York to London to Sydney and Honolulu. She lives in Australia, and lots of her alpha males are Australian because let’s face it: they’re hot. And the accent doesn’t hurt either. That’s why she married one.

Daniella is an adjunct Creative Writing Lecturer at James Cook University and edits and teaches fiction craft at her Captain Cook Studio. A native New Yorker, she lives in Canberra, Australia, where she is writing her next contemporary romance novel in the FLAME SERIES: INSANELY HOT, THEN NOT, which launches in April and features a particularly epic bad boy billionaire come good.

Do you sometimes like to have a break from your book boyfriends and keep yourself up all night with a heart-pounding twisty psychological thriller full of “oh no you didn’t!” moments? Check out her pen name: Dan Noble

Reviews

[Vanessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

The ending is very nice but to get there was very long. There is just too much repetition and detail and not enough content.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was pretty good, but I found it dragged on a lot, which made it kind of hard to want to continue reading. I found a lot of the story was repeated in the book, but it was a decent read.