GONE WITH THE NERD

Author: Laurie Gwen Shapiro ISBN: 0312998589 8/2005 CONTEMPORARY Publisher: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS

A beauty looking for her inner-nerd. Movie star Zoe Tarleton has everything but respect. Now she's determined to get it by snagging the coveted role of a plain-Jane chemist. All she needs is for her decidedly uncool attorney, Flynn Granger, to teach her the award-winning subtleties of being a nerd. A nerd unleashing his inner-beast. California's "Bigfoot Country" is the ideal secret hideaway for coaching. That means rehearsing the steamy scenes too. Who'd have guessed that Zoe and Flynn's performances would be so convincing? Unfortunately something is turning their hot love story into a hair-raising thriller. Their sparks are igniting more than heat. The killer bees, the poisoned food, and the toppled tree are no accidents. Someone's out to get them. Does Flynn have a love-struck woman in his life? Does Zoe have an insanely jealous fan? Or is Bigfoot real-and more resourceful than anyone imagined? It's just Zoe's luck. She's finally found the man of her dreams and the role of a lifetime-and both of them could be her last.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Vicki Lewis Thompson has done it again!! I will tell you what, I had never read about a sexy nerd until I started reading this series—now I am considering looking for a nerd of my own!

When movie star Zoe Tarleton decides that she wants to be taken more seriously by movie critics, she thinks getting a role as a nerdy chemist in an action flick is the answer to her prayers. The only problem with that is, she doesn't know how to be a nerd. She has always been the blonde bombshell with the trademark smile and beautiful body.

Enter Flynn Granger. Never in the history of nerdom has there been a bigger nerd than Flynn—at least that is what I thought at the beginning of GONE WITH THE NERD. He wears dorky clothes, drives around in a Honda Civic—heck, he even believes in Bigfoot! Well, I learned early on and I should know from all of Vicki Lewis Thompson's Nerd books, what you see isn't always what you get.

GONE WITH THE NERD is trademark Vicki Lewis Thompson, with hilarious heroines, guys who seem to morph into sexy nerds before our eyes, and completely off the wall storylines that are just plain fun! Saying that this book is a shining star is not giving it enough credit. Vicki Lewis Thompson always gets my vote. She is truly a wonderful and inspiring writer.

Kristal Gorman