Driven to Distraction

Series · 2 books · 2010-2011

By Anah Crow

Books in series

Driven to Distraction

2010

Jess Leonard has his hands full as a single dad and the owner of a small but busy garage. He doesn't have room in his schedule for a deep breath, much less a date. When Benaiah Day bangs up the underside of his '66 Jaguar, Jess heads out to do the fix-up work—and finds himself invited in for dinner and more. Ben fits perfectly into the tiny bit of time Jess calls his own. Both of them are marveling at their good luck when Jess' dad inadvertently drives a wedge between them. Dating a black man when your dad isn't shy about his Southern pride—preferably with the biggest Confederate flag he can find—is a heck of a recipe for relationship issues, and that's before Jess trips over the baggage—an obnoxious ex—that Ben can't seem to lose. In spite of the mess, Jess and Ben drive each other crazy in the very best way, and they're both dreaming of the same destination—love that lasts. Can they find a way around the obstacles that could keep them from getting there together? (Sequel: Going the Distance)

Going the Distance

2011

The sequel to Amber Allure’s Best Seller Driven to Distraction... When Benaiah Day attends a conference in New York City, he asks Jess Leonard to break out of his comfortable rut and come along. After all, they are...well, something. Through the months, their mutual attraction has held strong across the distance between their races, classes, and cultures. Yet it stings when Jess says no, even if Ben was expecting it, and leaves him wondering if he’s making a mistake investing himself in the relationship. Worse, being in New York means he’ll spend days fending off Andrew, his ex. It seems no one but Ben thinks he’s serious about Jess. Jess thinks he’s fine until Ben is actually gone, and then he’s left with an empty spot in his life where Ben belongs. It’s convenient to have Ben around, and just as convenient when Ben fades back into his own world, but Ben being hundreds of miles away is something else altogether. Jess’s friends and family push him to face up to how he’s been treating Ben as a temporary lover instead of the partner he could be. When Jess makes the trip after all, he has his first moment of real peace in years. In his small home town, everyone knows his business, but in New York, he’s just Jess, someone who might be good enough to be at Ben’s side even in a room full of professors and scholars. Ben is thrilled that his lover followed him to New York, but he also knows he’s as much to blame as Jess for the uncertainty between them. Jess’s life is due for a major overhaul, and Ben has to get up the nerve to rock the boat or risk their relationship ending up like the Titanic. Soon, both men realize that getting to New York and back is easy; it’s the distance between their lives that’s keeping them apart.

Author

Anah Crow

Author · 30 books

Under Construction! F.A.Q. Do you want to participate in Generic_Author_Event?Drop me a line, please! If you're looking for a book for donation or a blog post from me, I'm usually cool with that.Are you going to write a sequel to Some_Book_You_Wrote?The up front answer is no, unless the book cover indicates that it's part of a series. If there's going to be a sequel to a book, you'll know once I've signed the contract.Who is this Dianne person?Only the light of my life and all that rot. She e-sides here: http://www.foxwrites.com/ Without her, you wouldn't see much from me at all, not even the books that don't have her name on the cover.Do you read your email?All the time. I think the question you want is do I answer my email? Occasionally. Badly. I'm a terrible, terrible emailer.You're reading X books at once?!Only occasionally at once. I can read two books at the same time, but I get dizzy. Mostly, I just switch books depending on my mood. It's unusual for me to have less than four on the go at a time.Do you read reviews of your books?No, sorry! I'm here, yes, but I prefer not to read reviews (no matter how lovely they are) because once a book has left my hands and is available to the readers, my relationship to it changes. It's all grown up. :) I have a clutter of booklings to nurture so they will join the others on your shelves.Will you read/review my book?Sorry, but no. There are a number of reasons for this but the biggest is—I suck at doing these things. I'm a horrible procrastinator. I get wound up and then blank out what I'm supposed to do. My ADHD goes galumphing through my head like a bull in a china shop, wrecking everything.I'm a writer and you hated/loved my book!I'm sure you're a lovely person, either way. Please have one or both of: "I'm sorry!" or "You're welcome!"Can I be excused now?Of course you can! Thanks for reading.