Talk Nerdy to Me by Vicki Lewis Thompson

How does a Magna Cum Laude electrical engineer talk to a brilliant self-taught inventor? Nerdy, of course. Especially if the engineer is hot-bodied Charlie Shepherd and the inventor is the sexy fashion model Eve Dupree. Eve has just moved to the small town where Charlie lives, to work on her inventions, while Charlie is looking for a job outside the small town that challenges his engineering skills.

When Eve needs help with her latest invention, Charlie volunteers and the two of them work on her purple hovercraft powered by Eve's new bio fuel. However, Eve and Charlie frequently find themselves distracted as all that nerdy talk gets them both hot and bothered. Finishing the invention is not their only problem, as it now appears that someone’s just stolen the plans. Now they must race to finish the hovercraft while solving the mystery behind who’s trying to steal it.

Okay, I admit it. I’m a nerd. I even like to read and even write about nerds. My first novel length story I wrote is titled Geek Goddess, so it’s only natural that any book with the word nerd or geek in the title automatically makes it to my too be read pile. The same goes with any book written by Vicki Lewis Thompson as I loved reading her Duets, Temptations and Blazes. So when Vicki writes a new book about nerds, the book even never makes it to my to-be-read pile as I usually start reading immediately.

The big difference between this book and her previous nerd books is that both the hero and heroine are nerds. So even though the heroine is a fashion model, it doesn’t make her any less of a nerd. The plot is rich and complex, while the sex is hot and spicy. The combination works well making Talk Nerdy to Me a definite must read book for nerds and geeks and the people that love them (Hi Jill :) )

Details: St. Martins, February 2006

Bottom line: A great book