Fun romantic suspense book. Kane is the local police chief who is on a forced leave of absence thanks to a drug bust gone bad. He's not the kind of guy who enjoys time off and after a few days is bored out of his mind. Instead of being relaxing, a walk on the beach turns up a red-headed firecracker of a woman with a smart mouth and a lot of secrets. His instincts can't decide if she's crook or victim, but his body tells him to keep her close.

Annie is a nature photographer who has come to Hawaii to find the man who scammed her mother and sent her over the edge mentally. She isn't going to give up just because someone tried to drown her. Telling the hunky police chief who rescued her what she has planned doesn't seem to be the best idea, but she can't deny that she feels safe with him.

The sparks between Kane and Annie were evident from the beginning. I loved the rescue/shower scene, as Kane works to revive Annie, but can't help his very male reaction to her. Annie isn't too happy about her own reaction - she doesn't need the distraction, and his bossiness really gets on her nerves. I loved watching her use every trick she can think of to keep her secrets and see Kane call her on every one of them. Though Kane's friend Josh accuses him of thinking with something other than his brain, Kane quickly realizes that Annie is in a heap of trouble and his protective instincts kick in.

I enjoyed the development of the relationship between Kane and Annie. The push and pull between them is fun with sarcastic banter and attempts to resist the sparks that continue to flare between them. But underneath the snark, each of them also recognizes a similar pain. Kane has closed himself off emotionally after too many losses have battered his heart. He doesn't want to risk the pain again, but he's also a man to whom family means everything and he misses it. Annie blames herself for what happened to her mother, and that guilt is one of the driving forces behind her quest for revenge. Letting Kane in risks losing that drive. I loved seeing Annie work her way past Kane's walls and see him start to feel again. I also loved how Annie became so protective of both Kane and Derek. The final scene was fantastic as both had to open up their hearts all the way to get what they most desired.

I enjoyed the suspense of the story also. There were two things going on. First was Kane's suspension while he was under investigation. He was suffering enough from what he'd had to do without having to put up with the vendetta from the Internal Affairs guy. On top of that was the frustration that the person running the drug ring hadn't yet been identified and caught. I liked that Kane's officers respected him so much, which led to some pretty interesting confrontations with the IA guy.

The second was Annie's search for the con man and trying to stay ahead of those who were trying to stop her. Once she finally let Kane in on the whole story, things seemed to move pretty quickly. The final confrontation was very intense with some unexpected twists and turns before it was all over. I ached for Annie and the demons she had to face and loved that Kane was with her all the way. ( )

While this book had a bit of a rocky start for me (the manner in which the heroine was found, and her initial interactions with Kane, were distracting), I'm glad I continued on. While the plot is over the top, and the villains were a bit too "villainous" for my taste, I loved the conversation and chemistry between Kane and Annie. ( )

My mom found this book on the Oprah book list. She read it and told me she didn’t like it, it wasn’t what she expected. And I swear she told me she thought it was going to be a little more… dirty. Well, let me tell you – it was definitely dirty.

This is not a book that you want anyone under 18 to read. There are at least 3 parts that are descriptively sexual.

Lets get back to the beginning though. Kane is on vacation, sort of. He’s hanging out on his beach front property when he sees something, a person, that has washed up on the beach. He takes her in and puts her in the shower, gets her warmed up. Little does he know the firecracker he took off the beach.

Annie is on a mission. A very bad man took advantage of her mother and Annie is back for revenge. And she will not be leaving the island until he’s dead. But other people keep turning up dead.

I didn’t expect all of the drama that was in this book. It was a nice surprise though. It made it easy and quick to read. It was definitely a page turner.

And I love, love, loved the characters. Annie is great. She has the mouth of a sailor and she’s one tough cookie. Kane is a man’s man. He’s tough, strong, doesn’t show emotion and doesn’t really like to talk a lot. But once you get to know him, he’s a great man.

There was one thing that caught my eye a couple of times during the book. We all know I’m a stickler for grammar and mistakes. There were 2 times in the book that a sentence needed and extra quotation mark and they were left out. That drives me crazy.

Although it was a little, ok, a lot more sexual than I bargained for, I still liked it. But for the sexuality, I have to take a bookmark away. I know I should have expected it because of the title. As soon as Michael read the back, he was like “Are you serious?”. I guess my mom forgot to mention how dirty it was

I give Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy 3 bookmarks. ( )

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When Kane Travers finds a beautiful stranger washed up on his beach unconscious and very naked, he jumps into rescue mode without skipping a beat. It’s all part of his job as Chief of Police in Kauai. But handcuffing her to his bed is not…

Annie Parks finds herself in quite a predicament when she wakes in the arms of the hunky but distrustful police chief. He seems to have a knack for discerning just when she isn’t exactly telling the truth, and he doesn’t like it. Still, being handcuffed to his bed is much better than sleeping with the fish, and does have its own benefits…

She came to Kauai seeking revenge, but when the object of her fury proves to be a bigger villain than she suspected, she must tell Kane her whole story, trusting him to help her not with her previously planned vengeance, but merely to stay alive!

HelenKay Dimon’s romance novel Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy was a wonderful introduction for this reviewer to Ms. Dimon’s work! Not having read this author previously, I was not sure what to expect, but found myself intrigued by the synopsis of this story. Upon reading an advance copy of this book, I found I was far from disappointed!

The book’s heroine, Annie Parks, is a sassy, strong and undeniably intriguing character. It is no wonder the hero has a hard time letting her go, even when she is driving him bonkers with unmistakable lies and half truths. See, Annie did not exactly come to the Kauai island of Hawaii for the most upstanding of reasons, and telling the Chief of Police does not strike her as the smartest way to handle her current jam. Then again, the handsome Hawaii native is not exactly telling her everything either…

Kane Travers is a veritable boy scout, with a heart of gold and the most honorable of intentions. Of course, that honor does not prevent him from lusting after the beautiful little liar he finds himself stuck with. Kane is an intriguing hero – an upstanding guy with a heart that has been closed off, afraid to love and lose again. Yet he believes in love and family with every fiber of his being, and longs for that which he believes he cannot have.

Dimon weaves an intricate suspense plot with the romance, providing plenty of surprises near the end complete with some tension filled action scenes. Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy is a fun romantic romp that will have you laughing, biting your nails, and leave you ultimately satisfied with a neat little happy ever after!

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I was in the mood for a light, erotic romance and decided on YMDMC because it had a bit of mystery thrown in. I read contradicting ratings and so far, I agree with the less positive one.

Dimon's writing isn't bad but the story just isn't good. In fact, it's rather boring when it shouldn't be. It has all the ingredients of an erotic, hot read - Hawaii location, hero is 6'3" Hawaiian Chief of Police and a heroine from the Mainland. Yet it goes on page after page of leading nowhere and no suspense. As such, the mystery is no longer interesting much less suspenseful and is becoming an irritation.

I am a little past half way through and am already bored as there is no sex to speak of. Just an allusion to it in the blurb and is a classic case of not judging a book by its cover cos it's a hot cover and it's s hot blurb.

But the author just doesn't deliver. ( )