A Delirious Summer — Ray Blackston

WOULD YOU TRAVEL THOUSANDS OF MILES JUST TO GET A DATE?

Neil Rucker's tempted. His life as a Spanish language teacher in Ecuador affords little opportunity for romance. So when his worst student, stockbroker-turned-missionary Jay Jarvis, negotiates a trade of extra credit for a respite in Greenville, South Carolina, Neil's delirious summer begins.

But the girls of Greenville aren't waiting for dates. They've crafted a plan -- a database and an organization -- to find Mr. Rights in every denomination and congregation ... if only Neil and the other available bachelors show up at the same places they do.

As the girls church-hop in search of the perfect man, Neil struggles to keep up and find the perfect girl among the Neapolitan choices: short, demanding redhead Lydia; thrill-seeking and lead-footed blonde Darcy; and the very tardy but dangerous raven-haired Alexis with the pierced eyebrow.

Between the reckless driving, the double-double mochas, and the lessons in crabbing for dinner, Neil will have to figure out who's the girl for him -- a process that would render any guy delirious.