A Taste for Speed (Harlequin Nascar)

By Dorien Kelly

Book Overview

Retired NASCAR champion Steve Clayton is no stranger to risk. Still at the top of his game, the world-renowned wine grower is willing to take chances--in everything but love. Then he meets Sarah Stanton. The fiercely independent college professor is totally different from the women he usually dates. Yet he can't get her out of his mind.... Sarah has given up on finding the right man to share her life and give her the child she yearns for. The former racecar driver and paparazzi-loving playboy is wrong for her in every way. So why is Steve pursuing her as if this were the most important race of his life?

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373185286
• ISBN13: 9780373185283
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic

Loved this story. It's a tiny bit different, because its not quite so submerged in the world of NASCAR, more like on the fringes, but I loved the characters, Steve Clayton and Sarah Stanton, and the storyline moved along. The wine-making industry of Sonoma was a key feature, and was a real nice backdrop to the story. A nice older hero that was very likable, a smart and sexy heroine who knew where she was going, but also wasn't so strong-minded to be overly willful. She sees it like it is, and doesn't get caught up in complex character traps. I was intrigued by the hero, and wondered at the use of his public image as a shield, so it seemed. It was a pretty good setup for a character's social versus personal mechanisms of behavior, if that makes sense. Their romantic chemistry was good. Secondary characters will later develop into their own stories. Should be good.