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Sociology graduate student Imogen
Wilson has recently been transplanted from her rather
cautious, sheltered world in New York to Charlotte, North
Carolina, where stock car racing reigns supreme and where
life moves at 180 mph – if you hang around stock car
drivers, that is. When she meets a young woman who is
completely fixated on marrying a race car driver, to the
point where she has a rule book she follows tailored to that
purpose, Imogen gets a brilliant idea for her thesis: she’ll
follow the rules of
How to Marry a Race Car Driver in Six Easy Steps and see
if a guidebook tailored to a specific occupation can
actually result in success. There’s just one problem –
Ty McCordle. The sexy race car driver would be the
perfect candidate to experiment on, except for her deep,
inexplicable attraction to a man who is her complete
opposite. Imogen will just have to ignore her desire
for Ty until she finishes her research. But what’s
Imogen to do when Ty sets his sights – and considerable
charms – on her?
It’s love in the fast lane for the
protagonists of Erin McCarthy’s sexy second installment to
her Fast Track series.
Hard and Fast
takes the world of stock car racing, adds in a sinfully
handsome driver, a beautiful and brainy grad student, and
the judicious use of Shakespeare to create a wonderfully
entertaining tale of not-quite-opposites attracting.
Ty’s a hero who made me melt with his romantic nature,
confidence on the racetrack (not to mention in the bedroom),
and vulnerability over his dyslexia. But what really
won me over about Ty was how completely enthralled he was
with Imogen’s mind. And the object of his affections?
She delighted me with her inquisitive nature. The two
of them were quite a pair and Ms. McCarthy made it easy for
me to become invested in their relationship.
I have not yet read
Flat-Out Sexy, the first book in the Fast Track series,
so I can safely say Imogen and Ty’s romance stands on its
own. However, I definitely want to go back and read Tamara
and Elec’s story, as they are strong supporting characters
in
Hard and Fast.
There are also two other characters central to this tale,
namely Imogen’s friend Suzanne and Ty’s friend Ryder.
Suzanne and Ryder have been divorced for two years, but the
sparks that flew between them in
Hard and Fast
made me desperate
for their book. Thank goodness their story is next, because
it’s going to be hard enough to wait for that book as is.
While I wait for those two to get their happily ever after,
I’ll just have to lose myself in
Hard and Fast.
With its winning characters and fast-moving plot, something
tells me that won’t be a hardship. |
