NASCAR Holiday

Stories could have been a little better

Ladies, Start Your Engines by Kimberly Raye

This was my least liked book of all of the anthologies. I had to force myself to keep reading, hoping that it would get better. I personally thought that Savannah needed to have a back-bone. She let her brothers and father walk all over her and didn’t stand up for herself until I felt it was WAY TOO LATE. For that, I didn’t really care for her.

The story really did lack the “true” Christmas feel to it. It could have been a story at anytime of the year.

‘Tis The Silly Season by Roxanne St. Claire

Of the three anthologies in this book, THIS IS HANDS DOWN MY FAVORITE! The book pulled me in the second I started reading it. I honestly could not get enough. I love the main characters (Clay Slater and Lisa Mahoney).

You will definately love this book too.

Unbreakable by Debra Webb

I’ve read Debra’s book Christmas Past and I liked it… Thus, I had high hopes for this book. Sadly I really didn’t like the heroine in this book. Once you get to understand where she comes from she’s isn’t really that bad, but I still felt that she’s still a little off for lack of a better word. In the situation she was thrown in, I can understand her feelings.

There are a couple of things going on in this book. You have the romance that you’re expecting. But you also have a little mini mystery that you aren’t. I really liked the mini mystery. But I think that it could have played out a little better.

Enjoyable light read

Review by Jen:

"Ladies, Start Your Engines" by Kimberly Raye
Savannah comes from a racing family, but is stuck in the back office and doesn't feel appreciated by the family. When her father fires her in hopes that she'll settle down and start a family, she runs to the competition to prove that she has a talent with cars. The problem is the competition is Mackenzie, an upcoming driver and Savannah's ex-lover, whom she is still attracted to.

This was a solid story, but other than being set just before Christmas, I didn't get the holiday theme. But it was definitely a NASCAR story.

"'Tis the Silly Season" by Roxanne St. Claire
Racer Clay needs a ready-made family if he has any hopes of impressing a potential sponsor. And Lisa sees this as the perfect opportunity to give her kids the Christmas they have never had. But what neither of them had expected was that love is in the air and a Christmas miracle was in the works.

This story was easily my favorite of the three stories. I enjoyed the characters and it had the Christmas theme that I wanted when I bought the book. And it helped that the sparks between Clay and Lisa were hot enough to melt snow.

"Unbreakable" by Debra Webb
Maxine has been hired to prove that race car drivers are serious athletes and Rush is her guinea pig. But it doesn't help that Maxine is attracted to her subject and Rush wants to show her that "rush" that racers can bring is not only on the track.

I have mixed feelings about this novella. I liked the characters, but I don't think their story was developed enough. The story got lost when pair with others that were better developed. I think the story was a good start, but just fell short in the end.

delightful NASCAR romances

¿Ladies, Start Your Engines¿ by Kimberly Raye. Widower Will Calloway shocks his daughter Savannah when he fires her from Calloway Motor Sports, a major participant in the Nextel Cup competition. Will is worried that Savannah has not settled down though she is twenty-eight. Savannah tells Jameson team driver Mackenzie Briggs that he needs her to become the top racer in the Fort Worth area as she plans to prove to her father no one knows engines better than her. He agrees, but it is more than cars they will work on. --- ¿Tis the Silly Season¿ by Roxanne St. Clair. Raleigh waitress Lisa Mahoney has no credit to buy a Mighty Motor Remote Control Stingray and a Mighty Flight Remote Control Viper as Christmas presents for her children. A woman tells NASCAR Busch Series Driver Clay Slater that she needs him only if he settles down. Clay explains to Lisa that he needs a family to prove to Kincaid Toys he is their perfect salesman. When Lisa loses her job due to a TKO, they make an agreement, but neither expected love would seal the deal. --- ¿Unbreakable¿ by Debra Webb. In Huntsville Rocket City team owner Buck Buchanan warns star driver Russell ¿Rush¿ Jackson that his career will end if he fails to watch his image as a photo surfaced that impugns his honor and affirms to those that racing is not a sport. Buck also tells Rush he has arranged for New England Institute for Independent Experts to study racing to ascertain whether this is a sport or not. Dr. Maxine ¿Max¿ Gray is sent to investigate. However, while the researcher and the driver fall in love, someone continues to smear Rush for no apparent reason. --- Contemporary readers will ¿Go for the Gold¿ when they ride with these delightful NASCAR romances. --- Harriet Klausner

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