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Killer Curves
"He's fast. She's furious. They're in for the ride of their lives." Rising star Roxanne St. Claire puts the pedal to the metal in a story of intrigue and passion that will get your heart racing!
When sexy NASCAR racer Beau Lansing tracks down high society debutante Celeste Bennett, it's a matter of life or death. Stunned at the secret Beau reveals, Celeste is forced to make a life-altering decision. But with her love life on the skids and her family life in a tailspin, escaping incognito into Beau's world is just what she needs -- especially if she can get answers about her past.
Beau needs Celeste to save a man's life -- he never expected a high-octane attraction that could wreck his well-protected heart. And when Celeste's life is threatened by someone who clearly knows her real identity, Beau has to risk everything -- including his own life -- to save her. With menacing forces in the driver's seat and time ticking too fast, the two must win the biggest race of all...the race for their lives and their love.
When sexy NASCAR racer Beau Lansing tracks down high society debutante Celeste Bennett, it's a matter of life or death. Stunned at the secret Beau reveals, Celeste is forced to make a life-altering decision. But with her love life on the skids and her family life in a tailspin, escaping incognito into Beau's world is just what she needs -- especially if she can get answers about her past.
Beau needs Celeste to save a man's life -- he never expected a high-octane attraction that could wreck his well-protected heart. And when Celeste's life is threatened by someone who clearly knows her real identity, Beau has to risk everything -- including his own life -- to save her. With menacing forces in the driver's seat and time ticking too fast, the two must win the biggest race of all...the race for their lives and their love.
350 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 25, 2005
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About the author
Roxanne St. Claire
265 books1,833 followersI don’t know about you, but when I check out an author's bio, it’s usually because I’ve read a book I liked and wondered about the person behind it. Let's skip the formal bio and I'll give you the inside scoop on who Roxanne St. Claire really is.
First of all, call me Rocki. Everyone does. Evidently, when my mother brought me home from the hospital I seemed too scrawny and small to pull off “Roxanne” (she’d read Cyrano de Bergerac while pregnant or I would have been Judy) so they called me Rocki.
I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, the youngest of five (overachievers, every one), and fell in love with words and stories the summer I read Gone With The Wind. That year, for my twelfth birthday, my parents gave me a typewriter (with italic font – it was the coolest thing) and from that day on, I’ve had my fingers on a keyboard, pounding out love stories for fun. My AP English teacher taught me the two most important lessons an aspiring author ever needs: 1) verbs are the key to life and 2) a writer should get a real job. After attending UCLA and graduating with a degree in communications, I tried acting and television broadcasting. Oh, they aren’t real jobs? I learned that the hard way. I changed my last name from Zink to St. Claire because a news producer told me Roxanne Zink had too many harsh consonants for a TV personality – apparently Katie Couric didn’t get the memo. I got some fun gigs, and even met Tom Hanks when I did a guest appearance on Bosom Buddies. I liked on camera work, but wasn’t too crazy about starvation, so I moved to Boston and got that “real” job. In fact, I placed my foot on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder and didn’t look down until I’d climbed all the way up to the level of Senior Vice President at the world’s largest public relations firm. On the way up, I met the man of my dreams in an elevator. Two years later – in the same elevator! – he asked me to marry him and I wisely said yes.
I stayed in PR, moved to Miami, had a few babies, lost my home in a hurricane, built another one a few hours north and all along, I kept writing my “stories” for fun. One night, I read a particularly fabulous romance novel that changed my life for good. That night, I decided I wanted to make someone else feel as whole and happy as that author made me feel. (Everyone asks! It was Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.) With two small children and one big “real” job, writing my first novel wasn’t easy, but I did finish a manuscript that managed to get the attention of a literary agent. She told me to do one thing and one thing fast: write another book. (The first one is usually a “learner” book, honestly.) That second manuscript sold to Simon & Schuster’s Pocket Books and was released in 2003 as Tropical Getaway. Since then, I’ve written almost thirty more, in multiple genres, and long ago replaced the corporate ladder with the rollercoaster of publishing as a full-time novelist. Finally, writing is my real job.
Today, I live in a small beach community in Florida with my husband and two dogs. Our kids are off to college and law school, which means my nest is empty! I spend my time writing, working with the kids at my church, enjoying my husband's gourmet cooking, and hanging with my many writer friends. Of course, I love to read. I’m still crazy about words and stories and hope to write at least a hundred books in my lifetime. And, yes, verbs are the key to life. My favorites? Love. Work. Believe.
xoxo
Rocki
First of all, call me Rocki. Everyone does. Evidently, when my mother brought me home from the hospital I seemed too scrawny and small to pull off “Roxanne” (she’d read Cyrano de Bergerac while pregnant or I would have been Judy) so they called me Rocki.
I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, the youngest of five (overachievers, every one), and fell in love with words and stories the summer I read Gone With The Wind. That year, for my twelfth birthday, my parents gave me a typewriter (with italic font – it was the coolest thing) and from that day on, I’ve had my fingers on a keyboard, pounding out love stories for fun. My AP English teacher taught me the two most important lessons an aspiring author ever needs: 1) verbs are the key to life and 2) a writer should get a real job. After attending UCLA and graduating with a degree in communications, I tried acting and television broadcasting. Oh, they aren’t real jobs? I learned that the hard way. I changed my last name from Zink to St. Claire because a news producer told me Roxanne Zink had too many harsh consonants for a TV personality – apparently Katie Couric didn’t get the memo. I got some fun gigs, and even met Tom Hanks when I did a guest appearance on Bosom Buddies. I liked on camera work, but wasn’t too crazy about starvation, so I moved to Boston and got that “real” job. In fact, I placed my foot on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder and didn’t look down until I’d climbed all the way up to the level of Senior Vice President at the world’s largest public relations firm. On the way up, I met the man of my dreams in an elevator. Two years later – in the same elevator! – he asked me to marry him and I wisely said yes.
I stayed in PR, moved to Miami, had a few babies, lost my home in a hurricane, built another one a few hours north and all along, I kept writing my “stories” for fun. One night, I read a particularly fabulous romance novel that changed my life for good. That night, I decided I wanted to make someone else feel as whole and happy as that author made me feel. (Everyone asks! It was Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.) With two small children and one big “real” job, writing my first novel wasn’t easy, but I did finish a manuscript that managed to get the attention of a literary agent. She told me to do one thing and one thing fast: write another book. (The first one is usually a “learner” book, honestly.) That second manuscript sold to Simon & Schuster’s Pocket Books and was released in 2003 as Tropical Getaway. Since then, I’ve written almost thirty more, in multiple genres, and long ago replaced the corporate ladder with the rollercoaster of publishing as a full-time novelist. Finally, writing is my real job.
Today, I live in a small beach community in Florida with my husband and two dogs. Our kids are off to college and law school, which means my nest is empty! I spend my time writing, working with the kids at my church, enjoying my husband's gourmet cooking, and hanging with my many writer friends. Of course, I love to read. I’m still crazy about words and stories and hope to write at least a hundred books in my lifetime. And, yes, verbs are the key to life. My favorites? Love. Work. Believe.
xoxo
Rocki
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November 22, 2015
Celeste Bennett knows something is up when NASCAR driver Beau Lansing specifically requests her as a guide at the Guggenheim. It doesn't take long for Beau to drop a bombshell. His boss and mentor, Travis Chastaine, needs a kidney. Knowing that Celeste is Travis' biological daughter, Beau is hoping she can save his life. Celeste isn't ready to jump on the bandwagon of the guy who abandoned his pregnant girlfriend and baby. She tells Beau that she will meet with Travis, but she doesn't want him to know her identity. Soon she is in Florida posing as Cece Benson and accepting a job with Chastaine Motorsports. Celeste may be there to meet her long-lost father, but Beau is the guy she really wants to form a relationship with.
This is a standalone book written by Roxanne St. Claire. I couldn't put it down. I'm not a NASCAR fan but I thought it was a unique setting for a romance. The plot is excellent and kept me entertained. I loved both Beau and Celeste. They were perfect for each other. This story was billed as romantic suspense, but I thought it was more a contemporary romance with a little suspense thrown in. My rating: 5 Stars.
This is a standalone book written by Roxanne St. Claire. I couldn't put it down. I'm not a NASCAR fan but I thought it was a unique setting for a romance. The plot is excellent and kept me entertained. I loved both Beau and Celeste. They were perfect for each other. This story was billed as romantic suspense, but I thought it was more a contemporary romance with a little suspense thrown in. My rating: 5 Stars.
September 7, 2011
First thought: It wasn’t bad, but it could’ve been better.
Well-written and well-paced with a plethora of interesting and different characters, smokin’ hot, exciting in its race-track imagery...But there was something off. First of all, the initial premise was ruined by the heroine and her rather self-centered offer of possible help for a dying man. Second, and biggest problem of all, the suspense somehow didn’t work. Okay, it did work, until the real motive was revealed. It just caused a great dissonance with the rest of the story. It was flimsy, rather unbelievable, and seemed quickly (too quickly) put together.
The rest was absolutely great. Once the heroine decided to embrace her true self and grew up, the hero, the racing, the romance, the sex, the second-chances storyline. Pity it didn’t have a more solid suspense sub-plot. It could’ve worked out so much better.
Well-written and well-paced with a plethora of interesting and different characters, smokin’ hot, exciting in its race-track imagery...But there was something off. First of all, the initial premise was ruined by the heroine and her rather self-centered offer of possible help for a dying man. Second, and biggest problem of all, the suspense somehow didn’t work. Okay, it did work, until the real motive was revealed. It just caused a great dissonance with the rest of the story. It was flimsy, rather unbelievable, and seemed quickly (too quickly) put together.
The rest was absolutely great. Once the heroine decided to embrace her true self and grew up, the hero, the racing, the romance, the sex, the second-chances storyline. Pity it didn’t have a more solid suspense sub-plot. It could’ve worked out so much better.
May 19, 2011
I didn't like Killer Curves, the problem was the story and the characters, I didn't like them or their actions.
Celeste Bennet just got engaged for the third time for the lamest reason, she couldn't say no when her dad was watching. What phooey and I thought what a push-over, okay but that is just the start, then she sees NASCAR driver Beau Lancing while she is meeting with her friend and she knows. You see Celeste has a secret, since the age of 14 she has know that she is not her father's daughter but someone else, that is Travis, the man who runs the cars Beau races for.
Now, Celeste is a rich-man, senator to be daughter and she doesn't work, she does charities and stuff, she had a job but she quit it when she got engaged for the 1st time as daddy wanted it. So, Beau tells her Travis is dying and he needs her kidney, Celeste says she will think about it. Then she goes and breaks up with that douche and despite knowing her dad is a cheater, she kind of catches him in the act and off she goes to find out if "Travis" is worthy, she wants to get to know him first before saying yes. Not liking her so far.
So, she decides to do a PR job and then to keep the sponsor's clingy wife away from Beau(she is also his ex, who used to be a groupie), they put on an engagement charade. Oh and someone is trying to scare away Celeste and then there are problems with the car and sponsors threatening to pull out and then the said ex dies. See, drama galore and then of course Cece has never had a man-made orgasm so Beau gives her one and when things are about to get heavy between them, life interrupts. .
And Beau he was not much of a hero, in the sense he never stood out.
Now, Celeste's mother is another character. She was a young woman who abandoned the man she loved for money and prestige, I get it she was scared. Then she married and kept on being married to a man who constantly belittled her and flaunted his affairs in front of her but no she doesn't leave him since she is grateful to him and when does she leave him?When she hears a murder plot being hatched. Bah!I didn't like her at all.
Seriously, the suspense was blah and the characters the same. I need sympathetic characters.
But what I appreciated was Celeste's growth, she did some growing up and Beau was also great with her, he tried to protect her and his love for Travis was great. It was not all bad but just average.
Roxanne's other books are so much better. Try the Bullet Catchers, you will love them.
Celeste Bennet just got engaged for the third time for the lamest reason, she couldn't say no when her dad was watching. What phooey and I thought what a push-over, okay but that is just the start, then she sees NASCAR driver Beau Lancing while she is meeting with her friend and she knows. You see Celeste has a secret, since the age of 14 she has know that she is not her father's daughter but someone else, that is Travis, the man who runs the cars Beau races for.
Now, Celeste is a rich-man, senator to be daughter and she doesn't work, she does charities and stuff, she had a job but she quit it when she got engaged for the 1st time as daddy wanted it. So, Beau tells her Travis is dying and he needs her kidney, Celeste says she will think about it. Then she goes and breaks up with that douche and despite knowing her dad is a cheater, she kind of catches him in the act and off she goes to find out if "Travis" is worthy, she wants to get to know him first before saying yes. Not liking her so far.
So, she decides to do a PR job and then to keep the sponsor's clingy wife away from Beau(she is also his ex, who used to be a groupie), they put on an engagement charade. Oh and someone is trying to scare away Celeste and then there are problems with the car and sponsors threatening to pull out and then the said ex dies. See, drama galore and then of course Cece has never had a man-made orgasm so Beau gives her one and when things are about to get heavy between them, life interrupts. .
And Beau he was not much of a hero, in the sense he never stood out.
Now, Celeste's mother is another character. She was a young woman who abandoned the man she loved for money and prestige, I get it she was scared. Then she married and kept on being married to a man who constantly belittled her and flaunted his affairs in front of her but no she doesn't leave him since she is grateful to him and when does she leave him?When she hears a murder plot being hatched. Bah!I didn't like her at all.
Seriously, the suspense was blah and the characters the same. I need sympathetic characters.
But what I appreciated was Celeste's growth, she did some growing up and Beau was also great with her, he tried to protect her and his love for Travis was great. It was not all bad but just average.
Roxanne's other books are so much better. Try the Bullet Catchers, you will love them.
July 5, 2010
I went into this one not expecting much as the thought of NASCAR is about as fun as watching the grass grow, but I was quickly sucked in and found that the car racing background made for great fun.
Celeste was such a stick in the mud at the beginning and it took having her world brought to question to make her question things, even things she knew, Beau was just luckily that he arrived when he did. Beau comes with surprising news for Celeste an is surprised when it seems like he has talked her into the first step to his plan. Little does he know that part of his secret has been known by Celeste for years.
The background with the racing and politics seemingly at odds with each other but all the intrigue works well with the story and as we learn more about the secret things make perfect sense. The whole book you are rooting for Celeste and Beau to get together, at times you know it will happen, but just aren't sure if it will be for good or not.
Celeste was such a stick in the mud at the beginning and it took having her world brought to question to make her question things, even things she knew, Beau was just luckily that he arrived when he did. Beau comes with surprising news for Celeste an is surprised when it seems like he has talked her into the first step to his plan. Little does he know that part of his secret has been known by Celeste for years.
The background with the racing and politics seemingly at odds with each other but all the intrigue works well with the story and as we learn more about the secret things make perfect sense. The whole book you are rooting for Celeste and Beau to get together, at times you know it will happen, but just aren't sure if it will be for good or not.
November 12, 2014
The romance part was actually pretty good, it was everything else that bugged me.
One of my pet peeves in romantic-suspense plots is when the characters do something way too stupid for me to believe.
Had I finished it I may have 3starred it but I was too irritated so yeah.
One of my pet peeves in romantic-suspense plots is when the characters do something way too stupid for me to believe.
Had I finished it I may have 3starred it but I was too irritated so yeah.
November 3, 2009
Loved it Loved it! Great story!
August 10, 2017
Terrific Writing, 4+ stars, but a caution on language
This novel has so much going on it is difficult to put it aside. Living in the Southeast, I have friends and relatives who love NASCAR but never took an interest in it myself. Yet I couldn't help bring intrigued by the challenges, competition, and the toll it takes on the lives of those in the sport. Ms St. Claire did her homework for the sport, all the while weaving those facts and emotions throughout to provide the reader a truly enjoyable read. I can't wait to read more by this author.
This novel has so much going on it is difficult to put it aside. Living in the Southeast, I have friends and relatives who love NASCAR but never took an interest in it myself. Yet I couldn't help bring intrigued by the challenges, competition, and the toll it takes on the lives of those in the sport. Ms St. Claire did her homework for the sport, all the while weaving those facts and emotions throughout to provide the reader a truly enjoyable read. I can't wait to read more by this author.
March 18, 2018
SO GOOD!!!!!
This is such a great story! I loved the whole book. It had everything! Suspense, twist and turns, steam, romance, friendship and two moving love stories!!! Each page kept you wondering what was really going on and what was going to happen next..... The best kind of intrigue!! Plus the heat and sweetness between the main characters made for a great romance. I liked all the main characters and am so glad Roxanne gave us that epilogue... It was like the icing on the cake.... A perfect finish!!!!
This is such a great story! I loved the whole book. It had everything! Suspense, twist and turns, steam, romance, friendship and two moving love stories!!! Each page kept you wondering what was really going on and what was going to happen next..... The best kind of intrigue!! Plus the heat and sweetness between the main characters made for a great romance. I liked all the main characters and am so glad Roxanne gave us that epilogue... It was like the icing on the cake.... A perfect finish!!!!
May 16, 2017
The book that started it all!
Found this gem years ago when my son was getting interested in NASCAR and found out that Roxanne St Clare was a great writer!! I've read all her books and now I've got this one on Kindle! A great adventure and unique story line and all the excitement of stock car racing!!
Found this gem years ago when my son was getting interested in NASCAR and found out that Roxanne St Clare was a great writer!! I've read all her books and now I've got this one on Kindle! A great adventure and unique story line and all the excitement of stock car racing!!
June 20, 2018
Wickedly Good!
I think “Killer Curves” was Roxanne St. Claire’s debut novel but I just now stumbled across it and it’s easy to see why she’s been so successful. The characters and dialogue are authentic, the plots are original and well developed and the romance is rockin’. I’ll dispense with a synopsis as that’s already available and just say that “Killer Curves” is romance done right! I never pass up a Roxanne St. Claire book.
I think “Killer Curves” was Roxanne St. Claire’s debut novel but I just now stumbled across it and it’s easy to see why she’s been so successful. The characters and dialogue are authentic, the plots are original and well developed and the romance is rockin’. I’ll dispense with a synopsis as that’s already available and just say that “Killer Curves” is romance done right! I never pass up a Roxanne St. Claire book.
April 24, 2018
I’ve never been one who enjoyed racing but I loved this book and even understood everything said about racing. Luckily, Roxanne St. Claire did her homework and explained it all. The story of “Beau” and “CeCe” was a wonderful mystery and romance rolled into one. Another hit Ms. St. Claire!!
July 19, 2018
Good book
I once read a few romances about NASCAR, but really didn't understand all the terminology. Now that have been a fan and attended races, understand better. This was a good story about loves found and old loves found again and then add NASCAR unto mix.
I once read a few romances about NASCAR, but really didn't understand all the terminology. Now that have been a fan and attended races, understand better. This was a good story about loves found and old loves found again and then add NASCAR unto mix.
July 14, 2019
Fun read
NASCAR, a hot driver, family secrets, romance, love, second chances, suspense, shady politics, drama and more. When a society belle meets a NASCAR driver down on his luck in racing, the last thing she’s thinking about is falling in love.
NASCAR, a hot driver, family secrets, romance, love, second chances, suspense, shady politics, drama and more. When a society belle meets a NASCAR driver down on his luck in racing, the last thing she’s thinking about is falling in love.
January 16, 2021
Great discovery from 2005
Killer Curves kept my interest for the whole book. Danger, race cars, sex, excitement, romance, suspense it has it all. I'm going to read more of her earlier books.
Killer Curves kept my interest for the whole book. Danger, race cars, sex, excitement, romance, suspense it has it all. I'm going to read more of her earlier books.
August 6, 2017
Loved it!!!
A sweet love story with some murder intrigue involved. I basically read it in one sitting. I don't do that very often at all!!
A sweet love story with some murder intrigue involved. I basically read it in one sitting. I don't do that very often at all!!
August 25, 2017
Good plot.
I like a book with interesting characters and a exciting plot. This book had both. I also liked the NASCAR feature.
I like a book with interesting characters and a exciting plot. This book had both. I also liked the NASCAR feature.
December 26, 2019
Okay read. Predictable outcome.
January 16, 2016
Killer Curves by Roxanne St. Claire
Celeste Bennett knows a secret and when someone else finds out about it she has to make a choice. While the one choice will save a life that same choice will destroy a family. She must enter a world unknown to her to help her make the right decision. Going from the her high class and structured world in New York to the world of stock car driving. What first seems like culture shock quickly begins to feel like home.
Beau Lansing had lost his father to a drunk driver when he was a teenager. He would do everything possible to help the man who had stepped into those shoes twenty years ago. He is determined to get this debutante to help him. She may not be his type of woman, but he finds himself enjoying her company while trying to help her make the right decision.
There is more at stake then Celeste’s decision and she ends up in charade that she’s falling deeper into each day she’s around Beau, and that’s not all she’s falling into. Not to mention a supposed curse that is causing all kinds of issues for the racing team. More mystery and mayhem is happening off the track as well as on it. A story line that holds on and keeps you turning the pages to see what happens next.
**Sexual content and language
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Roxanne St. Claire has two more racing related books in the Harlequin NASCAR Library Series as well; A NASCAR Holiday: 'Tis the Silly Season and Thunderstruck. Reviews for these books are at http://justjudysjumbles.blogspot.com/...
Celeste Bennett knows a secret and when someone else finds out about it she has to make a choice. While the one choice will save a life that same choice will destroy a family. She must enter a world unknown to her to help her make the right decision. Going from the her high class and structured world in New York to the world of stock car driving. What first seems like culture shock quickly begins to feel like home.
Beau Lansing had lost his father to a drunk driver when he was a teenager. He would do everything possible to help the man who had stepped into those shoes twenty years ago. He is determined to get this debutante to help him. She may not be his type of woman, but he finds himself enjoying her company while trying to help her make the right decision.
There is more at stake then Celeste’s decision and she ends up in charade that she’s falling deeper into each day she’s around Beau, and that’s not all she’s falling into. Not to mention a supposed curse that is causing all kinds of issues for the racing team. More mystery and mayhem is happening off the track as well as on it. A story line that holds on and keeps you turning the pages to see what happens next.
**Sexual content and language
http://justjudysjumbles.blogspot.com/...
Roxanne St. Claire has two more racing related books in the Harlequin NASCAR Library Series as well; A NASCAR Holiday: 'Tis the Silly Season and Thunderstruck. Reviews for these books are at http://justjudysjumbles.blogspot.com/...
May 19, 2013
This is an earlier work of Roxanne St. Claire. I started my reading relationship with the author much later. But I must say had I started earlier with this book...I would still be right where I am..one of her most devoted fans.
Once I started this book I was all in. There were several interesting layers to this story that involved the two main characters Celeste and Beau. You watch Celeste navigate her way through secretly getting to know her long estrange father while deciding if she will give him one of her kidneys. You have Beau the sexy race car driver who keeps telling himself that Celeste is not "his type." Celeste and Beau's relationship starts off simmering and slowly grows to a red hot flame.
This book is full of suspense with the back drop excitement of NASCAR. I look forward to continuing to read more of this author's earlier works.
Once I started this book I was all in. There were several interesting layers to this story that involved the two main characters Celeste and Beau. You watch Celeste navigate her way through secretly getting to know her long estrange father while deciding if she will give him one of her kidneys. You have Beau the sexy race car driver who keeps telling himself that Celeste is not "his type." Celeste and Beau's relationship starts off simmering and slowly grows to a red hot flame.
This book is full of suspense with the back drop excitement of NASCAR. I look forward to continuing to read more of this author's earlier works.
May 9, 2012
Although this sport romance did not have much originality in the characters and overall plot, it was enjoyable to read.
Overall the author could have been a little more subtle :
- the heroine's mother seems totally brainwashed and stupid to me ;
- the heroine's inability previously to the story to stand for herself pricked on me (her engagements, her non-choice of career) - however it goes with the poor little rich girl who never had enough attention while growing syndrom
- the hero was extremely nice, but at the same time difficult to differentiate from any other hero in a sports' romance
- the evil guys are also too much and lack a bit in credibility
Overall the author could have been a little more subtle :
- the heroine's mother seems totally brainwashed and stupid to me ;
- the heroine's inability previously to the story to stand for herself pricked on me (her engagements, her non-choice of career) - however it goes with the poor little rich girl who never had enough attention while growing syndrom
- the hero was extremely nice, but at the same time difficult to differentiate from any other hero in a sports' romance
- the evil guys are also too much and lack a bit in credibility
October 3, 2010
3.5 stars: surprisingly good romantic suspense
I really like Roxanne St Clair's Bullet Catcher series and thought I would try one of her earlier books. I didn't expect as much out of this one because when I read it was about a race car driver I was expecting your typical contemporary romance. It ended up being a pretty good romantic suspense book....very originally done with the hero being a NASCAR driver, rather than the typical cop, FBI agent or spy. I'm not a racing fan but the behind the scenes look at NASCAR was intereting.
I really like Roxanne St Clair's Bullet Catcher series and thought I would try one of her earlier books. I didn't expect as much out of this one because when I read it was about a race car driver I was expecting your typical contemporary romance. It ended up being a pretty good romantic suspense book....very originally done with the hero being a NASCAR driver, rather than the typical cop, FBI agent or spy. I'm not a racing fan but the behind the scenes look at NASCAR was intereting.
February 22, 2010
3.5* A fun fast read without many of the pitfalls so common in romances today. There wasn't tons of "internal monologuing" going on, the two main characters were likable people who treated each other respectfully even when the motives weren't 100% clear, the physical attraction was there but it didn't overpower the rest of the plot, and the plot was decent if not original. A recommended read if you like your romances mixed with a little suspense/action.
May 28, 2016
Enjoyed the scene of NASCAR, the author gave enough exciting details while not overpowering the story, Beau understood the realities of trying to have a relationship. Loved Beau's caring, fun-loving personality and his dedication to his friend/boss who needed a kidney. Liked how Celeste grew to be a real caring person. Although I rightly suspected the cause of the threats, it did not hinder enjoying the book. More exciting ending than anticipated.
July 30, 2012
This has a slightly different tone than the Bullet Catcher and its spin-off series. For starters, neither the hero nor the heroine has any military background. And the suspense took a backseat for most of the part. I think this is more contemporary romance than romantic suspense, at least for RST's standard.
December 8, 2013
Not the best plot but loved the characters. Beau Lansing contacts Celeste and asks her to meet and help save his good friends life. His good friend happens to be Celeste's father who she has never met. Why in this book Celeste and her Mother never talk until the end is odd. That is the part of the plot that is weak.
May 9, 2013
This isn't your ordinary NASCAR romance. Not by a long shot! When I began this book, I thought it was a racing romance with a twist. But, it's so much more. It's romantic suspense at it's very best. This book is a keeper.
July 8, 2008
My only complaint is that Roxanne doesn't write more Nascar books! I loved this one :)
September 11, 2008
Loved it! First book by Roxanne St. Claire, but definitely not my last.
November 17, 2008
I read this a couple of years ago. It's a Nascar-themed romance novel. This one was a bit cheesy but it was still enjoyable.
February 18, 2009
Not quite as good as the BulletCatcher series but still a fun read.
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