A Long, Hard Ride

Ok. Admittedly I am a fan of racing. Cars. Boats. Motorcycles. Pretty much anything with an engine. There's something about the vibrations of a powerful engine rushing through my body that gets me twenty two different kinds of excited. You know what else gets me twenty two different kinds of excited? High school crushes that FINALLY get a happily ever after. I am a total fool for those sorts of romances. Alison Kent's A Long, Hard Ride has racing AND a high school crush that gets a chance at a happily ever after. Bliss! Cardin and Trey's romance is heated, tender and delicious. I had a smile on my face and a heart full of love at books end. If you're looking for a sexy and passionate read, pick up a copy of A Long, Hard Ride!

Racing car pit crew chief Trey Davis takes a leave of absence to deal with his late father's affairs. He plans to sell his dad's Tennessee home amongst other assets, but has one overarching goal: to learn why his father attacked a highly regarded person. The man attacked is the patriarch of the Worth racing family. He refuses to discuss the fight he had with the late Davis; not to his family or Davis' son. His granddaughter Cardin sees the incident dividing her beloved family especially her parents. She fakes an engagement to Trey knowing her parents will unite in opposition to her marrying a racing car employer. She did not expect to want her sham engagement to turn real after meeting Trey for the first time in years as she still is attracted to him. This is car racing's modern day equivalent of the family feud as the Davis and Worth broods are more than rivals; they detest each other. In that environs, Trey and Cardin fall in love, but will their relationship survive their families or go the way of the Montagues and Capulets? Fans will enjoy tuning up their engines; as racing cars Romeo and Juliet deal with love and feuding families. Harriet Klausner