A NASCAR Holiday: An Anthology

The Stories Are Great. Had To Purchase A Second Time Because I Wore Out The First One. Amusing, Very Real Characters. Truly Enjoyable. It Really Is A Year Round Book Even Though It Centers On The Holiday.

"Ladies, Start Your Engines" by Kimberly Raye Days before Christmas Savannah is fired from her NASCAR job, by her father no less. But, she is going to use this opportunity to do what she was born to do, be a mechanic. She knows just the man to help her out, whom she can help in the deal but will Mackenzie Briggs let her? And can she keep her hands off him? "Ladies, Start Your Engines" is a heartfelt tale about a woman who wants to finally live her own life and not the life someone else wants her to live. She finally breaks away and does what she has always wanted to and the consequences are not only revved up but, quite studley. "'Tis the Silly Season" by Roxanne St. Claire NASCAR racer Clay needs the unthinkable. He needs a family and he needs it yesterday or he might be out of the running for a much-desired sponsorship. So he launches a harebrained scheme to hire the waitress he just met that is full of spunk. He will give her and her kids the storybook Christmas she will never be able to pull off alone. But, is more than Christmas in the air? Is Cupid running around also? "'Tis the Silly Season" is a fast paced story about love at first sight even if the main characters don't see it right off the bat. Ms. St. Claire points out that sometimes charades have some truth to them. "Unbreakable" by Debra Webb Rush needs help, and his sponsor agrees. For some reason there is a slanderous smear campaign going on featuring him with women he has never done things with. So one of the ways they are hoping to change this is to hire an independent consultant to prove that NASCAR drivers are serious athletes. Hoping that Dr. Max(ine) Gray can help show that Rush and his sport is not to be taken lightly. But, what will happen to Max and Rush's hearts, spending that much time together before Christmas? "Unbreakable" tells the story about what a former child prodigy and a super hot NASCAR driver have in common? Ms. Webb shows that they are just people like the rest of us and you can't always choose who you will love. I found these three stories centering around NASCAR and Christmas to be nicely packaged together. While all three stories and writers were different styles and settings they fit together well for this anthology, A NASCAR Holiday. You don't have to be a NASCAR fan to enjoy them, but if you are it will be a bit of a bonus. Take a chance and delve into the world of NASCAR with the spirit of Christmas, you won't be disappointed. Tanya Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Big NASCAR fan so I loved these stories. Can't wait for future NASCAR romances to come out.

Roxanne St. Claire author of Killer Curves, certainly knows racing and NASCAR. 'TIS THE SILLY SEASON featuring a sweet waitress and her boys and one hot race car driver will entertain every reader this Holiday season! I didn't know what to expect with this NASCAR book as there has been all sorts of discussions about keeping the NASCAR family image and would this be another great St. Claire read? Well it is and more. It's about the joy and spirit of Christmas and the true meaning of love. Roxanne's two main characters Clay and Lisa are quite a team and the sparks fly between them immediately. Then throw in two adorable boys who have never celebrated Christmas, a family short of money, a race car driver who loves the challenge of speed and success and oooooh what a mix. All I can say is this author has once again provided her readers with one entertaining read.

"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