Marisa Carroll

I'm still loving thiese Nascar books.

Pulled this from the TBR pile, still have 3 more to read in the Hotel Marchand collection.  This was a good book, with the old lovers realizing that "third times the charm" instead of "3 strikes your out"!  And the secondary story of the drug smuggling (drugs bought in Canada and shipped to the US - a no-no) by the police chief's family was good.

Forbidden Attraction by Marisa Carroll

Harlequin NASCAR, Feb 2008

The NASCAR line is another of my favorites and I really enjoyed this one.  NASCAR is like any other competetive sport- grudges and rivalries are common, but it seems as if drivers and fans take it to a whole new level from other sports.

Lola is on the ship with her family.  She is a sports journalist force to write for the womens page due to a scandal with her ex husband back home.  So when she meets Eric and realizes who he is she thinks he is her key back to the sports page.  But she soon discovers the love that sparks between them will prove to be more important than her job with the sports page.

Series: The Birth Place

THERE's NO ESCAPING THE PAST
If Devon Grant had her way, she'd turn her back on Enchantment. There's simply too much history in that small town. But her sense of honor has her returning to help her ailing grandmother run The Birth Place -- even though she's still angry about her grandmother's past actions. And there's also Miguel Eiden, the man who broke her heart ten years before.

Because this is the story of Megan Hardaway, the oldest sister, I knew it would involve the return of her missing son. (It says so on the back!)  Her estranged husband, Navy SEAL Noah Carson, also comes back when he hears the news. Now if you love a good suspense book with a stalker and a good fight scene, then this book is for you. But there were so many sub-plots to play out from Book 1 & 2 that needed to be tied up, that I felt the romance level suffered.

Still, I wanted to see how it all turned out and I'm very glad I read the book. It had a very satisfying conclusion to the series.

NASCAR driver Justin Murphy is content to go through life flying by the seat of his pants. Why bother with commitment — to racing, his girlfriend, or even living responsibly—when he can just have fun and occasionally finish in the top ten?

Justin Murphy and Sophia Grosso are a 21st century Romeo & Juliet. The long-standing bitter family feud between the NASCAR racing families seems destined to keep the pair apart. The pair struggle with their new-found love and determining whether it's worth tearing their families apart. Justin shows courage in wanting to test it all in loving Sophia, but she is more hesitant. She couldn't stand to hurt her family. Fun read. I enjoyed it.