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Nascar Secrets and Legends
by Anonymous on January 15th, 2008, 12:07pm
Nascar Secrets and Legends
Introducing 16 pulse-accelerating NEW novels centered around four NASCAR families and the racing season that will test them all!
The rush of the professional race car circuit; the thrill of falling in love. These NASCAR romances are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat as you read about the thrilling twists and turns both on the racetrack and on the track to love.
Click here to read an excerpt of Hart's Victory
by
Michele Dunaway
Whodathunkit?!?!
How exciting to see a spot for the 2008 NASCAR series here! I'm so thrilled to be a part of this series--a year ago, I knew nothing about NASCAR and never imagined I'd care, but then Marsha Zinberg asked me to write one of the books (#15 GO WITH THE FLOW, Nov.) and I began my adventures in NASCAR.
I enjoy doing research for all my books, but I would never in a million years have expected to fall crazy hooked over this sport! I've now been to my first race (Bristol night race--AMAZING!!! See photos on my website www.jeanbrashear.com) I've DVR'd a zillion or so hours of SPEEDtv plus watch the races while following them on TrackScan...I've got it bad, folks.
I think you'll really enjoy this series, especially with fabulous writers like Gina Wilkins, Marisa Carroll, Ken Casper, Abby Gaines, Helen Brenna, my personal NASCAR guru Wendy Etherington and so many more. I'm so honored to be with them. These 16 books are chock full of not only lots of racing but cool dark secrets, emotional drama and romance out the wazoo.
The first two books will be on stands in about 10 days--can't wait!!!
Jean www.jeanbrashear.com
Hi!
Hi everyone,
I'm excited to be here! Not only did I get to write Hart's Victory, but I also wrote two books in the upcoming series, Out of Line and Tailspin. If you want to see a really hot cover, you have to visit my blog at www.micheledunaway.blogspot.com and check out Sawyer Branch.
Michele
Michele Dunaway
The Marriage Recipe, Harlequin American Romance, 4/08
Out of Line, Harlequin NASCAR, 6/08
Tailspin, Harlequin NASCAR, 9/08
NASCAR books.
Yay! I love these books so much. I read a sample of "Speed Dating". I signed up for a subscription of these books, but I had to cancel for the time being until I can pay them back and find a job to start it back up again. I'm reading older books right now. The most recent NASCAR book I have, ... I believe is "Total Control." These books are really great. I'm not much of a fan of NASCAR but my uncle will drop dead in the crowd.
Keep it up these are great!
† Renee †
I can't wait to read 'em
JEAN!!!
So good to *see* you, I'm really looking forward to reading your contributions to the NASCAR miniseries. This family feud plotline sounds really interesting, and one can always use some romance out the wazooo!
Hi Michele too...er, and double WOW re Sawyer!
Jayne
Community Manager
"We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh"—Agnes Repplier
Hi Jayne--and oh baby baby, Sawyer!
Hey, Jayne! How great to see you, too!
Renee, this series is not to miss--and Michele's terrific books (and WHAT a cover!!!) are only part of the reason. All the covers I've seen so far absolutely ROCK! The art dept. folks have outdone themselves.
Of course, I guess it's a little inappropriate of me to be hyperventilating over Sawyer--I wrote his mother Maeve's book, and I'm feeling a little over the line just now, but...wow! Sawyer has twin older brothers, too, who are drivers, and they're pretty dang hot themselves. (Oh, dear--did I just do it again?
)
Wonder if your uncle is as fired up as I am about Daytona being less than a month away?!?!? Who's his driver?
Jean
www.jeanbrashear.com
books!
I know that Hart's Victory makes people cry. I love that book...
Michele
Michele Dunaway
The Marriage Recipe, Harlequin American Romance, 4/08
Out of Line, Harlequin NASCAR, 6/08
Tailspin, Harlequin NASCAR, 9/08
Stopping by...
Hello, all! Good to "see" familiar faces.
I figure I'm so seeped in NASCAR these days that I'll never get the grease off my stilettos.
But these are the sacrifices we make for our craft and loyal readers.
I've been a NASCAR fan for many years, so I loved doing my '07 book, and I have #12 for the '08 series--Hot Pursuit. My hero's a bounty hunter, which is--of course--very hot. But I don't know if anybody's going to top the hottie factor of Michele's cover. I guess we can all aspire.
--Wendy
First two books in Secrets and Legends!
Hey, Wendy girl! Great to see you here!
I just finished the first two books in Secrets and Legends, Gina Wilkins' IN HIGH GEAR and Marisa Carroll's FORBIDDEN ATTRACTION, and I gotta say that even though I'm part of this series and supposedly know all the ins and outs, both were exciting reads! A terrific kickoff where you can already see teasers for future threads, as well as the mystery that runs through all 16 books: was it indeed the Grosso family drivers who killed off two generations of Murphy family shining hopes for NASCAR champions, thus setting off a feud that's been going on for 50 years?
Since both of these books feature drivers, one a Grosso and one a Murphy, you really get a feel for the families, the depth and intensity of the hatred between them. I keep finding myself drawing parallels between real NASCAR dramas and our fictional families: Dean Grosso's situation of having been a great and revered driver for many years but without a Cup championship being sort of a combo of Mark Martin--also a great and revered driver without a Cup championship--and what it must have been like for the legendary Dale Earnhardt to go so many years unable to win at Daytona. And then there's the thread of Dean's son Kent being a driver, too--and the current Cup champion--and how much the family wants Dean, possibly in his last season, to win it all...and the tension when a hated Murphy keeps wrecking Dean and Dean's chances for that fairytale ending. (And then there's the Marisa Carroll story of what happens when a Grosso daughter falls in love with that hated Murphy!)
Pretty cool stuff! And even though I know how some of these threads end, I'm reading these two books and still getting tense and intrigued over what will happen! Impressive--and a tribute to the skills of these wonderful authors.
Can't wait to read the next two books, out in March: Bethany Campbell's TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES and Abby Gaines' FULLY ENGAGED!
Jean
I love these NASCAR books.
I love these NASCAR books. I've read Hart's Victory and have picked up Gina and Marisa's books. They are now sitting in my TBR pile
Hooray!
I love to hear that readers have read Hart's Victory. That is one of my all time favorites. Hope you like the others you've got. I haven't read them yet, but I trust Jean's gushing!
Michele
Michele Dunaway
The Marriage Recipe, Harlequin American Romance, 4/08
Out of Line, Harlequin NASCAR, 6/08
Tailspin, Harlequin NASCAR, 9/08
RE: NASCAR SECRETS SECRETS AND LEGENDS
Are these perfect reads, or what??? I think a bloke and his girlfriend should read them together. i mean for him there's the racing and race car element (AND he fantasizes that he's the HERO
) and she fantasizes she's the heroine ~~ so...why not???
"I went to a FIGHT the other night...and a HOCKEY GAME broke out!! "
HockeyDET@comcast.net
Michele, I loved Hart's
Michele, I loved Hart's Victory!
Hockeyjock, that's a great idea! Too bad most of the guys I know will not read more than a magazine or newspaper article. Except my DH, but he's not into car racing, or even fiction for that matter. He likes history and archaelogy. So, I guess I'll read them alone and discuss them online (the next best thing
)
Hart's Victory & Dale Jr.
Papaya, I am so glad you loved Hart's Victory. I can't tell you how much that means. I dedicated that story to a student of mine who lost the battle to leukemia.
And go Dale Jr. go! Junior won the Bud Shootout last night and he's off to a good start. If you watched it you could hear his fans.
And they were saying his fans would leave him. Hardly!
:)
Michele Dunaway
The Marriage Recipe, Harlequin American Romance, 4/08
Out of Line, Harlequin NASCAR, 6/08
Tailspin, Harlequin NASCAR, 9/08
Some how I missed
Some how I missed that there was an ongoing series here. I've ordered Gina, Marrisa and Abby's, but failed to pick up Bethany's so, I guess I'll have to remedy that, huh?
I've enjoyed the NASCAR series, and just finish reading Wendy and Liz's NO HOLDING BACK. Can't wait for more of the Garrison family in the future.
Jean and Michele, look forward to your contributions as well!!
Kate
TBR--The Born Readers
Secrets and Legends
My order arrived, can't wait to get started!!!
Kate
TBR--The Born Readers
Enjoy!
Enjoy those books! Now if it would just stop raining in California!
Michele Dunaway
The Marriage Recipe, Harlequin American Romance, 4/08
Out of Line, Harlequin NASCAR, 6/08
Tailspin, Harlequin NASCAR, 9/08
More NASCAR books each year?!?! Please!
Don't know about the rest of you Harlequin NASCAR fans, but I'd dearly LOVE to see more than 16 books each year. I'd like to see 4 each month! Any consideration by Harlequin for increasing the number of NASCAR series books?
Never really followed NASCAR, though my sister has, until I started reading these books. Now I really enjoy watching the races and discussions with sister about races & teams. These books have brought us closer together in a shared love! :) Thanks Harlequin & NASCAR Authors!
NASCAR, more?
Sounds good to me!
I've read the first two in the Secrets and Legends series and have enjoyed both. Is there a listing of author's, titles and characters for the remaining books????
Kate
TBR--The Born Readers
Are there no April NASCAR
Are there no April NASCAR releases? I'm going through withdrawals...
I was wondering
that myself????
Kate
TBR--The Born Readers
NASCAR NOVELS
Is Harlequin currently accepting submissions for the NASCAR romance novels?
Answers to your questions
Sorry, haven't had a chance to check this board in a while.
The NASCAR books come out about every 6 weeks, so they don't come out every month. Out of Line is to be released June 10 for example.
The NASCAR series is not open to submissions and is contracted all the way through the 2009 books. Since the series is a continuity, the authors were handpicked by the editors.
Hope this helps.
Michele
Michele Dunaway
The Marriage Recipe, Harlequin American Romance, 4/08
Out of Line, Harlequin NASCAR, 6/08
Tailspin, Harlequin NASCAR, 9/08