Nascar Secrets and Legends

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

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

I know that Hart's Victory makes people cry. I love that book...

 Michele

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 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, 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)

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!!

Enjoy those books! Now if it would just stop raining in California!

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????

that myself????

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

Just finished Out of Line and am starting on Hitting the Brakes.  I just love the way these stories are intertwined and keeping us in touch with the families!

Great job on Out of Line Michele!

Michele ~ just finished OUT OF LINE!  Excellent Job!  What great characters.  I was really interested in Sawyer from what little we learned of him in TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES, you did the man justice!!!

There are some great characters, aren't there?

a hot cover you have there MIchele!  You did and excellent job with Sawyer and Lucy.  This couple is one of my favorites!  Looking foward to your next installment in the series!

I was shocked when I heard that Smoke was leaving Gibbs and going to and owning part of another team. I'm even more shocked that Newman may be going with him. I'm glad for Tony though. He's such a neat guy and such a sweet heart. I started liking Tony because of his rescue of racing Greyhounds. I takes someone special to do that.

Shell

I haven't  gone to NASCAR.com in a few days so I;m behind again. So I don't know the numbers. I guess it's a good thing I lost my #20 hat. I just saw on a crawler, while I was at lunch with my mother, that Ryan Newman is definitely leaving Penske. I hate the silly season starting so early.

Shell

ok i am new to the nascar thing i have real enjoyed reading this the nascar serious i have learned a few things about nascar it has help me get better pic of the world it been cool