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Original Essays | September 23, 2009

Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe



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Killer Curves

by Roxanne St Claire

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He's fast. She's furious. They're in for the ride of their lives.

Rising star Roxanne St. Claire puts the pedal to the metal in a story of intrigue and passion that will get your heart racing!

When sexy NASCAR racer Beau Lansing tracks down high society debutante Celeste Bennett, it's a matter of life or death. Stunned at the secret Beau reveals, Celeste is forced to make a life-altering decision. But with her love life on the skids and her family life in a tailspin, escaping incognito into Beau's world is just what she needs — especially if she can get answers about her past.

Beau needs Celeste to save a man's life — he never expected a high-octane attraction that could wreck his well-protected heart. And when Celeste's life is threatened by someone who clearly knows her real identity, Beau has to risk everything — including his own life — to save her. With menacing forces in the driver's seat and time ticking too fast, the two must win the biggest race of all...the race for their lives and their love.

Review:

"St. Claire (French Twist) sets a sleek, sexy and very American romantic suspense novel in the high-pressure world of auto racing. Decades after his brief affair with a socialite ends in pregnancy and heartbreak, NASCAR team owner Travis Chastaine is diagnosed with kidney failure. Desperate to save his beloved mentor, driver 'Beau' Lansing travels to New York to beg the daughter Travis has never met to donate the kidney that will save him. Celeste Bennett has been raised amid riches by her uppercrust mom. Still, stung by romantic failures and the betrayals of her adoptive dad, she agrees to consider Beau's request — if she can get to know Travis better before committing to surgery or even revealing herself as his daughter. Following Beau to Chastaine's Florida headquarters incognito, she takes a job that will put her close to Travis, only to find herself tangled in mysterious threats, racing curses and corporate crime. St. Claire grounds the plot's many dramas in solid emotional logic, developing the protagonists' romantic relationship with a compelling mix of sexuality and tenderness. While Celeste's NASCAR conversion is a bit abrupt, the vivid evocation of racing's colorful culture should win over even the least automotively inclined. Agent, Roberta Brown at the Brown Literary Agency. (Feb.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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From the bestselling author of French Twist comes this tale of romantic suspense in which a debutante in disguise and a sexy, bad-boy NASCAR racer must solve a murder to save a life . . . and try not to fall in love.

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Marilyn Shoemaker, June 22, 2006 (view all comments by Marilyn Shoemaker)

Killer Curves takes one on the fast track at lightening speed when the rich, classy and beautiful Celeste meets head on with the sexy, charming and powerful Beau. At each turn, the story takes twists and takes the reader into the world of auto racing and NASCAR.

To describe the book would ruin the story for the reader. But let me just say this, you won?t be disappointed with this wonderful Roxanne St. Claire book. Killer Curves is a ?real killer?.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780743462778
Author:
St Claire, Roxanne
Publisher:
Pocket Books
Author:
Claire, Roxanne St
Subject:
Automobile racing
Subject:
Romance - Contemporary
Subject:
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
Edition Description:
B101
Publication Date:
February 2005
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
672x432x98 39

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