Imogen Wilson is a graduate student who is thinking about choosing the dating habits of NASCAR drivers as the subject of her thesis. Being a rather intellectual sort of person, she's inexplicably attracted to Ty McCordle, one of the drivers. Equally inexplicable is Ty's attraction to Imogen, since he ususally prefers to hang out with bimbos. The two of them become lovers, but will Ty's secret destroy their relationship?
This book wasn't as much fun as its prequel, but I read it in one evening, which means it's really entertaining. However, I wasn't too enthusiastic about some of the turns the book took towards the end, because the characters acted rashly and were shown to be quite immature. ( )

Hard and Fast was as good as the first book in the series! I laughed out loud several times. Erin writes with great knowledge of the character backgrounds and delivers lots of steam along with the story. I loved this book, I only hope she is going to write another one so that Ryder and Suzanne get back together! ( )

Another hot hero from Erin McCarthy. "Hard and Fast" is book two in her series about stock car racing drivers and their rocky road (yes, I couldn't resist) to romance. Ms. McCarthy knows how to write heroes and heroines that readers can relate to and identify with. This time she's provided a bad boy driver and a cerebral graduate student in search of a thesis. Now there's two stereotypes you don't usually see together!

Imogen is sure she's finally found something new and different for her sociology thesis. Visiting the racing track with her friend, she ran into a woman with a book titled "How to Marry a Race Car Driver in Six Easy Steps". Now all she'll have to do is follow the steps to see if they work...not that she intends to actually marry a driver, but she's pretty sure nobody else has ever done research on this social group.

Ty is happy to be driving race cars and bedding pretty fans. Not too shabby for a man with dyslexia who had so much trouble in high school! Of course he's always careful to break it off with his flavor of the month before things get too serious since he's not ready to settle down. Is he? Well of course not. Otherwise he sure wouldn't be attracted to the brainy woman whose name he can't even pronounce correctly. She's not his type...right?

Erin McCarthy delivers her romance with heat, humor, and scads of laughter. The interaction between the hero and heroine will have you sweating and fanning yourself, and then laughing out loud. The relationships between her characters build steadily and readers always get to figure it out before the hero or heroine...which leaves readers (well, me anyway) happily smug. There's always a barrier to overcome and character growth which leaves me smiling. And her secondary casts of characters provide humor, relief, and tantalizing hints for future heroes and heroines.

"Hard and Fast" was a fun read for me. After reading the first book in the series, "Flat-Out Sexy", I didn't think I would like the hero of this book. But Erin McCarthy came through (as usual) by providing a closer look at what lurks behind the social mask this hero wears...and I fell a little in love with Ty myself. There's no danger (well, other than being a race car driver), no mystery, no intrigue; just pure southern romance that'll leave you with a big ole grin. ( )

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