Final Lap by Erin McCarthy (Fast Track #8) Contemporary Romance October 7, 2014 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Cooper Brickman’s racing season is going downhill fast. Saddled with his much younger half-sister, 13 year old Mary-Jane, he’s finding it difficult to balance life as he knew it. His driving is off, he’s down on points and in the standings and it’s been months since he’s been with a woman. The thing is, he really loves his sister. Intelligent beyond her years, bright and Continue Reading
Review: Believe by Erin McCarthy
Believe (True Believers, #3) by Erin McCarthy New Adult/Romance E book, January 21, 2014 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Who has two thumbs and just came twice? This girl. Holy crap.” Robin was the quintessential party girl until a one night stand throws her for a loop. Disgusted with herself, she has stopped drinking, stopped partying, and is looking to complete her next semester from her parents house. She doesn’t want to be “that girl” and hates that she can’t even talk Continue Reading
Review: Full Throttle by Erin McCarthy
Full Throttle by Erin McCarthy Fast Track #7 Contemporary Romance December 3, 2013 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Shawn Hamby grew up around racing having been raised by her grandparents who owned a dirt track. She’d even tried her hand at racing when she was younger, but gave it up to handle the business side of the track, working side by side with her beloved grandfather. When he dies, he leaves her the track with some rather odd restrictions. Rhett Ford is a young up and coming Continue Reading
Review: Sweet by Erin McCarthy
Sweet (True Believers #2) by Erin McCarthy NA Romantic Contemporary October 15, 2013 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Never ask someone to tell you who you are. You tell them.” Jessica Sweet doesn’t want to go home to her uber religious parents for the summer but her sublet won’t be available for her to move into for a week. When she is unable to stay with a friend, her nemesis, the sexy cocky Riley Mann, offers her a place to stay with him. Riley has enough going on with Continue Reading
Review: Hot Summer Nights Anthology
Hot Summer Nights by Jaci Burton, Carly Phillips, Erin McCarthy and Jessica Clare July 2, 2013 Contemporary Romance Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Though I usually stay away from anthologies, I couldn’t resist this one. Of the four authors, three are favorites of mine, with Jaci Burton introducing a new series called Hope and Carly Phillips taking us back to Serendipity. Short blurbs below from Goodreads: Hope Smolders by Jaci Burton Jane Kline has her hands full juggling her job, Continue Reading
Review: True by Erin McCarthy
True by Erin McCarthy New Adult/Romance Contemporary May 7, 2013 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I've never liked Tom Cruise. He always reminded me of someone's creepy cousin, who smiles too big before he touches your butt and whispers something gross in your ear with hot whiskey on his breath.” College sophomore Rory Macintosh has brains and beauty but the social intricacies that most of us take for granted, eludes her. When her roommates find out Rory is still a Continue Reading
Interview with Erin McCarthy
Helyce has a chat with Erin McCarthy whose latest book, Jacked Up releases today. Tell us a little about yourself? Who is Erin McCarthy? I'm just a small town girl, living in a lonely world... Actually, I'm a bona fide city girl, mom and author, who knows way too many eighties song lyrics. :) How did you come up with a story that revolves around race car drivers? Are you a NASCAR fan? I was not a NASCAR fan. I am now. The series came out of a writer friend and I on a Continue Reading
Review: Jacked Up by Erin McCarthy
Jacked Up by Erin McCarthy (Fast Track #6) Contemporary Romance June 5, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Favorite Quote: “She wanted to sigh. She wanted to rub her temples. She wanted to run away to a remote Pacific island where demigods would worship her.” Eve Monroe has lived and breathed racing her whole life. It’s in her family’s blood; so it’s not surprising that her career has something to do with racing. She handles Public Relations for both her brothers, Elec and Evan. It’s Continue Reading
Review: Slow Ride by Erin McCarthy
Slow Ride by Erin McCarthy (Fast Track #5) Contemporary Romance October 4, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi I’m not a car race fan in real life, but I do like the idea of this series that follows these drivers lives. However, this one just doesn’t quite rev my engine. Daniel “Diesel” Lange first meets Tuesday Jones at her father’s funeral. Diesel was her father’s favorite race car driver, until Diesel got into a horrible crash which crushed his knee. Unable to drive Continue Reading
Review: The Chase by Erin McCarthy
The Chase by Erin McCarthy (Fast Track #4) Contemporary Romance April 5, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “I’m going to make your car my bitch,” he told her, shooting a grin her way. The hell he was. Blurb: Kendall Holbrook is determined to make it to the top, even with the challenge of being a woman on the male-dominated racing circuit. She doesn’t have time for romance- especially not with racing rival Evan Monroe, the man who nearly crushed her dreams Continue Reading