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Book Review of Speed Dating (Harlequin NASCAR)

Speed Dating  (Harlequin NASCAR)
Speed Dating (Harlequin NASCAR)
Author: Nancy Warren
Genre: Romance
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


The premise is that stiff, 31 year old actuary, Kendall Clarke finds out that her equally bland fiance Marvin has been having an affair with another coworker, and that coworker is pregnant. This is hours before Kendall is supposed to be awarded at an association dinner. Reeling from the blow, Kendall gets locked out of the room in her slip. Of course, she sneaks into another guest's room at the hotel when she sees 3 of her bosses walking down the hallway, and through a misunderstanding ends up pretending to be the girlfriend of stock car racer Dylan Hargreave at his ex-wife's wedding.

What a hokey beginning! I was almost going to write this off as pretty cliched. Kendall wears bland suits in various shades or beige and brown, quotes statistics and calculates risks in her head, while feeling like she's not spontaneous enough. She acts completely out of character to prove something to her ex, and spends most of the evening in her underwear at a wedding?!

But - crazy as this start was, about midway, the book got better. I ended up thinking: hey I may actually kinda like some things in this book. So overall: Alright.