They might call her a force of nature, but becoming a national NASCAR driver took guts and hard work. And Shelly Green's race is only beginning. She needs a sponsor—someone who believes in her. But stylish, sophisticated Damon Tieri seems an unlikely choice. The handsome Ivy League banker lives in a world far different from hers….Damon knows how badly Shelly needs this high-profile sponsorship. He admires her fighting spirit and her tempting blend of sweet and sexy. Yet putting his money behind her is the easy part. What will it take to get the driven competitor to trust in him? To give him the chance to finish first—with her?

Force of Nature (NASCAR)

Literature & Fiction

Cook, Kristina

United States

Harlequin Nascar

From nationally bestselling author Kristina Cook (writing as Kristi Astor) comes this collection of three Edwardian-era novellas featuring steamy romance, some Celtic lore, and a little bit of magic. LOVER’S DAWN: Twenty-three-year-old Aisling Wainscott writes risqué stories under a secret pen name, but her real-life love life is a bore…until she makes a wish for her winter's desire that works only too well. But as the walls around Aisling’s heart begin to crumble, she can only wonder if her feelings are real, or if it’s simply the winter solstice playing tricks on her.MIDNIGHT SINS: Imprisoned in a loveless marriage, Madeline, Lady Briarton, yearns for escape with a passionate stranger. But her unearthly lover, met on the eve of Samhain, is not who he claims to be. Can she risk her heart--and her very life--with the beautiful Scot who sets her blood and her body on fire, even as he claims the impossible?RITES OF PASSION: War widow Emmaline Gage has inherited a crumbling old Cotswold manor that matches her bleak spirits, but a chance meeting across a Beltane fire stokes a passion inside her that can no longer be denied. Will she take the second chance at love she’s been offered, or will her fears--and the garden's haunts--send her scurrying away forever?

Celtic Heat: Lover's Dawn, Midnight Sins, Rites of Passion

Romance

Astor, Kristi

Collections & Anthologies

Grosvenor Street Press

Determined to avoid marriage due to an unfortunate malady that afflicts the married women of her family, lovely Jane Rosemoor finds herself at the mercy of the Earl of Westfield who, after a searing kiss, will not accept her refusal to marry him. Original.

Unveiled

Kensington Pub. Corp

Accused of cheating at cards, Colin Rosemoor, exiled from polite society, is determined to prove his innocence to his betrothed until he meets his best friend's long-lost sister, Brenna Maclachlan, a fiesty Highland lass who turns his world upside down. Original.

Undressed

Zebra Books

Originally opposed to his father's wish for him to marry Lady Eleanor Ashton, Frederick Stoneham, instantly drawn to this beautiful woman, must convince his future bride that he has changed his wicked ways.

To Love a Scoundrel