Monday, August 13, 2012

Blog Tour: Racing to Love by Amy Gregory

This blog Tour is Presented by Reading Addiction Blog Tours!

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We will have an excerpt, giveaway, and book review. First, let's get to know the Author! 





Amy Gregory leads an incredibly active lifestyle in Kansas City with her husband and their three fantastic kids who keep them running in three very different directions.  When she’s not rushing her oldest daughter to tumbling, her youngest daughter to music lessons, or sitting track-side watching her son practice motocross, she’s taking the few minutes in between to scribble the next pages in her Racing to Love series. 
When asked, “When do you have time to write?” Amy Gregory giggles.  “In bits and pieces,” she says.  
Amy is known for her snarky, off the cuff sense of humor, which you’ll find shining through in the characters she’s created.  Her debut novel, Racing to Love, Carter’s Treasure, is set for release June 7, 2012.
I’ve spent my whole life trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up, and now I’ve finally found it. – Amy Gregory 

Twitter - @AmyGregory548




From the outside, Molly West had everything, beauty, brains, and a career she'd retired from not once, but twice. Being in the limelight and in a sport that was male driven, she was often surrounded by men. She ignored first the boys, and as she got older, the men. Her cold shoulder and patented not a chance in hell look were usually enough to get her point across. Molly had no plans in changing what was a perfectly good system. That is until she walked into the pits. 

Carter Sterling had traveled the racing circuit since he was a boy. He'd heard all the old standbys, She's out there somewhere, love comes along when you least expect it. Good things come to those that... Yeah, he'd heard them all. The last place he expected to meet the love of his life was on a pro track. All she did was smile, and he knew, looking into her sapphire blue eyes, Molly West was his. Forever. If it was only that easy. 

From the moment he laid eyes on her, he had a gripping feeling in him. An overwhelming need to protect her-a girl he'd just met. Carter had learned a long time ago that gut feelings are almost never wrong. Molly now held his heart in her hands, but it was going to take a lot more than just love to protect her from the past she thought she'd buried a long time ago.


Date Published: June 7, 2012


My Rating:


My Review:
First of all, I loved that this was a romance that included mystery. Often times, it is one or the other. 

For someone who is constantly in the presence of men, Molly West sure doesn't know how to act around them. She is quite reserved, but great at what she does.


Carter sees Molly and instantly knows that she is the one for him. I personally loved how positive he was and how it was the male character who is head over heels from the beginning. But when her brother has made it clear that Molly could not be more off limits to the guys at the track, Carter knows he will have his work cut out for him.


With a sweet romance, elements of mystery, strong and well balanced characters, and a fast paced storyline, Racing to Love is a great start to a new series and I can't wait to read more! 




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EXCERPT

They continued to walk back toward the pits, but he stopped when they were in the darkened hallway, just before they would have rounded the corner and been seen. 
Molly’s heart sped.
He was still holding her hand, but turned to face her as he placed his other hand on her waist. She sucked in a breath when he stepped forward. Her first instinct was to be anxious, to cower back, but something in those ice blue eyes told her she didn’t have to be afraid.
When he had leaned in to kiss her when they were sitting on the track, she’d panicked. And then when he had started to move away, she’d panicked again—for a different reason entirely. 
Those flip-flopping emotions were about to drive her crazy.
Now, in the dimmed corridor, Molly closed her eyes to catch her breath and to search for a decision. He’d been rubbing his thumb on her waist, but his movements stopped when her eyes dropped closed. The soothing strokes didn’t continue until she finally reopened her eyes and dragged her attention up his chest and past his Adam’s apple. She continued up until she locked her gaze with his. When she offered him a hesitant smile, he began stroking her again with a warm smile on his lips.
Staring down at her, he let go of her hand and skimmed the back of his over her cheek. She felt her heart thundering, her pulse racing when she ran her hands up his chest, feeling each and every rippled muscle. She’d never purposely touched a man like this before. Sure, she’d felt Brody’s muscles when she’d smacked him for one reason or another. Or when trying to push him off of her after he’d wrestled her to the ground being an ornery brother and all. But this? This was foreign. 
Her eyes were back on her own fingers, taking everything in. She stopped at his heart and could feel it pounding hard beneath the soft cotton t-shirt.
“Just so you know…” he started in his slow, sexy voice.
She could tell he was waiting for eye contact again before continuing. “Yeah?” she whispered.
“I’m going to fall in love with you.”






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Follow along with the rest of the tour for more Reviews, Giveaways, Interviews, and Guest Posts! 

July 23 - TE Garden of Books - Review/Giveaway/Interview
July 24- Insomnia of Books - Review/Guest Post
July 25 - Abbey Ann's Bookland - Review
July 26 -Always YA at Heart - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
July 27 -Rea's Reading and Reviews - Review/Excerpt
July 27 - Musings of a Bookworm - Review/Giveaway
July 30 - What's on the Bookshelf - Review/Excerpt
July 31 - Crazy Four Books - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
August 1 - Taking it One Page at a Time - Review/Guest Post/Excerpt
August 5 - A Case of Reading Insomnia - Review/Giveaway
August 5 - Words I Write Crazy - Review/Giveaway/PROMO
August 6 -  Reading a Little Bit of Everything - Review/Excerpt/Giveaway
August 6 - Tana Rae Reads - Review/Giveaway/Guest Post/Excerpt
August 7 - Beth Art From the Heart - Review/Excerpt
August 8 - The Story of a Girl - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
August 9 - Journey With Books - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
August 10 - A Date with a Book - Review
August 10 - Madimoiselle Le Sphinx - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
August 12 - My Reading Addiction - Review/Excerpt/giveaway --- YOU ARE HERE
August 13 - In Between - Review/Giveaway
August 14 - Paulette's Papers - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt
August 15 - My Devotional Thoughts - Review/Guest Post/Giveaway/Excerpt
August 16 - My Cozie Corner - Review/Giveaway
August 17 - Sweeping the USA - Review/Giveaway/Excerpt

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for hosting my debut on your blog! I appreciate the support greatly! :)
Amy

the maker said...

neat posting
I like reading too, but I prefer reading the non-fiction one

:D

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