A Long, Hard Ride (Harlequin Blaze) [Kindle Edition]

Alison Kent (Author)

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Product Description

Cardin Worth is ready to tune up her engine--with Trey, her former crush! However, he's a Davis--one of her car-racing family's bitter rivals. But she might be able to create peace, and also get some sizzling sex on the side...

...if Trey pretends to be her fianc?, that is!

Having a little fun on those steamy Southern nights seems like a great idea. Just to patch up the feud, of course. Then Trey'll be leaving town again--this time for good.

But Cardin's not sure she can relinquish the superheated sex.... Because Trey's the most talented, uh, mechanic to ever look under her hood!

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 235 KB
• Print Length: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Blaze (February 1, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001UFP5OU
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,028 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #58 in Books > Professional & Technical > Automotive > Racing

More About the Author

Alison Kent was a born reader, but it wasn't until she reached thirty that she knew she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. Five years later, she made her first sale.

In 1995, she accepted an offer issued by the senior editor of Harlequin Temptation live on the "Isn't It Romantic?" episode of CBS 48 Hours. That book, Call Me, was a Romantic Times finalist for Best First Series Book in 1996.

With her first three Temptations on the shelf, she took a break from writing romance novels and spent a few months living one, finding her own hero and practicing every technique she'd learned from a lifetime of reading the best "how-to" manuals around! And the rest, as they say, is history.

Having over thirty titles contracted or in print, she now writes for both the Harlequin Blaze and Kensington Brava lines. She is also a partner in Access Romance, an online author community (http://www.accessromance.com) and DreamForge Media (http://www.dreamforgemedia.com) as a Website designer.

Alison lives in a Houston, Texas, suburb with her hero, any number of their four vagabond kids, and a dog named Smith. Readers can contact her through her web site at http://www.alisonkent.com.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Less than thrilling, November 15, 2009

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cbcbcb (Redmond, WA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Long, Hard Ride (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

I was sincerely disappointed by this title. I had read an older Harlequin Temptation by Allison Kent called "Call Me" which was far more erotic than "The Long Hard Ride" in which the sexual encounters were lukewarm and brief, there was no real can't-keep-your-hands-off passion, the romantic story development was almost non-existent, and the other backstory elements seemed like they were just thrown in for "flavor" but went nowhere.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Long, Hard Ride, March 14, 2009

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Annmarie (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Long, Hard Ride (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

Ok. Admittedly I am a fan of racing. Cars. Boats. Motorcycles. Pretty much anything with an engine. There's something about the vibrations of a powerful engine rushing through my body that gets me twenty two different kinds of excited.

You know what else gets me twenty two different kinds of excited? High school crushes that FINALLY get a happily ever after. I am a total fool for those sorts of romances.

Alison Kent's A Long, Hard Ride has racing AND a high school crush that gets a chance at a happily ever after. Bliss!

Cardin and Trey's romance is heated, tender and delicious. I had a smile on my face and a heart full of love at books end. If you're looking for a sexy and passionate read, pick up a copy of A Long, Hard Ride!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars racing cars' Romeo and Juliet, March 8, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Long, Hard Ride (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)

Racing car pit crew chief Trey Davis takes a leave of absence to deal with his late father's affairs. He plans to sell his dad's Tennessee home amongst other assets, but has one overarching goal: to learn why his father attacked a highly regarded person.

The man attacked is the patriarch of the Worth racing family. He refuses to discuss the fight he had with the late Davis; not to his family or Davis' son. His granddaughter Cardin sees the incident dividing her beloved family especially her parents. She fakes an engagement to Trey knowing her parents will unite in opposition to her marrying a racing car employer. She did not expect to want her sham engagement to turn real after meeting Trey for the first time in years as she still is attracted to him.

This is car racing's modern day equivalent of the family feud as the Davis and Worth broods are more than rivals; they detest each other. In that environs, Trey and Cardin fall in love, but will their relationship survive their families or go the way of the Montagues and Capulets? Fans will enjoy tuning up their engines; as racing cars Romeo and Juliet deal with love and feuding families.

Harriet Klausner