Flat-Out Sexy (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)

by Erin McCarthy (Author)
Key Phrases: Elec Monroe, Tamara Briggs, Emma Jean (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
McCarthy strays from her more recent Vegas Vampires series and heads to the world of racing for a steamy romance. Two years after Tamara Briggs's husband was killed in a wreck at Talladega, she's back to dating, but her latest beau is a dud. She dumps him and remains intent on not ending up with another race-car driver, but that's exactly what she gets when she meets Elec Monroe. Things progress quickly, and soon she's having dynamite sex with this younger man who's nice to her kids—who could ask for more? There's a catch of course: Elec is the son of Tamara's dead husband's father's sworn enemy. The narrative is fast-paced and red hot; fans of more graphic romances will enjoy this and welcome the next—a sequel is in the works. (Nov.)
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Product Description
“One of the romance writing industry’s brightest stars”(Romance Reviews Today) returns with a flat-out delightful, new, and sexy contemporary romance about a woman who’s happy being single—and the man determined to change her mind.

Independent single mother Tamara Briggs wanted to find a new, sexy, no-strings-attached man—just not one as young as NASCAR driver Elec Monroe. But he sure does get her heart racing. And after she’s tricked into a blind date with him, Tamara gives in to her passion. Things screech to a halt, though, when he asks to meet her children. Whatever happened to wham-bam-thank-youma’am? Suddenly Tamara has to decide how much risk she’s willing to take to experience the power of true love.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 291 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade; 1ST edition (November 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425224074
• ISBN-13: 978-0425224076
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,137 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.-Oscar Wilde, November 11, 2008

By	Cherise Everhard (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

After losing her husband to a stock car accident two years ago, Tamara Riggs is a single mother and widow at the age of 32. She is just getting back into the dating scene when she meets a young rookie driver, Elec. Not really wanting to get involved with another race car driver, Tamara is convinced that keeping it light and casual is the only way to go, unfortunately that gets harder and harder to do.

I loved this book and I think it is going to be an awesome series. Erin McCarthy cracks me up and she had me laughing out loud throughout this book. Tamara's friend Suzanne was a laugh riot and her outspoken and blunt ways quickly won me over. Erin McCarthy books are always extremely fun, humorous and a whole lot sexy. This one was no exception; I loved it from start to finish.

Mixed in with all the sizzle and humor is a lot of emotion and depth. Tamara has a lot of reservations about herself and dating after all these years and is concerned about doing what's best for her kids. I adored Elic from the start; he has a lot of heart and was a hell of a good guy. It's great to read about a hero that can be sexy as hell, genuinely decent, and incredibly exciting. I can't wait to read the next one and look forward to more stories about this group of characters!

Hard and Fast

Cherise Everhard, November 2008

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just Flat Out Adorable, November 23, 2008

By	DKThain - See all my reviews

Flat Out Sexy was just Flat Out Adorable. The story starts with the heroine Tamara Briggs at a cocktail party trying to talk herself into then out of feelings for the guy she's been seeing and brought to the cocktail party when she bumps - literally - into the hero Elec Monroe. Through a series of events, they end up in a cab together headed to a friends trailer, where she is planning on spending the night. Elec ends up spending the night too, but they do not so much sleeping.
But things take a down turn in the morning when Tamara finds out first Elec's age, which is a few years younger than her own and second the fact that he's a race car driver. You see Tamara is a widow with two children whose husband was killed in a race. She doesn't want to be involved with another driver again.
Elec is so endearing in this book. He's so totally gone for Tamara right from the beginning. I've mentioned before that I love books when the hero is gone for the heroine. Add to the fact that this is a younger guy/older woman book and I loved it even more. It's adorable getting inside his head and seeing how smitten he is with her. Tamara has a number of issues against getting involved with Elec - issues I could really understand. She's insecure about her body and Elec is wonderful about allaying those insecurities and though she has a few qualms about the age difference, she isn't stuck on it. All in all, she's a great heroine. And the secondary characters are also very well drawn, from Suzanne, her best friend to Evan and Eve, Elec's siblings. There was one scene in particular, the dinner party scene for anyone who's read the book, that had me laughing out loud in a number of places.
Although this is a race car themed book and I don't know didly about the race car scene, it didn't overwhelm the book and wasn't a problem at all in the reading. In fact it looks like her next book is the same setting and after reading the excerpt, I'm really looking forward to it's release so I can get back into this world.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sexy, funny but....., May 29, 2009

By	Book lover -Philadelphia - See all my reviews

I read this book because of all the excellent reviews and would agree with the reviewer who said that it was almost a reverse Cinderella story. It also seemed to me that Erin McCarthy strung a very thin plot on a framework of as much sex as possible. Hurrah for 25 year old men with stamina!

As someone who is decades removed from her 30s, it seemed odd to me that this 31 year old heroine refers to herself as old. That's not the case in the real world. And, speaking of the real world, my big objection to the book is the almost total lack of reference to her job as a college professor. One instance of grading papers and test - and NOWHERE ELSE IS THERE A REFERENE TO ANY WORK. Plus, THERE IS NOT ONE LINE THAT TELLS ME SHE HAS A BRAIN BETWEEN HER EARS! All we get is her formerly-repressed desire for hot sex, her poor self-image, her mothering skills....and that's all, folks!

Since we have no real idea what Tamara thinks - except as noted above - it's not really clear what it is that Elec loves about her (to say nothing of what she loves about him!). It's love at first sight for him but how does that work for the long run?? Guess that's why this is in the romance section......