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Love in the Fast Lane
Scott Templeton lives for the adrenaline rush, but when the ghost of a legendary race car driver suddenly appears in the passenger seat next to him, it sends Scott literally into a tailspin. Now he can't convince the guy to head toward the light and stop haunting him, not until Scott promises to make a special delivery. Maggie Cooper has a five-year plan that involves making executive VP with a corner office and a salary that will cause a grown man to weep. What it doesn't involve is a high-speed hotshot who claims her dead father sent him. She doesn't care how charming Scott is, or how he seems to devour her with his eyes, or even how her shotgun-toting grandmother is playing matchmaker. Maggie is determined to resist, but Scott is just as determined to convince her that loving him is worth the risk.
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Jenna McKnight
12 books39 followersHas anyone else ever sheltered through a hailstorm in the mountains with a skunk? If I put this in a book, you'd think it was made up, right?
Wrong. The story of my first week of wedded bliss could be titled "How Not To Spend Your Honeymoon." My husband (still) has this thing about seeing what's over the next hill. Did you ever notice that what's over the next hill is another hill? And if you're not watching the sky, black clouds can roll right in, open up and toss out big icy chunks of hail, not those puny pea-sized balls. So there I am, on my honeymoon, trying to keep my cool, and the only protective covering was a small building on stilts. It seemed to be part of a ski lift operation. (Don't ask; neither of us ski.) The skunk was there first, but to its credit, it shared without raising too much of a stink. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
People are always asking, "Where do you get your ideas?"
Does my honeymoon give any clues??
The idea for Two Weddings and a Feud was born in a flash flood on the Current River, during the Great Flood of '93 in the midwest. That's when I learned how fast I can break camp. Fast!!! Five of us moved everything uphill--tents, canopy, canoes, all the gear, even the fire where our steak dinner was cooking--and didn't lose anything but two days' time. We could've hiked out sooner, but leave our canoes behind? I don't think so.
During research for Alligator Alley, I had the opportunity to pet a tiger. He was on his side of the bars and I was on mine, thank you very much. I also wanted to see what the Everglades were really like, so I hired a boat and went out into the alligator-filled waterways. Awesome!
Wedding Knight research material came from a long-ago trip to Spain where I poked around old castles. I have pictures of my brother-in-law climbing the ruins. He didn't break his arm until he came home and stood on a chair to fix something, thank goodness. That kind of research I can do without.
I've had several books published since the first one, in 14 countries, last count. A Date on Cloud Nine has been picked up by Doubleday and Rhapsody Book Clubs and is going hardback. I get fan mail from countries where the books weren't released, so some of them have travelin' feet of their own. Some I enjoyed writing more than others. But I always, always enjoy the research.
2009 Update
Sometime between the finish of Witch in the House and its release, I developed seasonal affective disorder (SAD). I don't know if you know much about SAD, but there are no tests for it. The only way you know you have it is when you have a couple really rotten winters in a row, and then you go, Oh gee, that happened last December too. And then the doctor says, You have seasonal affective disorder. Well, okay!
Life can do a one-eighty pretty fast. I went from hours-on-end at my desk, writing books, to reading beneath a special lamp many mornings, and just generally getting out more during the daytime. Neither is conducive to the type of writing I enjoy. So, in a nutshell, I haven't been writing much.
As for getting out more, you know how "they" warn us about the sun. It's bad for us, we shouldn't tan, it causes cataracts, best slather on the sunscreen!, and so on? Turns out that sunshine is my new friend. I get out more. I use sunscreen. I protect my eyes with polycarbonate lenses that aren't dark enough to call sunglasses.
In the meantime, I have been receiving more fan mail on Witch in the House than all my other books put together. Many letters are from witches who read the book and wanted to acknowledge how much they enjoyed it, how "dead on" it was. I thank all of you for writing, witches and non-witches alike. I truly enjoy your emails.
It's like sunshine!
Wrong. The story of my first week of wedded bliss could be titled "How Not To Spend Your Honeymoon." My husband (still) has this thing about seeing what's over the next hill. Did you ever notice that what's over the next hill is another hill? And if you're not watching the sky, black clouds can roll right in, open up and toss out big icy chunks of hail, not those puny pea-sized balls. So there I am, on my honeymoon, trying to keep my cool, and the only protective covering was a small building on stilts. It seemed to be part of a ski lift operation. (Don't ask; neither of us ski.) The skunk was there first, but to its credit, it shared without raising too much of a stink. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
People are always asking, "Where do you get your ideas?"
Does my honeymoon give any clues??
The idea for Two Weddings and a Feud was born in a flash flood on the Current River, during the Great Flood of '93 in the midwest. That's when I learned how fast I can break camp. Fast!!! Five of us moved everything uphill--tents, canopy, canoes, all the gear, even the fire where our steak dinner was cooking--and didn't lose anything but two days' time. We could've hiked out sooner, but leave our canoes behind? I don't think so.
During research for Alligator Alley, I had the opportunity to pet a tiger. He was on his side of the bars and I was on mine, thank you very much. I also wanted to see what the Everglades were really like, so I hired a boat and went out into the alligator-filled waterways. Awesome!
Wedding Knight research material came from a long-ago trip to Spain where I poked around old castles. I have pictures of my brother-in-law climbing the ruins. He didn't break his arm until he came home and stood on a chair to fix something, thank goodness. That kind of research I can do without.
I've had several books published since the first one, in 14 countries, last count. A Date on Cloud Nine has been picked up by Doubleday and Rhapsody Book Clubs and is going hardback. I get fan mail from countries where the books weren't released, so some of them have travelin' feet of their own. Some I enjoyed writing more than others. But I always, always enjoy the research.
2009 Update
Sometime between the finish of Witch in the House and its release, I developed seasonal affective disorder (SAD). I don't know if you know much about SAD, but there are no tests for it. The only way you know you have it is when you have a couple really rotten winters in a row, and then you go, Oh gee, that happened last December too. And then the doctor says, You have seasonal affective disorder. Well, okay!
Life can do a one-eighty pretty fast. I went from hours-on-end at my desk, writing books, to reading beneath a special lamp many mornings, and just generally getting out more during the daytime. Neither is conducive to the type of writing I enjoy. So, in a nutshell, I haven't been writing much.
As for getting out more, you know how "they" warn us about the sun. It's bad for us, we shouldn't tan, it causes cataracts, best slather on the sunscreen!, and so on? Turns out that sunshine is my new friend. I get out more. I use sunscreen. I protect my eyes with polycarbonate lenses that aren't dark enough to call sunglasses.
In the meantime, I have been receiving more fan mail on Witch in the House than all my other books put together. Many letters are from witches who read the book and wanted to acknowledge how much they enjoyed it, how "dead on" it was. I thank all of you for writing, witches and non-witches alike. I truly enjoy your emails.
It's like sunshine!
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November 13, 2008
Race-car champion Scott Templeton is on a practice run when the ghost of Larry "Speed" Cooper appears telling Scott he needs to deliver an expensive 'hemi' car engine to his mother who lives in St. Louis. "Speed" had died 15 years before in a stock car race. When Scott refuses at first, "Speed" does a little ghostly work that makes Scott crash his car. With a broken arm and leg, Scott now has the time to do that errand of Speed's. Speed's mother believes Scott and knows he can see and talk with her son. Her daughter Maggie finds out and heads back home from a job interview she was to have in Chicago and ends up helping Scott search for her father's classic 1971 Lemon Twist "Cuda." This is a funny paranormal that he me laughing to the last page.
January 4, 2009
My best friend Shellie sent me a book by this author, A Witch in the House. I purchased her other books and love to the this one too. She is a fun writer, mostly romatic, and easy to read. Very fun!
April 12, 2010
i kinda like this book haha and its kinda koo how he sees the ghost
August 3, 2014
Funny and interesting... could make a sweet movie
December 1, 2014
Interesting storyline but not very well written :/ still liked it though :)
October 1, 2012
I loved this book. Makes me laugh every time i read it.
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