Another review for Hart's Victory

By Carol Carson Monk
Michele Dunaway has done it again with another great book. This is her fifteenth for Harlequin, and her first in the NASCAR series. HART’s VICTORy has it all – wonderful, believable characters and an intelligent, emotional story. When single mom kellie Thompson and her teenage son, Charlie, attend a camp for terminally ill kids, they meet NASCAR driver Hart
Hampton, Charlie’s idol.

Because of his illness, Charlie believes he won’t be around forever and thinks Hart would be perfect for his mom. The two of them have had a longstanding joke that the reason she isn’t dating is because she’s holding out for Hart, the heart throb of the NASCAR circuit. Charlie seizes the opportunity and does his best to see that the two of them get together.
Hart has been in a losing slump and is coming off a wreck on the track. Although he wasn’t seriously injured, he’s been told to stay away for the weekend and do a bit of charity work at the children’s camp. To improve his playboy image and repair public relations at the same time, Hart reluctantly agrees.

When he meets Charlie and kellie he instantly falls for both of them.
In spite of her attraction to Hart, kellie rebuffs his attentions. She is one hundred percent focused on getting Charlie healthy. However, Hart doesn’t take no for an answer. He easily wins Charlie over, then he works full time to gain kellie’s affections. His life may have revolved
around auto racing, but now he sees what he’s been missing– a loving family to share it with.
This book works on three levels – the romance, the NASCAR aspect, and the one I found most endearing, Charlie’s fight for his life battling leukemia. This is a heart-wrenching, emotional roller coaster of a read.

You will fall in love with Hart, just as Charlie and kellie do. It doesn’t matter if you are a race fan, this is one character-driven tale of love and devotion that will keep you reading long into the night. keep the tissue box close.