Harlequin to publish NASCAR romance novels

SCENEDAILY ^ | 11/2/05 | SCENEDAILY

[rattrap]

NASCAR announced Wednesday a licensing agreement with romance series publisher Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.

Under the agreement, Harlequin will publish women's fiction titles as part of the NASCAR Library Collection. The upcoming novels, written be bestselling Harlequin authors, will have plotlines centering on NASCAR and will feature the NASCAR brand on their covers.

The debut novel, "In the Groove," by Pamela Britton, is set to release in late January, just before the Daytona 500.

"NASCAR continues to attract more and more female fans," said Mark Dyer, NASCAR vice president of licensing. "The new NASCAR Harlequin titles should be a real attraction for this segment of our fans."

Financial terms of the agreement were not reported.

[rattrap]

I really don't even know what to say...

Have fun!

[EmilyGeiger]

Oh the anticipation to run right out and buy one of these wonderful literary classics!! (deep sarcasm)

[MizSterious]

Harlequin is still in business? For the life of me, I can't understand what anyone sees in the pap they print. With or without NASCAR.

[theFIRMbss]

[WorkingClassFilth]

A short list of suggested joke elements for the mechanically impaired:

Pneumatic
lube
snap on
hot rod
pit stop
burn rubber
crankshaft
overheated
tool

[Gay State Conservative]

"...and as the brave,handsome #27 crossed her finish line..."

[billbears]

One more example of how far out of touch NASCAR intends to make itself from its fan base. It has nothing to do with female or male fans. It's that NASCAR is more concerned with licensing anything and everything they possibly can. 25 years from now if NASCAR is still watched by a majority of Southerners I'd be suprised

[Gay State Conservative]

God,that's good stuff!!!

[popdonnelly]

Wow! NASCAR fans that read!

[uglybiker]

Bubba looker dead in the eyes and said: "Git in th' truck, b*tch."

"Oh Bubba!", said Sadie-May,"Yer so ro-mantic!"

[theFIRMbss]

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Harlequin is still in business? For the life of me, I can't understand what anyone sees in the pap they print. With or without NASCAR.

Harlequin romance books are the biggest waste of money, and evidently women spend a lot of money on them.

[pbear8]

Ick!

[JackDanielsOldNo7]

Female: I could feel my engines overheating as my lover shifted to fourth gear. I could feel his lube racing through my body.

Gee whiz NASCAR. Get a life.

[rattrap]

That sums it up nicely.

[Kimmers]

To add to that

push rod
headers
lube my chassis
ball joints

The hero of the novel could be called Cam, short for cam shaft because he has really big tools.....and the heroine could be Cadillac because of her smooth finish and big headlights

[Rebelbase]

"Nearing the resolution of her desire, sweat dripped from her body as she firmly grasped the stick, anticipating the moment to thrust it downward as she accelerated hard into the turn, dizzy from the G force that tore deep into her body, yet only thinking one thought...faster, faster........"

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Better not let the Weaver Family on The Amazing Race see this. They'll all start crying again!

[MizSterious]

Actually, a lot of NASCAR fans are on Free Republic. (Make that a huge lot of NASCAR fans.) Moreover, they're some of the best-read people around.

[theFIRMbss]

"Oh, Ashley, I must go. The crew's counting on me. You'll be in my heart!"

"Ahhh! The flames! Ahhh! Ahhhhhhh! Ashley was right, the fuel pump was bad! What a gal!"

"Oh, Ashley, I thought only of you during the skin grafting sessions!