Plus, Elec Monroe has more than the average amount of baggage–his father and Tamara’s father-in-law, once good friends, are now bitter enemies he is being pursued by a woman who just might be crazy and Elec’s career is about to take off–he may even be rookie of the year. Having lost her husband, the father of her children, Tamara can’t face that heartbreak again. A driver’s life is too nomadic and unpredictable–and full of temptations and danger. The attraction is instantaneous and mutual.ĭuring their first night together (graphically described) Tamara remembers how exciting a man can be, but Elec is just the kind of man she promised herself she’d stay away from–a race car driver. Distracted by this realization, Tamara bumps into a stranger, Elec Monroe. When Tamara takes him to a cocktail party fundraiser and her good friend Suzanne gives the sweater-clad professor a very critical once-over, Tamara knows that Suzanne speaks the truth–this man is not for her. Her only foray into the world of dating has been some decidedly lukewarm evenings with one of her colleagues. In the two years since then, Tamara has concentrated on her career as a sociology professor and on providing nurture and normalcy for her two children. Tamara Briggs was widowed at thirty when her husband, NASCAR driver Pete Briggs, was killed during a race at Talladega.
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