Speed Demons by Gun Brooke

 

Living in Indianapolis now, home of the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway, I was thrilled to see a novel set against the backdrop of racing. In fact, the timing of this review couldn’t be better as this weekend is the running of NASCAR’s Brickyard 400, which takes place at the speedway.

Speed Demons is the story of two women, Evangeline (Evie) and Blythe, one an accomplished NASCAR driver and the other a renowned photographer, respectively. Evie almost dies in a racing crash, an event Blythe captures with her camera. The two women meet when Blythe offers to document Evie’s rehabilitation and comeback to racing. However, just as Evie’s fears about driving again surface so does Blythe’s past of photographing warzones.

While the NASCAR circuit is a great setting, and definitely one you don’t see every day, and the basic storyline is good, the real story is between the two women, which is a first-class romance. I read this book in a single sitting, as I do with most of Brooke’s works. Brooke has a way of developing her characters so the reader immediately connects with them. Her vast array of settings for her novels just make the stories even better. Even if you’re not into racing and NASCAR, you won’t want to miss Speed Demons.

 

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