I was especially excited to read this one because the characters are from Missouri, where I live. As a kid, I even went to a lot of dirt track races because my mom and stepdad were friends with one of the racers, and they even spent time as part of his pit crew. So those things made me very eager for this story. Now first of all I have to start off with how the story actually seems to be set in Kansas. The whole beginning of the book talks about all of what I thought would be in Missouri as being in Kansas. That’s not a huge big deal. I mean I work in Kansas even though I live in Missouri. But still, a bit of an error. And as a Kansas City, MISSOURI girl, who always gets irritated with concerts where the artist performing will say something like, “Hello Kansas!” and we all have to yell back Missouri or give them quiet to show they are wrong, that is something that sticks out.

But, that’s beside the point of the actual story itself. Honestly, the story was really good! And this is my first book by this author, but I’m pretty sure it won’t be my last. In fact I realized as I was getting my review ready that I do have another book by her, probably from a Kindle deal at one time, and now I’m eager to read it when I get the chance.

This is the second book I’ve read this week about a guy who ends up with a baby that he wasn’t expecting. I liked how in this story there wasn’t any bad blood between the mother and the father though, or her family and his. That made for a uniqueness that isn’t often seen, probably because that doesn’t add an extra layer of drama. Which I’m okay with. Sometimes I prefer a story without a ton of side drama.

The characters were really great, interesting and ones that I was rooting for. I liked how the guys that hung around with Mack definitely acted like you’d expect a bunch of guys to act. It was fun getting some time with Colton and even Rylee for a minute or so. While I don’t always ooh and ahh over babies, the way the author described the baby totally had me smiling at times and imagining the cuteness of him. There were some great steamy scenes along with the romantic ones. A great story, my first real successful foray into the Driven Worlds books so far, and it will keep me looking to read others.

Review first published at Lisa Loves Literature.