The Rookie by Jennifer Labrecque

Author:Jennifer Labrecque
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Stock Car Drivers, NASCAR (Association), Man-Woman Relationships, Sports Sponsorship, Contemporary, Sports & Recreation, General, Romance, Sports Stories, Love Stories, Socialites, Automobile Racing Drivers, Motor Sports, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373217779
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2006-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

MADDIE BIT BACK A SIGH of frustration up in the skybox.

“I’m sorry, Ms. Felton, but that’s all we brought,” the catering supervisor said.

“You’re telling me you only have half of what I ordered for today?” Maddie asked.

“No. I’m telling you we brought what you ordered,” the supervisor snapped.

Obviously this person didn’t adhere to the philosophy that the customer was always right or that courtesy went a long way in dealing with a mistake. Maddie would pull the contract and check it when she got into the office tomorrow, but there wasn’t a thing she could do about it now other than make a mental note to never use this caterer again.

She glanced at the scanty layout of food. At this rate they’d run out of food and drinks long before the race ended.

“Thank you. That’s all,” Maddie said, dismissing the supervisor. She could send Tamara out to get more food but the race was almost over. There was no point.

Maddie hurried to the front of the skybox. The food situation was a done deal and she was missing the race. That was her real source of frustration. As impossible as it had been for her to imagine a month ago, she was as addicted to the power and finesse of 790-horsepower engines racing around the track, each track offering a different challenge, as the next die-hard fan.

Macray had qualified seventh. Not great, but he’d managed to fight his way up three spots and was holding fourth place.

Thirty laps, one rear-field pile-up and one pit stop later, Maddie gripped the edge of her seat. Macray had gained third, then dropped back to fifth and was now back up at third. Macray and the pack of front six had just come through Turn Four when smoke poured from his engine and he decelerated so fast the cars behind him barely managed to not send him flying across the track.

“This doesn’t look good, folks. Let’s see if we can find out what’s going on.”

The network tapped into Macray’s audio feed. “Yeah. It was a pop. I’m sure we dropped a cylinder.”

Mike Snellings came back with “Bring her in.”

What exactly did that mean? Maddie’d learned a lot but she didn’t know what a dropped cylinder was. Snellings didn’t sound good, but she doubted any crew chief would sound excited at the prospect of losing position. Hopefully, the team would fix it and he’d be back on the track within a lap or two.

Macray had dropped to the bottom of the track and luckily was right at pit road. The car stopped just short of being off track. Maybe not that lucky after all. The wrecker headed over.

“That’s a tough break for the Number 76 team. They’re done for the day.”

“No!”

Maddie didn’t realize she’d shouted her protest until everyone looked at her.

She shrugged and offered an apologetic smile. “Sorry.”

“Hey, that’s how I feel, too,” the guy below her, a friend of a friend of the advertising coordinator, said.

Phoenix had turned out to be a bad

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