Running on Empty By Ken Casper

Againand having the strength to finally tell him the real reason she d left him and the world of NASCAR behind Running on Emptythat was nice to see that Hugo had is own book. but all in all that was nice 0373217978 I loved the story The characters were well defined and their situation in the story thought provoking Ok so where is the story on a just in and the Gross girl Would Kim be able to carry a baby to term or will she and Wade decide to adopt 0373217978 Running on Empty by Ken CasperHarlequin NASCAR LibrarySecrets And Legends Series Book 14Hugo Murphy is the crew chief for his nephew Justin He had raised Justin and his sister Rachel along with Kim.

His stepdaughter who he always considered his own daughter Especially since her mother had deserted them when Kim was only four Hugo never gave up looking for his ex wife or wondering why she left Someone had come forward to give Kim the kidney she needed to live and Hugo had to believe it was Sylvie. Sylvie Ketchum Murphy had a pretty rough life She loved her husband and daughter so much that her only choice was to leave them Thirty years later she heard the plea for someone to come forward to donate a kidney for her beloved Kimmy Someone with the rare blood type she shared with her daughter She tried to be anonymous but Hugo found her She told the truth about the past and Sylvie didn t have much hope for herself in the future.

But at least she could give her daughter a new chance at life. This book was full of emotions and the author did an excellent job of bringing them to life for the reader The mystery of what happened to Sylvie has been solved along with other questions The racing season is coming to an end now but there are still a few things that need to be settled Book fifteen is Extreme Caution and it brings back Maeve Branch A woman trying to keep her social standing and make it another day as her world as she knew it crumbles around her 0373217978 Nothing too spectacular Good solid writing and story line It did a good job incorporating charachters from other books I felt like it wasn t very suspensful though.

NASCAR crew chief Hugo Murphy could never forget Sylvie Ketchum especially since he only had to look at her daughter their daughter to be reminded of the woman he d loved But she d deserted him and Kim without a word shattering their hopes and dreams Nothing could fill the void except NASCAR Years ago Sylvie had loved Hugo with all the fiery impetuousness of youth But she d had a secret that had torn them apart Now she had a chance to atone for her mistakesand save the life of the child she d left behind But doing so meant dealing with her ex husband Hugo or really exciting 0373217978

Running on Empty By Ken Casper

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Ken Casper was born and raised in New York City After graduating from Fordham University with a degree in Russian he joined the Air Force was stationed in the Far East served in Vietnam and lived five years in Germany He also earned a Masters degree in Education from the University of Southern California Ken retired from than 33 years of government service in September 97. Now a transplanted Texan He and Mary his wife of 34 years own a horse farm in San Angelo Along with their Border Collie Chief they have a Golden Retriever Casey two house cats four barn cats and eight horses They also board and breed horses and Mary teaches English riding Shes a therapeutic riding instructor for the handicapped as well. Life is ne Ken Casper was born and raised in New York City After graduating from Fordham University with a degree in Russian he joined the Air Force was stationed in the Far East served in Vietnam and lived five years in Germany He also earned a Master s degree in Education from the University of Southern California Ken retired from than 33 years of government service in September 97. Now a transplanted Texan He and Mary his wife of 34 years own a horse farm in San Angelo Along with their Border Collie Chief they have a Golden Retriever Casey two house cats four barn cats and eight horses They also board and breed horses and Mary teaches English riding She s a therapeutic riding instructor for the handicapped as well. Life is never dull Their two granddaughters visit several times a year and feel right at home with the Casper menagerie Grampa and Mimi do everything they can to make sure their visits to Little Oaks Farm will be lifelong fond memories After all isn t that what grandparents are for Ken figures his writing career probably started in the sixth grade when he was ordered by a teacher to write a theme explaining his misbehavior over the previous semester To his teacher s chagrin he enjoyed stringing just the right words together to justify his less than stellar performance Fortunately she forgave him. Since then he s had short stories published in a popular men s magazine and was working on a mystery when his critique partners three romance writers suggested he try their genre He had his doubts Me Write romance Are you kidding but he decided to give it a try anyway His first chapter romance submission won honorable mention at the Southwest Writers Workshop contest in 1993 Ken revised itand revised it then entered the Golden Triangle Writers Guild contest in 95 This time he took first place in both mystery and romance The romance entry later became his first sale to Harlequin Superromance A MAN CALLED JESSE was published in October 98 Since then he s written than a dozen other Superromances including the First Family of Texas series contributed to two trilogies a six book series set in the police department of Houston Texas and he s currently involved in a five book series set in the beautiful hill country of central Texas His October 2003 Super THE WOMAN IN THE NEWS was a Holt Medallion finalist, It s nice that the characters are in their fifthiesas always it s way too short ROE lasts like 15 days but it s always like that with Harlequin Romance books.Ken Casper previously wrote as site_link K.N Casper site_link.