Ladies, start your engines...

  ...But you may have to keep it idling for a while.

Harlequin (that familiar leading publisher of romance novels) has partnered with Nascar for some extra "brand building." Harlequin has already published three Nascar-theme books, including one in which the heroine, an ex-kindergarten teacher, falls in love with a Nascar driver after first being hit by his car and then driving his enormous motor coach from race to race.

Keeping in mind that Nascar is a "family" brand, Harlequin writers must abide by some rules: no drugs, no alcohol, and no... sex. These books are guaranteed to have hours of engine idling and zero climatic clutch-popping, therefor making it sound about as exciting as watching cars go around a track for 3 hours.