Hands on the Wheel: A Sinfully Erotic Trucker Romance

The pseudonymous Harlowe can be forgiven for stereotyping her characters for the sake of erotic thrills in this short and sweet contemporary. But her clunky, unsophisticated, and superficial use of heavy plot elements—including cancer, dead spouses, body dysmorphia, and stalking—dampens the fun of a romance whose heart is in short skirts and sexy shenanigans, and never adds any emotional depth. Gently dominant trucker Hank Werner gives waitress Sara Cooke an escape from Cheyenne, Wyo., and her abusive ex by offering to teach her to drive a big rig in exchange for letting him have his way with her luscious body. The lessons mostly consist of Hank fondling Sara while she sits in his lap in the driver’s seat, but for readers who want their kink delivered by an essentially nice person to a nervous but enthusiastic partner, there’s definite heat in Harlowe’s on-the-road encounters. (BookLife)