Karen Booth
It’s here! Too Fast to Fall is out now.
I’m so happy to finally share this book with you.
If you’re ready for:
- a brooding Spanish F1 driver
- a sunshine dog nanny
- opposites attract tension
- slow-building chemistry
- plenty of heart
- and one adorable dog helping things along
…you can grab your copy today.
Writing this book was so much fun….Piper and Emilio and Gus really worked their way into my heart, and watching them become a family was incredibly rewarding. I hope you have a chance to read it. If you do, please leave a review online. It’s such a huge help!
Praise for Too Fast to Fall:
“I loved it! This high-octane romance has the heat, the heart, and characters that will make you fall in love with love all over again.”-Marina Adair, New York Times bestselling author
“Too Fast To Fall is such a delightful, refreshing story that I’ll be thinking about for a long while! We get all the simmer of Formula One and all the soft love of your coziest rom-com.” -Esha Patel, author of the Offtrack series
“From Miami to Monaco, Too Fast to Fall delivers a thrilling F1 romance with heart. Piper enjoys a slow life, but Emilio has speed in his blood. At the end of the race, you’ll be cheering for love.” -Nadine Gonzalez, USA Today bestselling author of Only Lovers in the Building
We are officially one week away from the release of TOO FAST TO FALL.
This stage of a new release always feels a little surreal. I spend so much time with my characters while writing, revising, and polishing, and then suddenly it’s time to hand them over to readers. This part always feels a little nerve-wracking, wondering if you will like this book.
Despite my nerves, I’m so excited for you to meet this one.
TOO FAST TO FALL has such a special place in my heart. Beneath the glamour and speed of the Formula 1 setting, it’s really a story about trust, closeness, and what happens when a woman who is gentle and steady gets past the defenses of a man who thought he could handle everything alone. And the love of a pet. Because we can’t forget the dog!
It’s about:
🩷unexpected tenderness
🩷emotional vulnerability and the love of family
🩷attraction that becomes something deeper
🩷a dog who loves very enthusiastically
🩷and a hero who is absolutely, definitely, one hundred percent in trouble
If you’ve already preordered, thank you. Truly. Preorders are so important. They’re the only way a publisher knows that readers are interested in a book.
If you haven’t had a chance to preorder, this is the perfect time to reserve your copy before release day!
Allow me to introduce you to the stars of Too Fast to Fall:
The hero: Emilio Baquero
A brooding Spanish Formula 1 driver who is talented, intense, and having a very bad time. His career is under pressure, his personal life is complicated, and the only creature he trusts without hesitation is his dog.
He is not in the market for feelings.
He is not interested in emotional vulnerability.
He is absolutely not prepared for the woman who walks into his home and starts quietly changing everything.
The heroine: Piper Murphy
A sweet, capable dog nanny with warmth for days and a heart big enough to care deeply without making a spectacle of it. She’s sunshine, but not in a flimsy way—she’s steady, compassionate, and much stronger than people might assume at first glance.
She’s there to do a job.
She is not trying to fix a broken man.
But she does have a way of seeing through his walls.
The dog: Gus
Adorable. Beloved. Possibly the smartest one in the room. Also very naughty when necessary.
Gus is the reason they meet, the reason they’re thrown together, and—arguably—the reason Emilio and Piper never had a chance. I’m just saying, some dogs fetch tennis balls. Some dogs fetch soulmates.
What I love most about this story is the emotional contrast between them: he’s all storm clouds and restraint, and she brings warmth without ever pushing too hard. The chemistry builds in all those lovely little moments—shared space, quiet trust, reluctant laughter, and feelings no one ever intended to have.
Too Fast to Fall releases May 26, and I’m so excited for you to meet Emilio, Piper, and Gus!
If you haven’t preordered yet, you can grab it HERE.
This story about TOO FAST TO FALL starts with my dear friend, Piper Trace. Piper’s a fellow author, hilarious and smart, sweet and kind. The best.
I do a lot of book brainstorming with Piper. If I get stuck, she helps dig me out of the ditch. So, when I was trying to come up with a premise for the book to follow NOT SO FAST, I called Piper and begged her for a brainstorming session.
Now, these phone calls have varying degrees of success. Sometimes life gets in the way or we get sidetracked and don’t make much progress. This call, however, was like lightning in a bottle.
Let’s cut to the transcript:
Me: “I’d love to come up with a twist on a classic romance trope. Like a nanny story.”
Piper: “Dog nanny.”
Me: (brain whirring at one million miles a minute) “Yes. OMG, yes.”
That was all it took. It was just too perfect. Not only because I am animal lover to the NTH degree, but also because F1 fans (including me) are obsessed with the drivers’ pets, especially their dogs.
So that’s the story of how I came up with the premise for TOO FAST TO FALL, and that’s also the story of how my dog nanny got her name–Piper.
TOO FAST TO FALL comes out May 26, 2026. I’ll have a sneak preview of it way before then. Until then, here’s the blurb:
So what if she’s crushing on a race car driver? That doesn’t mean it’s love at first lap.
But maybe it’s love at first lap dog?
Yesterday, Piper Murphy was just another dog sitter helping her sister with wedding prep while pretending she’s over her own broken engagement.
Today, she’s the fill-in dog sitter for Formula One driver Emilio Baquero. Brooding, gorgeous driver + naughty, cute Lab? Woof, down boy.
When Emilio offers her a five-week gig as his live-in dog nanny in London, Piper can’t help but say yes. It’s out of her comfort zone, sure, but it’s also a ticket to travel, racing, and caring for a dog she already adores. All while escaping the wedding planning that’s put her failures front and center.
Only being under the same roof means there’s no escaping Emilio’s intensity, or grumpiness. Piper tries to be a sunny presence, but their clashes just fuel the slow-burn tension to something near combustible.
Because falling for your boss is risky when you have a broken heart. Falling for your famous boss and his adorable dog? That’s a crash waiting to happen.
You can preorder TOO FAST TO FALL from your favorite retailer!
When I was a teenager, my cousins and I lived for People Magazine. We would save up our money and as soon as we had enough, we’d race to Walgreens or the grocery store to buy the latest issue. Spoiler alert: I was a teenager before the internet was a thing.
I suppose I’ve always been a sucker for celebrities, but growing up in small-town Minnesota, with not a lot of money, made all of those glamorous things you see in magazines just that much more glam-o-rous. Reading People was my equivalent of getting on a plane and flying to another country, something I didn’t get to do in real life until I was well into my 20s.
So when my editor sent me an email last week saying my book, NOT SO FAST, was going to be in the June 9th issue of People Magazine? My teenage self squealed and kicked her feet, while my present-day self shed an actual tear. Because I put a lot of hard work into my books and it doesn’t always get recognized or seen by a whole lot of people. This will be seen by a whole lot of people. And I couldn’t be more grateful. If you happen to catch it on shelves, I hope you’ll think of me, or at the very least your teenage self and all of the amazing things you’ve done to impress the person you used to be.
