Synopsis
She built a empire from the wreckage he left behind. Now she needs him back.
Claire Eldridge has spent ten years turning her late father's racing team into a force — controlling every headline, every deal, every fraction of a second on the track. She hasn't lost her composure once. Until her lead driver's career-ending injury forces her to drive twelve miles of Texas gravel in four-inch heels to find the one man she swore she'd never see again.
Jax Thornton disappeared behind lawyers and silence a decade ago. Now he lives in grease-stained solitude, rebuilding vintage cars and ignoring his phone. But when Claire arrives with a forty-six-page contract and ice in her voice, the thing between them isn't gone — it's just been idling.
Three tenths of a second. That's what he gives her on his first qualifying lap. A number that changes everything — for the team, the sponsors, and the careful distance Claire has maintained between professionalism and the man who once knew exactly how she tasted.
Some margins are too close to control.