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July 23, 2025
Drive Me Crazy is On SALE - Ebook and Audio!
The ebook of Drive Me Crazy is on sale for $2.49 for the month of July on Amazon!
The audiobook for Drive Me Crazy is on sale for $6 at audiobooks.com for a limited time!
Narrated by: Shane East & Callie Dalton
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Blurb:
Some things burn hot on and off the track...
A tumultuous season filled with reckless driving, drunken debauchery, and more bad press than a kinky politician leaves five-time Formula 1 World Champion Blake Hollis in desperate need of an image overhaul. To redeem his tarnished reputation, his team decides it’s time for drastic measures. Their solution: a tell-all book that showcases his illustrious career and presents a more respectable public persona.
Enter Ella Gold, a once-renowned sportswriter and podcast host desperate for a fresh start. She accepts the challenge of writing Blake’s biography knowing that getting close to the brooding Brit will be challenging. But interviewing Blake can’t be worse than staying in NYC where rumors of her podcast’s demise follow her like a bad Hinge date.
As they spend the season together, sparks fly, barriers break, and their dynamic shifts from antagonistic to something entirely unexpected. Throughout twenty-one races around the world, they’ll face the ultimate interview question: can they write their own happy ending, or is their love destined to crash and burn?
Drive Me Crazy is a spicy Formula 1 romantic comedy with heart, heat, humor, and a guaranteed HEA. This is the first book in the Drive Me series and can be read as a standalone.
Tropes/themes:
grumpy sunshine
formula 1 sports romance
slow burn with open-door spice
forced proximity (f1 driver + sports journalist)
dual POV
mental health representation (with therapy)
The audiobook for Drive Me Crazy is on sale for $6 at audiobooks.com for a limited time!
Narrated by: Shane East & Callie Dalton
Download today on Audiobooks.com!
https://bit.ly/44FrGC4
Blurb:
Some things burn hot on and off the track...
A tumultuous season filled with reckless driving, drunken debauchery, and more bad press than a kinky politician leaves five-time Formula 1 World Champion Blake Hollis in desperate need of an image overhaul. To redeem his tarnished reputation, his team decides it’s time for drastic measures. Their solution: a tell-all book that showcases his illustrious career and presents a more respectable public persona.
Enter Ella Gold, a once-renowned sportswriter and podcast host desperate for a fresh start. She accepts the challenge of writing Blake’s biography knowing that getting close to the brooding Brit will be challenging. But interviewing Blake can’t be worse than staying in NYC where rumors of her podcast’s demise follow her like a bad Hinge date.
As they spend the season together, sparks fly, barriers break, and their dynamic shifts from antagonistic to something entirely unexpected. Throughout twenty-one races around the world, they’ll face the ultimate interview question: can they write their own happy ending, or is their love destined to crash and burn?
Drive Me Crazy is a spicy Formula 1 romantic comedy with heart, heat, humor, and a guaranteed HEA. This is the first book in the Drive Me series and can be read as a standalone.
Tropes/themes:
grumpy sunshine
formula 1 sports romance
slow burn with open-door spice
forced proximity (f1 driver + sports journalist)
dual POV
mental health representation (with therapy)
July 9, 2025
Drive Me Crazy is On Sale During July!
Drive Me Crazy is $2.49 for the month of July!
Download today for $2.49!
https://bit.ly/4lvGecJ
Blurb:
Some things burn hot on and off the track...
A tumultuous season filled with reckless driving, drunken debauchery, and more bad press than a kinky politician leaves five-time Formula 1 World Champion Blake Hollis in desperate need of an image overhaul. To redeem his tarnished reputation, his team decides it’s time for drastic measures. Their solution: a tell-all book that showcases his illustrious career and presents a more respectable public persona.
Enter Ella Gold, a once-renowned sportswriter and podcast host desperate for a fresh start. She accepts the challenge of writing Blake’s biography knowing that getting close to the brooding Brit will be challenging. But interviewing Blake can’t be worse than staying in NYC where rumors of her podcast’s demise follow her like a bad Hinge date.
As they spend the season together, sparks fly, barriers break, and their dynamic shifts from antagonistic to something entirely unexpected. Throughout twenty-one races around the world, they’ll face the ultimate interview question: can they write their own happy ending, or is their love destined to crash and burn?
Drive Me Crazy is a spicy Formula 1 romantic comedy with heart, heat, humor, and a guaranteed HEA. This is the first book in the Drive Me series and can be read as a standalone.
Download today for $2.49!
https://bit.ly/4lvGecJ
Blurb:
Some things burn hot on and off the track...
A tumultuous season filled with reckless driving, drunken debauchery, and more bad press than a kinky politician leaves five-time Formula 1 World Champion Blake Hollis in desperate need of an image overhaul. To redeem his tarnished reputation, his team decides it’s time for drastic measures. Their solution: a tell-all book that showcases his illustrious career and presents a more respectable public persona.
Enter Ella Gold, a once-renowned sportswriter and podcast host desperate for a fresh start. She accepts the challenge of writing Blake’s biography knowing that getting close to the brooding Brit will be challenging. But interviewing Blake can’t be worse than staying in NYC where rumors of her podcast’s demise follow her like a bad Hinge date.
As they spend the season together, sparks fly, barriers break, and their dynamic shifts from antagonistic to something entirely unexpected. Throughout twenty-one races around the world, they’ll face the ultimate interview question: can they write their own happy ending, or is their love destined to crash and burn?
Drive Me Crazy is a spicy Formula 1 romantic comedy with heart, heat, humor, and a guaranteed HEA. This is the first book in the Drive Me series and can be read as a standalone.
March 20, 2025
Drive Me Home is LIVE!
All’s fair in love and racing...
Charlotte Walker’s at an impasse in life. Not sure what her plan is after graduation, she jumps at the chance for a little breathing room to explore her options while traveling the world with her brother and his Formula 1 team. What’s even better is being around Lucas Adler, AlphaVite Racing’s star driver and tattooed Greek god come to life. He’s been her crush for years and being together in such close quarters, their sizzling chemistry can’t be denied.
Lucas knows Charlotte is off-limits. She’s the gorgeous younger sister of his best friend and teammate. Despite their easy banter and draw to one another, he’s learned the hard way that crossing lines can destroy relationships. Now as constant companions on the road, Charlotte, with her charm and infectious energy, challenges him at every turn and sees him in ways no one ever has.
As feelings grow, they both must decide if their relationship is worth the risk of losing everything or if their happily ever after is a prize to be fought for at the finish line.
Drive Me Home is a spicy Formula 1 romantic comedy with heart, heat, humor, and a guaranteed HEA. This is the third book in the Drive Me series and can be read as a standalone, although reading in order is recommended for the best experience!
Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited
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Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton and Emma Wilder
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Charlotte Walker’s at an impasse in life. Not sure what her plan is after graduation, she jumps at the chance for a little breathing room to explore her options while traveling the world with her brother and his Formula 1 team. What’s even better is being around Lucas Adler, AlphaVite Racing’s star driver and tattooed Greek god come to life. He’s been her crush for years and being together in such close quarters, their sizzling chemistry can’t be denied.
Lucas knows Charlotte is off-limits. She’s the gorgeous younger sister of his best friend and teammate. Despite their easy banter and draw to one another, he’s learned the hard way that crossing lines can destroy relationships. Now as constant companions on the road, Charlotte, with her charm and infectious energy, challenges him at every turn and sees him in ways no one ever has.
As feelings grow, they both must decide if their relationship is worth the risk of losing everything or if their happily ever after is a prize to be fought for at the finish line.
Drive Me Home is a spicy Formula 1 romantic comedy with heart, heat, humor, and a guaranteed HEA. This is the third book in the Drive Me series and can be read as a standalone, although reading in order is recommended for the best experience!
Download today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Amazon: https://bit.ly/4fRfhNw
Audible: https://bit.ly/41acx8D
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton and Emma Wilder
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4fKUnj2
March 14, 2025
Drive Me Home Excerpt
“How upset are you about going off schedule?” she asks as we walk back to my car. I parked in an area that would be central to the places I planned to take her, which is not at all near where we are now.
“I’m not.” Stopping in the middle of the sidewalk, I turn to face her, my pulse ratcheting up. “Why would you think that?”
She nibbles on her lower lip, and if I wasn’t holding her shopping bags, I would reach out and stop her. “You had our whole afternoon organized, and I completely disregarded that and went off course. I don’t want you to think I don’t appreciate your planning or that I ruined things.”
If her vulnerability at this admission wasn’t written all over her face, I would scoff at the ridiculousness of it. “You didn’t ruin anything, Roo. So we didn’t stick to the original plan. That doesn’t mean the detour was any less fun.”
She studies my face, eyes wary, as if looking for deception. But it only takes a moment for her shoulders to relax. “Learning about the tea party was fun.”
I love how she says tea party as if it’s afternoon tea at a hotel rather than over one hundred American colonists protesting against British taxation by boarding ships and dumping their tea into the Boston Harbor.
“I’m not.” Stopping in the middle of the sidewalk, I turn to face her, my pulse ratcheting up. “Why would you think that?”
She nibbles on her lower lip, and if I wasn’t holding her shopping bags, I would reach out and stop her. “You had our whole afternoon organized, and I completely disregarded that and went off course. I don’t want you to think I don’t appreciate your planning or that I ruined things.”
If her vulnerability at this admission wasn’t written all over her face, I would scoff at the ridiculousness of it. “You didn’t ruin anything, Roo. So we didn’t stick to the original plan. That doesn’t mean the detour was any less fun.”
She studies my face, eyes wary, as if looking for deception. But it only takes a moment for her shoulders to relax. “Learning about the tea party was fun.”
I love how she says tea party as if it’s afternoon tea at a hotel rather than over one hundred American colonists protesting against British taxation by boarding ships and dumping their tea into the Boston Harbor.
February 12, 2025
Drive Me Crazy is FREE!
Drive Me Crazy is FREE for a limited time!
Download today for FREE!
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Blurb:
A tumultuous season filled with reckless driving, drunken debauchery, and more bad press than a kinky politician leaves five-time Formula 1 World Champion Blake Hollis in desperate need of an image overhaul. To redeem his tarnished reputation, his team decides it’s time for drastic measures. Their solution: a tell-all book that showcases his illustrious career and presents a more respectable public persona.
Enter Ella Gold, a once-renowned sportswriter and podcast host desperate for a fresh start. She accepts the challenge of writing Blake’s biography knowing that getting close to the brooding Brit will be challenging. But interviewing Blake can’t be worse than staying in NYC where rumors of her podcast’s demise follow her like a bad Hinge date.
As they spend the season together, sparks fly, barriers break, and their dynamic shifts from antagonistic to something entirely unexpected. Throughout twenty-one races around the world, they’ll face the ultimate interview question: can they write their own happy ending, or is their love destined to crash and burn?
Drive Me Crazy is a spicy Formula 1 romantic comedy with heart, heat, humor, and a guaranteed HEA. This is the first book in the Drive Me series and can be read as a standalone.
Tropes/themes:
- grumpy sunshine
- formula 1 sports romance
- slow burn with open-door spice
- forced proximity (f1 driver + sports journalist)
- dual POV
- mental health representation (with therapy)
Download today for FREE!
https://amzn.to/4gxaIIs
Blurb:
A tumultuous season filled with reckless driving, drunken debauchery, and more bad press than a kinky politician leaves five-time Formula 1 World Champion Blake Hollis in desperate need of an image overhaul. To redeem his tarnished reputation, his team decides it’s time for drastic measures. Their solution: a tell-all book that showcases his illustrious career and presents a more respectable public persona.
Enter Ella Gold, a once-renowned sportswriter and podcast host desperate for a fresh start. She accepts the challenge of writing Blake’s biography knowing that getting close to the brooding Brit will be challenging. But interviewing Blake can’t be worse than staying in NYC where rumors of her podcast’s demise follow her like a bad Hinge date.
As they spend the season together, sparks fly, barriers break, and their dynamic shifts from antagonistic to something entirely unexpected. Throughout twenty-one races around the world, they’ll face the ultimate interview question: can they write their own happy ending, or is their love destined to crash and burn?
Drive Me Crazy is a spicy Formula 1 romantic comedy with heart, heat, humor, and a guaranteed HEA. This is the first book in the Drive Me series and can be read as a standalone.
Tropes/themes:
- grumpy sunshine
- formula 1 sports romance
- slow burn with open-door spice
- forced proximity (f1 driver + sports journalist)
- dual POV
- mental health representation (with therapy)
January 24, 2025
Drive Me Home Cover Reveal!
Releasing: March 20, 2025
All’s fair in love and racing...
Charlotte Walker’s at an impasse in life. Not sure what her plan is after graduation, she jumps at the chance for a little breathing room to explore her options while traveling the world with her brother and his Formula 1 team. What’s even better is being around Lucas Adler, AlphaVite Racing’s star driver and tattooed Greek god come to life. He’s been her crush for years and being together in such close quarters, their sizzling chemistry can’t be denied.
Lucas knows Charlotte is off-limits. She’s the gorgeous younger sister of his best friend and teammate. Despite their easy banter and draw to one another, he’s learned the hard way that crossing lines can destroy relationships. Now as constant companions on the road, Charlotte, with her charm and infectious energy, challenges him at every turn and sees him in ways no one ever has.
As feelings grow, they both must decide if their relationship is worth the risk of losing everything or if their happily ever after is a prize to be fought for at the finish line.
Drive Me Home is a spicy Formula 1 romantic comedy with heart, heat, humor, and a guaranteed HEA. This is the third book in the Drive Me series and can be read as a standalone, although reading in order is recommended for the best experience!
Pre-order your copy today!
Amazon: https://bit.ly/4fRfhNw
Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4fKUnj2
All’s fair in love and racing...
Charlotte Walker’s at an impasse in life. Not sure what her plan is after graduation, she jumps at the chance for a little breathing room to explore her options while traveling the world with her brother and his Formula 1 team. What’s even better is being around Lucas Adler, AlphaVite Racing’s star driver and tattooed Greek god come to life. He’s been her crush for years and being together in such close quarters, their sizzling chemistry can’t be denied.
Lucas knows Charlotte is off-limits. She’s the gorgeous younger sister of his best friend and teammate. Despite their easy banter and draw to one another, he’s learned the hard way that crossing lines can destroy relationships. Now as constant companions on the road, Charlotte, with her charm and infectious energy, challenges him at every turn and sees him in ways no one ever has.
As feelings grow, they both must decide if their relationship is worth the risk of losing everything or if their happily ever after is a prize to be fought for at the finish line.
Drive Me Home is a spicy Formula 1 romantic comedy with heart, heat, humor, and a guaranteed HEA. This is the third book in the Drive Me series and can be read as a standalone, although reading in order is recommended for the best experience!
Pre-order your copy today!
Amazon: https://bit.ly/4fRfhNw
Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/4fKUnj2
December 17, 2024
Drive Me Wild Excerpt
“Is that seriously the only insight you’re going to give us?” Blake continues. “Just that you’re seeing one another?”
For the first time in my life, I don’t want to say anything else. What Josie and I have is ours. It’s not that I want to keep her a secret, but I want to keep us private. And quite frankly, I don’t know what to tell them. We’re friends who have sex? We’re not together but act like we are? That, even though we’re both single, I want to strangle any man who even so much as looks her way and don’t care about any other woman but her?
“I lied before.” Charlotte throws her arm around my shoulder. “This is the most fun I’ve had all day.”
I shrug her off before daring to make eye contact with my friends.
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For the first time in my life, I don’t want to say anything else. What Josie and I have is ours. It’s not that I want to keep her a secret, but I want to keep us private. And quite frankly, I don’t know what to tell them. We’re friends who have sex? We’re not together but act like we are? That, even though we’re both single, I want to strangle any man who even so much as looks her way and don’t care about any other woman but her?
“I lied before.” Charlotte throws her arm around my shoulder. “This is the most fun I’ve had all day.”
I shrug her off before daring to make eye contact with my friends.
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December 5, 2024
Drive Me Crazy Excerpt
Warm lips kiss down my neck when I finally snap out of the stupefied trance I’m in. I move quickly, stepping away from the counter to put some space between us. It takes a second to find my voice. A million thoughts are running through my head, the most obvious being what the hell just happened.
“Blake,” I breathe out. “What are we doing?”
“Exactly what we should be doing.”
He steps forward to continue where we left off, but I gently push him back. The full impact of his hungry stare is almost enough to let him keep kissing me, but I stand my ground. I need to stop this before it goes too far. The tension in the air is
so thick, it may suffocate us both.
“Seriously. What’s going on?”
My hand motions to the scene around us. The straps of my sundress hang off my shoulders and Blake’s shirt is halfway unbuttoned. Our lips are both swollen and red. He looks as mystified as I feel. His normally messy hair is on a new level,
sticking out funny. I swallow back the lump in my throat as myeyes fall down to his lips—why do I want to feel them against
mine again so desperately?
“We’re obviously attracted to one another. You can’t pretend we don’t have insane chemistry. I’ve been thinking about kissing you again since Spain, so why deny what we both so clearly want?”
He runs his thumb over my bottom lip, pulling it down.Those dumb teddy-bear brown eyes of his are soft and I know
what he’s trying to do, but it won’t work. It can’t. I turn my head away, forcing his hand to fall back to his side.
“Because maybe I want more than just that.”
Right as the words leave my mouth, I want to pull them right back in and then swallow them so deep that they never
see the light of day. The look on Blake’s face is so painstakingly tormented and panicked that I know his answer without having to hear it. I’ve not only committed the worst sin of all, but I’ve also said it out loud. I knew falling for Blake was a bad idea long before he ever kissed me, but that doesn’t make the rejection any less painful.
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“Blake,” I breathe out. “What are we doing?”
“Exactly what we should be doing.”
He steps forward to continue where we left off, but I gently push him back. The full impact of his hungry stare is almost enough to let him keep kissing me, but I stand my ground. I need to stop this before it goes too far. The tension in the air is
so thick, it may suffocate us both.
“Seriously. What’s going on?”
My hand motions to the scene around us. The straps of my sundress hang off my shoulders and Blake’s shirt is halfway unbuttoned. Our lips are both swollen and red. He looks as mystified as I feel. His normally messy hair is on a new level,
sticking out funny. I swallow back the lump in my throat as myeyes fall down to his lips—why do I want to feel them against
mine again so desperately?
“We’re obviously attracted to one another. You can’t pretend we don’t have insane chemistry. I’ve been thinking about kissing you again since Spain, so why deny what we both so clearly want?”
He runs his thumb over my bottom lip, pulling it down.Those dumb teddy-bear brown eyes of his are soft and I know
what he’s trying to do, but it won’t work. It can’t. I turn my head away, forcing his hand to fall back to his side.
“Because maybe I want more than just that.”
Right as the words leave my mouth, I want to pull them right back in and then swallow them so deep that they never
see the light of day. The look on Blake’s face is so painstakingly tormented and panicked that I know his answer without having to hear it. I’ve not only committed the worst sin of all, but I’ve also said it out loud. I knew falling for Blake was a bad idea long before he ever kissed me, but that doesn’t make the rejection any less painful.
Available now!
Read for FREE with KU!
https://amzn.to/4fZrdOc
November 27, 2024
Why write an F1 series?
I wanted to write an F1 series because there’s something electrifying and glamorous about the world of motorsport. The thrill of speed, the intense rivalries, and the adrenaline-fueled atmosphere create a perfect setting for a high-stakes romance. I loved the idea of exploring passionate, complex relationships in a world where everything can change in a split second. The pressure, the ambition, and the fierce competition in Formula 1 bring out raw emotions and vulnerabilities in a way that’s hard to find anywhere else. I wanted to capture that intensity and dive into the lives of characters whose hearts race just as fast as the cars they drive.
