the racetrack has been my home since i was fifteen.
it’s where i found myself ... my passion.
it’s where i go to breathe and escape the chokehold
i can’t free myself from.
i laugh when people tell me how dangerous racing is. if they only knew my relationship was the bigger threat. my life becomes more unstable the longer i stay. but i’m caught between happy memories of the sweet boy i fell in love with a lifetime ago and the controlling and callous brute he is today.
he’s taken a lot from me over the years,
and i’m not sure i have much left to give.
racing is the one thing that keeps me going.
that, and the undeniable passion i have for
jackson powell—the owner of my new team.
he understands me, even with what little he knows about me. he encourages me to fight for what i want most in this world—no matter the cost. but my dream, as well as my last shred of freedom, is being threatened at every turn.
the more i resist the life i’m bound to,
the closer i get to my breaking point.
and if i shatter, i’m uncertain i’ll be strong enough to put myself back together again.
Octane
- abusive relationship
- age gap
- alpha hero
- angst
- anxiety
- arranged marriage
- assault
- athlete
- attempted murder
- billionaire
- boss/employee
- break up to save him/her
- broken in some way
- cheating
- coercion
- control
- damsel/dude in distress
- dark secret
- dating the wrong person
- dubious consent (inferred/off page)
- emotional abuse
- enemies to lovers
- false imprisonment
- fish out of water
- fling
- forbidden love
- gun violence
- hea
- if i can't have you, nobody will
- insta love
- manipulation
- mistaken identity
- narcissism
- on the road
- physical abuse
- proctector
- profanity
- revenge
- sexually explicit scenes
- skeletons
- violence
- woman in peril