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Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Themes:
Butch / Femme
Enemies to Lovers
Forced Proximity / Stranded Together
Friends to Lovers
Mental Illness
Rich Girl / Poor Girl
Second Chance
Slow Burn
Heat Level:
Medium (sex scenes are included and may use mildly graphic description)
Archetypes:
Athlete / Coach
Race Car Driver / Daredevil / Stunts
Geographic Location:
United States: Mountain States
Setting:
Big City / Urban
Corporation / Office / Workplace
Sports Stadium / Gym
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Protagonist Identity:
Black / African American
Trigger/Content Warning:
Main character, Sage, has survived a racing car accident and suffers from anxiety/panic attacks. The car accident is hinted to in the book, but (by design) there are NO scenes depicting the actual event.
Pit Stop
The Competing Desires Series, Book 2
By L.M. Bennett
It was always her, one way or another.
Sage Chiasson, racing royalty and heir to Chiasson Sport, has fought to reclaim her rightful place at the top after a devastating crash nearly ended her career. With unwavering determination and a chip on her shoulder, Sage is ready to prove that she’s more than just a rich, pretty girl in a fast car. But there’s one person standing in her way: Jagger Banks, the woman she blames for the accident that shattered her dreams.
Jagger Banks, a street racer with raw talent and unflappable charm, has always been the outsider looking in. When a sponsorship deal thrusts her back into the world she’s been cast from, she finds herself in a high-stakes game of power, politics, and grudges that run deeper than the asphalt beneath her wheels. To make matters worse, she’s now forced to be teammates with Sage, the one person who hates her most.
As Sage and Jagger’s paths collide on and off the track, old rivalries emerge. Forced to be teammates, the ex-friends feel the simmering tension between them while navigating the cutthroat world of professional racing. But when questions arise about the true cause of the crash that changed everything, both women must face the secrets that lie beneath the surface and the person hiding them.
When the difference between victory and defeat is measured in milliseconds, the truth could be the most dangerous curve of all.