Being a single dad is difficult. Being a Formula 1 driver is also tricky. Charles Leclerc is both of those, and it's hard, especially since his kid seems to hate everyone, including him. Lucas Leclerc is a boy whose mom left. He has two involved uncles, a very cool grandma, and all the people around his dad. But no one seemed capable of taking the little boy out of his own world, where quietness reigned. Natalie Beaufoy was born and raised in Monaco. She happens to stumble upon the little boy at the airport. What happens after becomes part of their story. And what a story.

She's a (soon to be) lawyer with a guarded past, a woman who's built her life on discipline, control, and walls too high for anyone to climb. He's a Formula 1 driver with a steady heart, living in a world of speed, adrenaline, and pressure few can endure. When their worlds unexpectedly collide, neither is prepared for the pull they feel toward one another. But love isn't easy when the past still casts shadows. She fears that opening her heart will cost her everything she's fought so hard to protect. He refuses to let her face those fears alone, offering patience, kindness, and an unwavering presence that challenges everything she thought she knew about love. Together, they must learn that the greatest victories aren't measured in trophies or trials-but in the courage to trust, the strength to heal, and the promise of a love worth waiting for.

"Sometimes when I look into your eyes I pretend you're mine all the damn time" "Cause I know that it's delicate" What happens when two hearts find love at a time they least expect it ? Can they be good enough for each other ? Will their love prevail and their relationship survive the strongest of challenges ?

One night on a pier in Monaco, while admiring the sea under the night skies, you told Toto, "I came to the conclusion that love is simply not meant for me." That was the answer to a question you have been asking yourself for the longest time. But what if he proved you wrong?

She needed a job. She got him. Toto Wolff doesn't make mistakes. Elisabeth Kline might be his first.

"Mhm, just a dare. You seriously thought there was something going on between us?" "Well, you could've asked me, I'm more than willing." Or In which Carlos Sainz falls in love with his Race Engineer.

Brilliant aerodynamicist Sloane Kingsley is done being ignored. She ditches her job at Ferrari for a shot at Mercedes, the one team desperate enough to listen to her radical ideas. Her new boss is team principal Toto Wolff, a man who built an empire on discipline and control. But as their late night work sessions start turning the team's season around, their intense professional partnership ignites into something far more forbidden. He is her boss. She is his secret weapon. And in the cutthroat world of Formula 1, a single mistake, on or off the track, can cost you everything. This story contains mature themes and is intended for readers 18 years of age or older. Reader discretion is advised.

❝I didn't finish! In the first fucking race!❞ ❝I didn't get into art school!❞ ... ❝What I thought we were listing our disappointments?❞ · · ─ ·𖥸· ─ · · 𝙸𝙽 𝚆𝙷𝙸𝙲𝙷 an unlikely friendship forms between Charles Leclerc and the daughter of the Ferrari team principal, Elise Vasseur. She's always been unapologetically herself. Innocent, self assured and focused. 𝙴𝙻𝙸𝚂𝙴 manages to convince her father to let her travel with his team for the season, granting her a slice of freedom she desperately craves. What she didn't expect was a brown haired, green eyed, dimple cheeked driver to crash into her life (literally). 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙻𝙴𝚂 had never met anyone like her and was immediately drawn into her casual weirdness-stealing merchandise, taking polaroids, focusing on the little things, charging into his drivers room, somehow being friends with Max Verstappen and a knack for calming people down in high pressure situations. 𝚂𝙷𝙴 finds herself helping him amidst a rough season... when she really should be staying away. 𝙷𝙴 finds himself hopelessly falling even when she made him promise not to. · · ─ ·𖥸· ─ · · | charles leclerc x fem OC | | He fell first, she falls harder x slow burn | | TW: THIS BOOK IS VERY, VERY SAD AND CUTE | 🏅#1 in speed 🏅#2 in Scuderiaferrari 🏅#3 in drive 🏅#3 in motorsport

He is one of the best racers in Formula 1. She is a widow from Northamptonshire. Victoria has a lot of emotional baggage brought about by her past. Carlos only moves forward because you gain nothing moving backwards. They have nothing in common. A chance encounter brought them together. Can they both go flat out at love? DISCLAIMER: this is is a work of fiction. While famous names and events have been used, any resemblance to real persons living or dead, is purely coincidental. All characters are purely a work of fiction.