"With him, everything felt wrong... and yet, it was the most alive I had ever been." Seventeen-year-old Janine Flores thought she understood love until she met the man she was never meant to want. She's already in a safe, steady relationship with Alexander Gabriel- her best friend, her first love, her certainty. Then his father comes home. Lucas Gabriel is quiet, mysterious... and impossible to ignore. From the moment he looks at her, everything changed. What begins as stolen glances turns into something neither of them can stop. But the deeper Janine falls, the more the past begins to unravel- secrets her parents tried to bury, and truths that tie her to the Gabriels in ways she never imagined. Now she's caught between loyalty and desire, love and betrayal and the truth might destroy more than just her heart. Because some choices don't just break you. They expose everything. --- Content warning: This story contains a significant age gap and morally grey characters. Reader discretion advised. Best rankings: #1 age-gap #1 Billionairemafia #2 Mystery Romance #3 Mystery Romance #4 Passion #7 Contemporary romance #10 Passion

The first time Vittoria Agile saw James Everhart, she knew he would be her greatest rival.

Fast cars. Fierce rivals. Forbidden love. Riley Poulter didn't come to Siena Corsa to make friends. She came to win. As the first female driver in the team's brutal history, she knows she's being watched, judged, doubted. But Lucas Coppola, her new teammate? He's a legend in the making, and the one man who refuses to move aside. Their rivalry ignites fast, fiery, and tangled in something neither of them dares name. In the world of Formula 1, every second counts. Every move matters. And behind the roaring engines and flashing cameras, they are playing a dangerous game. Riley won't back down and Lucas won't let her win without a fight that goes far beyond the track ---------------------------- Start 29/7/25 Finish- still in the works😮‍💨 NOTES •Mature content (smut+fluff but NO mental health issues or SA or mention of suicide) - Mature chapters are marked with * •This work is my own and I am spending a lot of time on it please be respectful •I have full ownership and copywriter of all my characters/teams Please not translations-(unless permission from me) • Thanks for the time you spend reading, I promise you wouldn't regret it 😉