Midnight Chase
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Last published Mon, Jul 27, 2026
Cinderella. A story about a girl trapped by circumstance, waiting for her chance to escape.
This isn't that story.
For starters, Cinderella is an eighteen-year-old guy named Cesar.
His stepmother is actually pretty nice. His step-siblings aren't evil. The real problem is his father, who hates cars almost as much as Cesar loves them.
When a mysterious Nissan 350Z lands in his garage, Cesar finds himself pulled into a world of underground races, family secrets, and the memory of a mother he lost too soon.
Add in one best friend who knows him better than he knows himself, one girl in leather who keeps showing up where she shouldn't, and a hidden past buried behind a locked garage door...
and suddenly escaping home becomes a lot more complicated than finding a glass slipper.
Welcome to Midnight Chase.
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