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Burnt Rubber, Bare Hearts (Max Verstappen)

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When Lexie Brooks finally lands her dream job as a PR Manager in Formula 1, she's thrown straight into the deep end-assigned to none other than Max Verstappen, the sport's most intense and unpredictable driver. Managing his image was supposed to be a professional challenge. She didn't expect him to be funny, frustratingly attractive, and-at times-impossibly kind.

This isn't the fairytale she imagined-but maybe it's something better.

A slow-burn, rivals-to-something-more romance set against the high-stakes, high-speed world of Formula 1.All Rights Reserved

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