Sitting With Ghosts || A Formula 1 Romance Novel

Landing a job in Formula 1 is every engineer's dream. Landing it as a woman? Practically impossible. But Eliza Bauer made it - straight into the chaos of the grid, surrounded by speed, pressure, and more testosterone than should legally be allowed in one paddock.

She tells herself she's here to work. To fix lap times, fine-tune strategy, and prove she belongs. Not to get involved. Especially not with the team's sharp-tongued, impossible-to-read lead driver.

But when a crash shakes more than just his confidence, lines start to blur. He's reckless. Infuriating. And under all that? He's real.

It's supposed to be simple: go fast, fix problems, prove herself. Then her past catches up with her - and she learns this team comes with far more complications than she ever expected.

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as of now this work has no warning for maturity. this might change in the future.

tropes, so you can decide if this is your cup of tea: strong female character, male x female pairing, enemies-to-lovers (kinda), slow burn, banter, found family, no miscommunication (maybe a little too much communication), hurt/comfort, fluff, angst, mutual obsession, pining

trigger warnings (let me know if i missed any): brief mentions of violence, description of wounds, they talk about death, mentions of abusive relationship