Amy James Bücher

Geschwindigkeit und Gefühl: eine Liebe gegen alle Regeln Travis Keeping, Star der Formel 1, hat den Titel fest im Blick – als sein heimlicher Freund, der aufstrebende Formel-2-Fahrer Jacob Nichols, bei einem Rennen schwer verunglückt. Travis Leben gerät abrupt aus den Fugen: Er muss weitermachen, denn niemand ahnt, dass er schwul ist und seit über einem Jahr Jacob datet. Während Jacob um sein Leben ringt, kämpft Travis mit sinkenden Leistungen auf der Rennstrecke und gegen den erbitterten Widerstand von Jacobs queerfeindlichen Eltern. Travis hofft, dass alles wieder gut wird, sobald Jacob aus dem Koma erwacht. Doch er ahnt nicht, wie weitreichend der Einfluss von Jacobs Familie ist – und wie sehr sich ihr Leben bereits verändert hat …

“Clayton broke his wrist,” Sofia says. "The doctors think he might need surgery." I look up at Travis, wide-eyed, as she asks, "How soon can you get back to track?" For six months, twenty-four-year-old Jacob Nichols has worked as a test driver for Crosswire Racing, the best Formula 1 team on the grid. For as many months, he's been making things work with his boyfriend, Travis Keeping, the number one driver for Crosswire's biggest rival, Harper Racing. Travis won the Drivers' Championship last year, during a dark spell of time when he and Jacob were apart after a devastating race crash almost took Jacob's life. Since getting back together, things have been better than ever, and when Jacob gets the chance to act as reserve driver for Crosswire at the Singapore Grand Prix, he jumps at the chance to spend the race weekend with Travis. The night before qualifying, he gets an unexpected call from Crosswire's team principal, Sofia. One of their drivers has been injured, and Jacob will be filling in for the race. If he puts on a good performance, it might earn him his own Fl seat for next year. But every point he takes could compromise Travis's shot at this year's championship-and put their relationship to the test.

Formula 1 meets Red, White, & Royal Blue in this contemporary romance in which an F1 phenom battling for the championship is sent spinning after his secret love is involved in a massive crash. Twenty-four-year-old Formula 1 driver Travis Keeping is halfway through an incredible racing season, with the championship well within his sights. But when a massive crash in Formula 2 leaves driver Jacob Nichols in critical condition, Travis's world is flipped upside down. No one knows, but he and Jacob have been dating for almost a year. Now the only boy he's ever loved is clinging to life, his F1 team can't understand why his performance is faltering, and he's locked in a cold war with Jacob's parents, who want him as far away from their son as humanly possible. Travis is sure everything will get better when Jacob wakes up, but he soon realizes he's underestimated Jacob's parents' influence on their son. As the F1 season barrels on, Travis and Jacob find themselves alone and miserable on opposite sides of the globe. But with some new friends by their sides, both drivers will be pushed outside of their comfort zones and onto a journey of self-discovery--one that just might lead them back to each other in the end.