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Ride with Me

Simone Soltani

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A marriage of convenience threatens to go off track in this steamy Formula 1 romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Cross the Line.

Stella Baldwin thought her life couldn’t get worse. Being left at the altar was bad enough, and the drunken rant she posted to her social media followers in the aftermath was the cherry on top. But having to show up at her cousin’s bachelorette party in Las Vegas barely two weeks later feels like a cruel joke.

Thomas Maxwell-Brown is just looking for a good time. With his family’s expectations pressing down, his career as a Formula 1 driver threatened by fresh talent, and a new reputation making him the most hated man on the grid, he needs a break to clear his head. And what better way to decompress than with a stag party in Vegas?

Stella isn’t the woman Thomas expects to meet that night. And Thomas isn’t the man Stella expects to wake up next to in the morning—with a ring on her finger. Staying married might be the perfect solution to all their problems, even if it is a little wild. Sometimes, what happens in Vegas doesn’t need to stay there…

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R&R Reads\ \ Ebony\ \ • May 1 2025

HAPPY MAY EVERYONE!!

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R&R Reads\ \ Ebony\ \ • Apr 14 2025

✨🍃artists books covers that i adore

✨🍃artists books covers that i adore (pt1)

one thing about me! i am a book cover fiend. honestly i collect books for the cover most of the time. you can lure in me in with a cute cover easy.

i am particular about the art i like but also easily swayed. cover art with details in them make me so happy!

i will definitely make a part two and shout out more artists!

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R&R Reads\ \ Ebony\ \ • Feb 20 2025

✨🍃2025 Anticipated Releases Post

thank goodness they extended this to have 20+ pictures

I missed some because covers have not been released yet so there will probably be a part two to this post

i am for sure going to get back to posting monthly anticipated releases on here rather than the clock app if the clock app gets deleted

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Won't Calm Down\ \ Maya Gabrielle\ \ • Jun 8

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Overall Vibe: yearning.\ \ Final Count: 4 (plus some fics)\ \ Love Song (4 stars)\ \ format: audio\ \ I knew three things. Off Campus was coming to screens soon. I did not like The Charlie Method despite being excited about the why choose. And I still had not read Love Song. I knew what I had to do, Garrett and Logan were waiting for me (because yes I read this more for the parents, we're old friends.) I definitely was slow to warm up to this story, and it's characters. I think that once you're in it, it's a really fun time but if I hadn't been a huge Off Campus fan and came with that nostalgia... I probably would not have enjoyed it as much. This was the closest we've gotten to the original Elle Kennedy flavor since The Play (yes I'm excluding The Dare, iykyk that one just didn't feel like it was in the same family as the rest). \ \ Ride with Me (3.5 stars)\ \ format: audio\ \ I love Simone Soltani, and I love F1. Simone is one of the F! romance writers who you can truly tell deeply understands the sport, the politics, and the social context that she's working within. (I had the chance to meet her earlier in May and can confirm that she's a fellow true F! girlie.) I used to be a bigger marriage of convenience fan before it started to feel played out and less believable, and in the past year I've had TWO exceptions. Play Along by Liz Tomforde... and this. The YEARNING from him? The girl boss vibes from her? Idk man I ate it up it was super fun. I loved every chnace we got to be in the paddock, and I loved the FIA politics, I felt well-served and content. \ \ Smash or Pass (5 stars)\ \ format: physical\ \ It's YA sapphic sports romance AND autistic rep in women? And it...nailed both. From the moment I opened this book, I felt read to FILTH and so fucking giggly about it all. Birdie nails the way young autistic women create rules, either consciously or subconsciously, to live and mask by. She also nailed how allowing ourselves to be seen, and seeing others' soft underbellies, gives us the space and conifdence to let those masks drop. Being young is HARD (being grown is hard too) and in my experience, being yourself out loud, quirks and all, not only inspires others to do the same, but creates more genuine connections. And the romance? So soft and warm but also so real. You watch a genuine friendship be built, before she ever realizes that she wants it to be more, and it felt so, so right. \ \ I Kissed Her First (5 stars)\ \ format: physical\ \ I think I have a niche favorite genre. Let's call it "Gaylor Agenda". Popstar who's secretly queer and gets to have fun runaway romance with her cook from PTown who has two dads? Guys, I should have known this would be addictive. My favorite read last year was Gaylor Agenda But Documentary Filmmaker edition. The tour aspect was so gooey, I loved getting to feel the runaway travel vibe with all the destinations, posed against the rigidity of Luna's career, schedule, public persona, and "relationship" with another (male) singer. I want to read it again, immediately. I want a sequel. I WANTTTTT I YEARNNNNN\ \ Bonus:\ \ Reputation (CaitVi Taylor Swift/PWHL au fic) by a_pottymouthed_parrot on Ao3\ \ because I love Taylor Swift-esque sapphic stories. And sapphic sports romance. and CaitVi.

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