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4.5 stars

I’m really digging the world-building that is going into this series. While I felt the first book did a lot of heavy lifting getting readers unfamiliar with Formula Racing, somehow this book seemed to do even more. Don’t let that scare you away. The author gives enough information to fascinate me with all that goes into racing without making things dull or confusing. Seriously, I do not watch any type of racing and I’m not wanting to watch a race. Bex’s job in this book is something I never even fathomed.

This is a second-chance romance; Bex and Nash were engaged in the past and she called off the engagement over three years ago. Shortly after their breakup, Nash had a terrible accident while racing and took himself away from FI racing after his recovery. He’s still racing but hasn’t gone back up to race with the “big dogs�, so to speak. In steps Brienne Norcross, the heiress from the Pittsburgh Titans series, to offer Nash an opportunity. Little does he know his ex-fiance is working for the Titan’s racing team in a coveted position, the first female to do so.

As Nash and Bex realize they will have to learn to work together if they want to keep the opportunities that were given to them, they also feel they have to have a frank talk. There was never any discussion after the breakup and the air needs to be cleared. It’s obvious they loved each other deeply but were too immature for the relationship they were in with the place they were in life three years ago. They’ve both learned a lot and grown a lot. They quickly become each other’s biggest cheerleader, with good reason. Their positions were earned with hard work and dedication.

As much as I loved the romance between Bex and Nash, my favorite thing about this story is Bex’s struggle with being the only woman in a male-dominated field. The tightrope she has to walk to assert herself and get the men around her to listen to her is unreal…yet oh so real. For the most part, Bex handles it all like a champ, yet there are some missteps along the way that I, for one, couldn’t blame her for. She is still young and in an almost impossible situation. I love the support Nash gives and how, most of the time, he keeps himself in check knowing that his “sticking up� for Bex will only undermine her authority.

I have fallen in love with the women and men in this series. Well, other than the sexist jerks. There are so many angles still to be played and I have a feeling it’s going to be a lot of fun.