Victory Lap (High-Speed M/M Formula One Sports Romance #3)
Finn Archer
Twenty-two years ago, Alistair Thorne and Matthias St. James were the fiercest rivals on the F1 grid—until they crashed each other out of the final race of the 2004 season in the most dramatic title fight in history. What the world didn't know: six months earlier, during a rain-delayed Monaco weekend, they spent three stolen days together. A secret summer neither has spoken about since.
Now, Alistair is the ruthless Team Principal of Ironclad Racing, a man who built an empire on calculated risks and cutthroat strategy. Matthias retired years ago and became a snarky TV commentator who's made a career out of criticizing Alistair's decisions on live television.
When a PR disaster threatens to bankrupt Ironclad, Alistair is forced to hire the one man he's spent two decades avoiding: Matthias, as a brand consultant. Matthias agrees—not for the money, but for the chance to finally confront the man who walked away without explanation.
Forced into close quarters for the first time in twenty-two years, the animosity between them is incendiary. Every meeting is a battle. Every strategy session devolves into accusations about the past. But beneath the anger is grief—for the relationship they never had, the futures they sacrificed, the love they were too young and too ambitious to fight for.
As they work to save Ironclad from collapse, the walls begin to crumble. Late-night conversations reveal the truth: Alistair walked away because he was terrified of being vulnerable. Matthias became a critic because anger was easier than admitting he never stopped loving the man who left.
They're older now. Scarred by regret. But maybe—just maybe—wise enough to realize that winning doesn't matter if you have no one to pop the champagne with.
Can two powerful men rewrite the ending they thought was final?
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