Not So Fast

Not So Fast

  • Pages: 320
  • Imprint: Afterglow
  • Publication Date: 2nd July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781038954916

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It’s Formula One — getting revved up is all part of the fun in this sizzling high-octane rom-com for fans of Rush and The Hating Game.


When the curves are this dangerous, only a race car driver will do...

Mia Neal is a champion overthinker. Find something, fixate on it and spiral down. Fortunately, she puts that energy to good use: a podcast about Formula One, her favorite sport in the world. There’s nothing about racing Mia doesn’t adore. The speed. The drivers. The fierce competition. The single-minded ambition. Ironic for a woman who’s changed careers more times than she can count.

Only now her salty takes on gorgeous Brit driver Xander Bishop have gone viral, and the podcast feels more and more like what she’s meant to do. Then Xander’s teammate invites her to the Miami Grand Prix to see F1 up close — and get in Xander’s head. He’s not exactly delighted at all the shade she’s been throwing his way.

It should be all-out war. Instead, Mia and Xander are stunned by the sudden crackle of...something sexual arcing between them. It’s irresistible, unbelievably hot — all Mia’s warning flags are waving. Because this reckless attraction is coming at Mia all too fast...

About the author

Karen Booth

Karen Booth

Karen Booth is a Midwestern girl transplanted in the South, raised on 80s music, Judy Blume, and the films of John Hughes. She loves to write big city love stories. When she takes a break from the art of romance, she's teaching her kids about good music, honing her Southern cooking skills, or sweet-talking her super-supportive husband into mixing up a... more