Faster Series Book 3: Apex by Victoria Denault

 

Faster Series Book 3

Red flags only count on the track. 

My name is Gabriel Allard, and I’m the only heir to a billion-dollar fashion empire and a rookie with Mayflower Racing. I know what everyone thinks — that I don’t deserve to be in the driver’s seat. And worse, that I mistreat people because my father will bail me out and fix things. None of that is true, but I’ve never been able to sway public opinion, so I’ve stopped trying.

Dad hasn’t though. In an attempt to save my image and my seat on the race team, he hires me a boyfriend. Because the universe loves a good joke at my expense, he accidentally hires a guy I shared a scorching kiss with years ago. A guy who, instead of trying to use me like everyone else, ghosted me.

Axel Walsh is nothing like me. He’s levelheaded. Shy. Disinterested in motorsports. He wants to keep this professional. Since I love a challenge, I try to change his mind. The next thing I know we’re fake married, and Axel is in my bed. But is he really mine? It’s getting hard to tell the truth from the lies.

The public starts to buy my cleaned-up image, and I'm getting better results on the track, but privately I feel out of control. My life is on the line every time I strap into my race car, but I’ve never put my heart on the line, until him. I hope Axel and I can survive this publicity stunt and make it to the finish line without breaking each other’s hearts. Just like everything else in my life, the odds are against it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199293112-apex

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

Gabriel is in need of some help. His reputation has taken a few hits when he is falsely accused of things he in no way did. And it doesn’t help when his seat on the race team came from his father paying his way in. Though his father really is a good guy and doing his best to help Gabriel. But Gabriel knows that he has to prove himself to be taken more seriously on the track. But after this latest issue, he doesn’t have much of a choice when his dad and their team decide to do some damage control. AKA hire a fake boyfriend for Gabriel to show that he is settled down and cleaning up his act. But little did they know that the guy they hired is one Gabriel kissed five years ago and then disappeared. Axel has some of his own damage control to get through. His ex used him and the job they worked at together, well his ex took a majority of their clients and destroyed the business Axel worked so hard to build on his own. So now he needs a job and chance to show that he is good at what he does. He just doesn’t expect the opportunity to come in the form of pretending to date Gabriel. Nor does he expect the chemistry between them to come back full blast. But he can keep things professional between them…right? These two were so fun! It was clear that these two needed to have a second chance at having something between them. Both have their own pasts and issues and deserve that break to find someone who truly gets them and isn’t out to hurt them. Really loved their story! This was such a fun series to read. 

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.