Driven Together: From Idea to Finish Line
Driven Together releases February 23 and is available now for preorder.
Some books arrive quietly.
Others feel like they’ve been racing toward you for years.
I came up with the idea for Driven Together in August
2025: an MM second-chance romance set in the high-pressure world of Formula 1.
Two men who were each other’s first love. A championship season. A journalist
who must remain objective while covering the man he never stopped loving.
From the beginning, I knew this book had to feel authentic.
I immersed myself in race footage, fan discussions, strategy
breakdowns, and team politics. I wrote two full drafts before sending the
manuscript to my editor. After his feedback, I wrote two more. Then I spent an
intense week refining every sentence—tightening prose, checking terminology,
making sure the emotional arc and the technical details were equally precise.
An early beta reader who follows Formula 1 closely helped me
correct my biggest blind spots. If you love the sport, I wanted you to feel at
home in this world.
The cover required just as much attention.
At thumbnail size, a cover has seconds to communicate genre. My early versions skewed too dark—more sports thriller than romance. Through multiple rounds of refinement, I adjusted warmth, lighting, and composition to signal what this story truly is: a romance built on mutuality, tension, and earned reconnection. You can see from these three versions how the cover changed step by step.
Because that’s what Driven Together is at its core.
Two men.
Ten years apart.
One season that forces them to confront what they lost—and
what they might still claim.
To support readers new to the sport, I also developed a
glossary of Formula 1 terms and added sidebars to make the racing world
accessible without slowing the story.
This book represents months of research, revision, and
deliberate craft. Now it’s ready to meet readers.
Driven Together
They were each other’s first love—and the one that got away.
When journalist Wally Pulaski reunites with his college
sweetheart Jonathan Hirsch, now a Formula 1 driver, old feelings ignite with
dangerous speed. Jonathan is fighting for the championship of his life. Wally
is assigned to cover the season, reporting every triumph and failure to a
global audience that demands objectivity. Falling in love again could cost them
everything they’ve built.
As the Formula 1 circus sweeps from Monaco’s glittering
streets to historic European circuits and roaring modern tracks, Wally is
pulled deeper into a world of precision engineering, split-second decisions,
and relentless scrutiny. Behind the glamour lies a sport where careers are made
and broken in fractions of a second, where every personal choice is magnified
under the spotlight.
Balancing professional integrity with unresolved passion
becomes a high-wire act. Media pressure mounts. Rivalries intensify. And the
closer Jonathan comes to his dream, the harder it is for either man to pretend
their hearts aren’t still in the race.
Driven Together is a second-chance MM romance set
against the adrenaline and international spectacle of Formula 1—an intimate
story of ambition, identity, and the courage to choose love in a world that
never slows down.
Ten years after losing each other, they have one chance to
get it right.
Readers can expect:
• Second-chance MM romance
• High-stakes professional tension
• Formula 1 glamour and strategy
• International settings
• Mature protagonists
• Slow-burn emotional intensity
• Found family
• A hard-won, satisfying HEA
Driven Together releases February 23 and is available now
for preorder.
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