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Two years after Jared left, Tate has built a life that doesn’t depend on him. She’s heading for medical school, finding her freedom on the racetrack, and trying to move on. Then Jared comes home for the birth of his baby sister, bringing all their unfinished business with him. He has found his place in racing, but coming back doesn’t erase the hurt he caused. Their attraction is still there. Trust is another matter, and Tate isn’t willing to lose herself just because she still wants him.
Main Characters
Tatum “Tate” Brandt — female lead, 22. A racer preparing to start medical school. She is determined to protect the future she has worked for, even when Jared makes moving on difficult.
Jared Trent — male lead, 22. A motorcycle racer and co-owner of JT Racing. Returning to Shelburne Falls means facing the woman he left and the damage their breakup caused.
Supporting Characters
Pasha, 22, is Jared’s blunt, capable assistant. Jax Trent, 21, is his half brother, and Juliet Carter is Jax’s girlfriend. Madoc and Fallon are the married friends whose home brings Jared and Tate back into each other’s orbit. Katherine, Jared’s mother, is expecting a daughter with her husband, Jason Caruthers. James Brandt is Tate’s father, and Ben Jamison is the man she is dating when Jared returns.
Reading Order
This continues Jared and Tate’s story from Bully. Although it can be read on its own, start there to get the history behind their reunion.
More about the content warnings — includes spoilers
Includes bullying, emotional manipulation, possessive behavior, public sexual humiliation, and sexual touching that continues after verbal refusals. Jared destroys Tate’s condoms out of jealousy. The story also revisits childhood abuse and neglect, parental alcoholism, a mother’s death from cancer, and the recording and sharing of a sex video without consent. Other content includes explicit sex, unwanted sexual attention in a bar, heavy drinking, dangerous street racing and near collisions, pregnancy, and childbirth.
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