False Start

A fast-food worker. A driving instructor with a billion-dollar secret. And a front-page exposé that shatters their safe world.

Sasha Watts clawed her life back after walking away from a wealthy, controlling ex who made luxury feel like a cage. Now she works the drive-through at McDaisy's, pays her own rent, and doesn't owe anyone anything. But when a birthday gift brings her to a Formula 1 racing track, she meets Miles — a patient, calloused-hands instructor whose lopsided smile makes her forget to keep her guard up. What Sasha doesn't know is that the man teaching her how to take corners is actually the runaway heir to a massive motorsport empire, hiding in plain sight for fourteen years.

When a media exposé blows Miles's cover, their private world is dragged under the spotlight. Now, Miles must face the boardroom he fled to save a failing company, while Sasha is pulled back into the gilded world she swore she'd never return to. The problem isn't just the headlines — it's whether their connection can survive the weight of an empire trying to pull them apart.