The Detour Driver: A Rivals-to-Lovers College Racing Romance

One stranded race car. Three hundred miles. Zero room for mistakes-or feelings.Celia Morcant can rescue any event-until Crownline Academy's restored first championship-winning car is stranded three hundred miles away on the eve of its biggest alumni weekend.The only student qualified to drive it home is Jace Orlow: brilliant behind the wheel, impossible to manage, and exactly the kind of risk Celia never allows into a plan.Jace needs one flawless weekend to convince a visiting development scout that he is more than fast, reckless, and difficult. Bringing the Bellweather home should be his chance to prove it.Then a storm shuts down the highway.The car begins to fail.And every detour leaves Jace and Celia with fewer places to hide.Forced onto back roads, into a roadside motel, and through a night where trust matters more than speed, Celia begins to see the discipline beneath Jace's defiance. Jace discovers the woman beneath her perfect control.But when Crownline turns their journey into a public redemption story, they must decide who gets to own what happened-and whether choosing each other could cost them the futures they have worked for.THE DETOUR DRIVER is a slow-burn, closed-door college sports romance featuring rivals-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, an unforgettable road trip, found family, and a satisfying happy ending.It is Book Three in the interconnected Crownline Academy series and can be read as a standalone.