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The Detour Driver: A Rivals-to-Lovers College Racing Romance
Paperback
Series: Crownline Academy, Book 3
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 23 2026
Pages: 324
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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.
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