REVIEW: Drive to Thrive by CD Rachels (Formula Q #1)

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DRIVE TO THRIVE

Formula Q - Book One

by CD Rachels

Release Date: January 16, 2023

Review

I really enjoy CD Rachels writing style and characters. I loved his Artists and Athletes series. They were all so wonderful, with such unique stories. So I was excited to see where he went from there with this new Formula Q series. I wasn’t disappointed.


Their story is sweet. Damon and Rocky have a slow build from nurse/patient to friends to lovers, and it’s all kinds of lovely. 


A closeted race car driver and an out-and-proud nurse. Is Damon worth going back into the closet for? Or can Damon find the strength needed in Rocky’s love to live out loud?


There’s a lot of fear for Damon to come out. What will his parents think? Or the race car world? The other drivers? He could lose everything. But he’s never really needed to come out. Until Rocky. Rocky, who makes him come alive. Makes him realize how bright his life can be with someone to love and to come home to.


It’s a great book with a lot of wonderful family and race car driver friends. I’m excited to see who comes next.


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Synopsis

Formula Q is the fastest motorsport in the world. Only the highest-performing athletes can make it to the grid. They drive fast, work hard, and play hard, but off-camera, anything goes.


The public knows me as Damon ‘the Speed Demon’ Davidoff, eligible bachelor and winner of FQ titles around the world. Fans adore me and my team supports me. They don’t need to know I’m so deep in the closet I intend to bury myself there.


Then my poor health catches up to me and my world comes crashing down. I could bounce back easily if it weren’t for one little complication: my male nurse is attractive as hell.


I can suppress these feelings during the season break—I have to. I’m not going to expose my secret just because I feel a fire coursing through my veins when Rocky puts his hands on me.


As the weeks go by, I somehow let Rocky under my skin and into my heart. He’s smart, sweet, and everything I never knew I needed.


I thought I wanted a clean bill of health and to keep winning my races. Now, for the first time in my life, I want so much more. I want him, and damn if that isn’t the scariest thing I’ve ever felt.


Drive to Thrive is a male/male motorsports romance novel. It involves Christmas karaoke, New Year’s Eve parties, Las Vegas swimming pool dates, and yes, lots of racing action worldwide. It is book one of a series, has a HEA, and can be read as a standalone


About CD Rachels


CD Rachels has been coming up with stories since he was little. At first it was all about superheroes and pocket monsters, but his genre of choice has expanded since

puberty.


He’s been consuming young adult gay fiction since he was a teen, but within the past five years, he’s moved up to the big leagues of gay adult romance. In 2020 during quarantine, he burned through more male/male romance books than he ever had in the previous 29 years combined.


He lives in New York City with the love of his life and works in health insurance. When he’s not reading and writing, he’s playing board games and practicing music. He is honored to become a published author, and if you’re reading this, your support means so much to him that it’s giving him a tingly feeling (in a good way).


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