If you love Sex and the City, Carley Fortune, Bridget Jones’ Diary or any Nancy Meyers film, this world was built for you. I devoured this book in four days flat, immediately engrossed in a Narnia of luxury landscapes, cutthroat circumstances, and relationships that sizzle, crack and pop off the page. The Winning Formula is ann effortless escape that I read, revelled in, and then read again. You don’t have to know the world of racing to love this book; but you might just fall in love with it while you’re here. Get your comfiest loungewear and bevvie in hand, settle in, and gear up for a heart-throbbing, feel good, racy ride. I’m already pleading for a sequel 🏎️
Kristina L. via GoodReads.com
★★★★★
Narrated Audiobook (Coming Soon)
Immerse yourself in the high-stakes world with a captivating narration. Perfect for your next jet-set journey or a moment of paddock-side calm.
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"Melissa writes such a detailed story and I found myself saving quotes in every chapter that felt like poetry and made my heart squeeze. My favourite romance of the year!!!!" -ARC Reader Rowan
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Experience the High-Stakes Story
Let the passion unfold with the official audiobook, bringing every turn of the track and every pulse-pounding moment to life. Perfect for your next flight to Monaco or a quiet evening in the Riviera.
The narrative opens in the Hamptons, where a last-minute gala invitation sparks an electric connection between Harper and an elite Formula Mondial driver. Their whirlwind journey spans the globe's most luxurious destinations—from the sun-drenched Greek Isles and sultry New York summer nights to crisp autumns in London and frozen winters in Finland. Behind the champagne-drenched aesthetic lies a high-stakes story of ambition, hidden pasts, public relations scandals, and forbidden desire where fortunes and luck are won and lost in split seconds.
Chapter One: Country Club Dreams
The music was too loud, all glittering synths and frenetic drum loops featuring blended vocals. K-pop, I guessed—though I couldn’t name the group. It somehow suited the room: sleek, intimate, designed to look like an accidental discovery when, in truth, its curators had planned it to within an inch of its life. I was buried in a sea of cushions, half-lost in the velvet luxury of it all, trying to rise, literally and figuratively, with some semblance of cool detachment. I didn’t usually care what anyone thought of me. But I’d been trying to get into this place for months. Months.
And all it had taken was one vaguely flirtatious yes to Jason, a venture capitalist or FinTech exec, something finance-adjacent I’d already let slip through the sieve of my memory. To be fair, the food was transcendent. Bite-sized sculptures that exploded with flavors I couldn’t pronounce but wanted to remember forever. Around us, the room sparkled with a constellation of familiar faces of off-duty models, a couple of B-list actors trying to look unbothered, and the requisite fashion editors in form-fitting black. Everyone looked like they were exactly where they were supposed to be. Except me. Though it didn't really matter where I was, I never quite felt like I fit in anywhere.
Discussion Prompts
Paddock Club Cocktail
Character Deep Dive
Explore the high-stakes passion and complex characters. Dive into questions about ambition, loyalty, and the price of victory in the fast-paced world of F1.
Craft the signature 'Ara' cocktail, a champagne-drenched blend designed to transport your book club to the heart of the Grand Prix glamour.
Unpack the motivations and secrets of Harper and Gabriel. What drives them on and off the track? How does their romance defy the rules of the sport?