Faster Than Ruin

By Tori Gracen

When seventeen-year-old Hannah Calder is uprooted from her quiet life and dropped into the outskirts of London, she expects culture shock-not danger. Not crime. And definitely not Will Hayes, her new stepbrother: closed-off, sharp-tongued, and wrapped in the smell of gasoline and bad decisions.

Will lives by one rule-never slow down.
In the underground racing world that snakes through London's industrial backstreets, speed is currency, loyalty is survival, and every driver is tethered to a criminal ring that profits from their wins. Will is one of the best. Cold. Untouchable. A boy who built his walls so high no one ever got close enough to hurt him.

Hannah sees through them anyway.

Drawn into late-night races, illegal garages, and a city that hums with danger, Hannah discovers that Will isn't just racing for thrill-he's racing to outrun his past. As their forced proximity sharpens into stolen looks, heated arguments, and a pull neither of them wants to name, the lines between family, loyalty, and desire blur into something reckless and impossible.

But the racing world doesn't forgive weakness.
And when a violent collision-on the track and off-ties Hannah directly to Will's enemies, their relationship becomes leverage. Suddenly, love isn't just forbidden. It's dangerous.

With the police closing in, crime lords demanding blood, and a final race that could cost them everything, Hannah and Will must decide what's worth crashing for.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GP6KXCV6
• ISBN13: 9798248777013
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"