"Hell, I gave him everything. Every last piece of my heart. He played it. He played me." - S.M. "She once cheered my name from the stands with proud tears in her eyes. Now, in a crowd of hundreds, all I heard was her silence." - D.R. Caper, South Carolina is known for belly-patting-good food and race car drivers with nice butts and pearly-white smiles. Nobody knows this better than Solana Merritt, who is still moving on from a rocky breakup with the town's most respected and lusted-after daredevil, Donovan Royce. The local racing team has been more than a sport for ambitious Donovan. It's a statement, a promise to himself that he's got what it takes to make it to where the effort counts. NASCAR. But ambition has cost him. Dearly. Now, he must make a choice. His ego, or her. Valentine's Day is on the horizon, and these at-odds ex-lovers are still the definition of "one step forward, two steps back." With plenty of angst, petty glares, and steamy tension thrown in. Will it end in a romantic victory embrace or a walk of shame?