Böcker av Derain Collier

When friendly competition turns four disparate car enthusiasts into speed-addicted street racers, they find out they share more than just an addiction to adrenaline...In bustling metropolitan Manzano Springs, New Mexico, four friends (Chris, a contract welder, Brandon, an architect, Jason, a corporate executive, and Eric, a college student) suddenly find themselves navigating self-discovery in both their professional and private lives while sharing nothing in common save their love of fast cars-or so they thought.When lifelong friends Chris and Eric embark on a seemingly light-hearted, fun string of intimate encounters, their carelessness leads them into getting caught by one of their other lifelong connections, Brandon. In the embarrassment, Chris can't figure out why it bothers him so much that Brandon saw him. Worse yet, why Brandon reacts completely different from what he would have expected.Old feelings for Brandon surface as Chris and Eric continue their "situationship." That is, until their new friend Jason nearly catches them entangled in each other's arms. Eric's newly awakened appetite makes his eyes wander and Jason seems all too happy to oblige, causing Chris to suddenly re-evaluate his feelings for Brandon.Will Jason and Eric's passion for each other burn out before it has time truly bud into love? Will Brandon and Chris' past finally clear up why they've been a "Missed Connection" for most of their lives?Fast cars instigate a lot of drama, and these boys are always up for the challenge; whether that challenge be on the road, in the bedroom, or from outside of their group.

When Marcus Ridgeston looks over his past, he sees what many other boys would see. Fun, friends, bullies, cars, and crushes. One friend, in particular, stands out. His best friend. However, like some boys, he's been saddled with not being able to be his true self, even with his best friend, his soulmate, his boyfriend. When Marcus' best friend moves away suddenly, he's left heartbroken and subsequently without much reason to maintain the charade.Slip Angle is a world-renowned FormulaD1 driver with a decent-sized following. However, behind the scenes, he's known as a world-renowned pain in the ass. He has subsisted on shallow connections with people since losing his best friend in childhood. Every woman he meets he compares to the memory of her and because of that, he has yet to find love. Then again, he's not actually looking for it.Can a guy whose life revolves around the most profound love and loss recognize that love when it meets him again?

Speed. Power. Accuracy. All things needed in racing, but for Brandon, Chris, Jason, and Eric it applies to far more...Four friends' love of speed and uniquely powerful cars makes them unwitting targets for harm.Brandon, Chris, Jason, and Eric do not understand why a plot to destroy them is concocted, but they refuse to sit idle as it works against them. All of their past lives catch up with them, including some rather unexpected and dangerous associations. Throughout the twist and turns, the group with a reputation for impossible-to-beat cars and trucks manages to remain inseparable. Within the turmoil, they never lose their open and friendly nature to those wanting to be a part of the now renowned E85. However, their insular, expanded, core group forges diamond-like bonds that create new futures with, and for, themselves.It is evident that whatever ordeal awaits them, this unlikely but well-matched group will band together, but will they be able to thwart everything that threatens their safety and happiness?

The speed of their cars has made them famous, but when Jason's past catches up to them, speed is not the only thing that gets tested on the highways of Manzano Springs, New Mexico...Chris, Brandon, Jason, and Eric continue their speed-addiction and friendly street racing pursuits under their new group moniker "E85."While E85's cars continue to be a mysterious, elite and inexorable force in the street racing scene, the group of friends continue to be welcoming to all types of car enthusiasts. This openness leads to the group growing in ways none of them could foresee. As their brand of street and runway racing makes them unwittingly famous, they discover that a malevolent group of car enthusiasts has them in their crosshairs.When drama, violence, and unearthed secrets rock their core, their devotion to each other may be the only thing that can thwart the machinations trying to tear them apart. Manzano Springs finds out that "E85" is a group with which one should not go to war.