i am utterly OBSESSED. did i expect anything less after Cross the Line? NO. but lord this one hit harder than the last. when hardworking entrepreneur & baker extraordinaire Stella meets British F1 racer Thomas on a mutual friends’ Vegas bachelor/bachelorette trip, sparks. fly!! and they never stop flying. things take off when the MCs wake up MARRIED the next night and decide to continue said marriage out of convenience to aid both their public images— obviously what happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas, and i aint even mad. i couldn’t get enough of Stella’s determination, and passion and just overall drive to do whatever she wanted, and to do it well at that. and don’t get me started on Thomas!! this man was a complete SAP. a big ole sweetheart who just needed the right one to come along and Stella couldn’t have been the better person to be on the receiving end of his endless doting and care, in and out of the bedroom lord today 🥵 both MCs leaned on and learned from each other with both of them changing for the better as the book ran its course. their growth was just written so beautifully! this book will definitely sit at the top of my list for years to come. 💜

3.25 ⭐️ nothing like a marriage of convenience to pull me out of a reading slump 🤠

my feelings about this book are kinda mixed bc I LOVED the FMC but at the same time some of her actions really annoyed me (especially toward the end), on the other hand Thomas was perfect to me and I wouldn’t change a single thing about him 😔🙏🏻 tbh I wish their relationship hadn’t been such a slow burn bc even though I like that kind of development I lost a bit of patience when I hit 70% and they still weren’t together (even though they clearly liked each other)

for me there was also a bit of a lack of depth in their relationship with all the secondary characters, I wish there had been more scenes between Stella and Willow and more scenes with Thomas’ family bc in the end the relationships all felt a bit superficial

it was a fun read that kept me hooked until (almost) the end so I consider that a big win. I highly recommend it if you like f1 romances & drunk people getting married in Vegas

Words cannot describe how much I loved everything about this book. Ride With Me has EASILY raced itself into the top position as my all-time favorite romance. It’s a master class on tension, flirtation, humor, and most importantly, on what it means to fall in love with someone who sees you for all that you are while loving every part of you that encompasses.

Stella and Thomas make each other BETTER. They show up for each other with care in a way that you just can’t help but crave. The love they have seeps off of the pages and into your heart from the start, and I enjoyed every single minute of watching them learn each other. The banter was EVERYTHING! Their relationship is the definition of meeting your match and is truly the blueprint of a love found in giving as much as you get.

Beyond the love story, we get such a beautiful glimpse at friendship and what it looks like when people you love allow you to show up as yourself, no matter what form that may take. Both Thomas and Stella had incredibly strong friendships in their lives with amazing dynamics, and that made me so, so happy. I hope we’ll see more depictions of all types of love within romance stories like this in the future; allowing love in is how we get to the romance in the first place.

My favorite aspect of all is that Stella was unapologetically a Black woman. There was such nuance to her character and I really felt seen through Stella, every step of the way. Watching her find love with Thomas, a man who truly cared for her, was perfect. A romance between an F1 driver and a baking mogul was exactly what I needed in my life, and I can't wait to see what's next from Simone 💜🏁