The Paddock Club

A Formula 1 romance set in the Slipstream universe following Cat Cromwell, a fashion influencer on a secret mission to ruin a driver's reputation, but she may fall for his rival instead.

"This is the steamy rom-com every F1 girlie has been waiting for." --Sarah Adams - "Deliciously addictive!" --Ellie K. Wilde - "The Paddock Club is one of my top reads of the year." --Tarah DeWitt - "Madge Maril is a delightful voice in romance!" --Chelsea Curto - "Cat and Faust are a masterpiece in on-page chemistry." --Peyton Corinne

As a professional heartbreaker, Cat Cromwell knows she'll never fall in love--but she'll pretend to, for a price. A former fashion model in New York City with a side hustle charming and then dumping the World's Worst Men, Cat is offered the chance to pull off her biggest con yet: date and dump F1 driver Bernard Baudelaire...who recently left his very angry ex at the altar.

Raised on Formula 1 by a single father herself, Cat is excited to infiltrate the ivory tower that is the Paddock Club through fashion, and also to get back at another powerful, spoiled man who feels entitled to treat women like playthings, something she has undertaken for women and girls since her early modeling days and her family's financial struggles. But Cat's perfect plan hits the brakes when Bernard leaves the racing team--and she's assigned to work with Faust Ferreira Sanchez instead, a moody F1 driver recovering after an apocalyptically embarrassing year in his career.

Faust is nothing like the men Cat is paid to date and loves to hate. He's quiet. Honest. And absurdly hot in an all-black suit. Worse, Faust is convinced that Cat isn't who she claims to be. And he's particularly interested in why she's flirting with his ex-teammate and biggest racing rival.

As flying between fashion shows and racing circuits wears Cat's carefully crafted mask thin, she finds herself drawn further into Faust's steamy game of cat and mouse, and the dangerously real passion they ignite in each other. But with shadows from Cat's checkered past looming in the pit lane, can she find a way to break her target's heart without losing the first honest man she's ever known? Or will staying in the Paddock Club be the first scam she can't pull off?

Author: Madge Maril
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 07/14/2026
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781668210666

About the Author
Madge Maril is a writer, editor, and Byronic hero enthusiast whose work has been published by Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and more. Previously a beauty and fashion journalist, Madge fell back in love with fiction through fandom and has been writing stories about big feelings ever since. She lives in Ohio with her husband and cat.