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Afterlight 'Shut Up And Drive' June 2024 - single purchase

Featured book: Cross the Line by Simone Soltani

Exclusive trade cover variant

Full colour printing on the hardback (by @gracehyein.park)

Digitally printed edges (@stacey.mcevoy.caunt)

Illustrated endpapers (by @anacandraw, different front and back)

Bonus author letter

Afterlight 'Shut Up And Drive' June 2024 – single purchase

Cross The Line by Simone Soltani was the featured book from our Afterlight 'Shut Up And Drive'  June 2024 box and is no longer available to purchase.

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About the product

Featured book: Cross the Line by Simone Soltani

It’s lights out and away we go! From Monaco to Monza, keep your eyes on the podium and just drive.

Our June Afterlight book is an adult contemporary romance! After a social media disaster leaves an F1 driver’s career in jeopardy, he enlists someone to help him fix his image. The complications? She’s his best friend’s little sister, and he kissed her last year. And can’t stop thinking about it. They swear to keep things professional, but across paddocks and pitlanes, from Suzuka to Silverstone, they find themselves closer and closer to crossing the line.

Our Afterlight Exclusive edition is a B-format hardback and features:

  • Exclusive trade cover variant
  • Full colour printing on the hardback (by @gracehyein.park)
  • Digitally printed edges (@stacey.mcevoy.caunt)
  • Illustrated endpapers (by @anacandraw, different front and back)
  • Bonus author letter
  • Signed by the author

If you love Formula 1 and unresolved sexual tension, we think you’ll enjoy this one!

The book at a glance:

  • Adult contemporary romance
  • Featuring: cover variant; full colour printing on the hardback; digitally printed edges; illustrated endpapers; author letter; signed by the author
  • M/F romance; biracial MCs (Black & White FMC, Indian & White MMC); FMC with a chronic illness (hypermobility)

Thanks to @thejoyfulreads for this lovely photo!

Content warnings for Cross the Line

  • Content Warning

    • Sexual content
    • Strong language
    • Instances of racism & racial microaggressions against main character in his workplace
    • Injuries, including burns, due to motorsport crash
    • Mentions of cheating by a previous partner (not MC)

About the Author

Simone Soltani is a romance author and former ghost writer for a serialized fiction platform. Born and raised in Washington, DC, she holds a BA in Geography from The George Washington University, which she likes to think comes in handy for world building in her novels. When she’s not writing, she spends most of her time planning vacations she’ll probably never get to go on, reorganizing her many bookshelves, and watching sports while cuddling with her dogs.

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You’ll receive a recently released exclusive edition hardback book. Our books feature a range of customisations exclusive only to Illumicrate. These can include:.

  • An exclusive cover
  • Solid colour sprayed, stencilled pattern, or digitally printed edges
  • Signed by the author
  • Exclusive artwork printed on the book (endpapers or reverse of dust jacket)
  • Design on hardback board of the book (foil or full colour)

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