Driven — Lisa Nowak

The last thing on 16-year-old Jess DeLand's wish list is a boyfriend.She'd have to be crazy to think any guy would look twice at her.Besides, there are more important things to hope for, like a job working on cars and an end to her mom's drinking. Foster care is a constantthreat, and Jess is willing to sacrifice anything to stay out of thesystem. When luck hands her the chance to work on a race car, she findsherself rushing full throttle into a world of opportunities--including aboy who doesn't mind the grease under her fingernails. The question is,can a girl who keeps herself locked up tighter than Richard Petty'sracing secrets open up enough to risk friendship and her first romance?

"The first romance is captured beautifully--just the right combination of natural and awkward, of eager and scared." ~ Bob Martin, writing professor, Pacific Northwest College of Art

While this is Book 3 in the Full Throttle Series, it can be read without first reading the previous two.