Jace Ashford

Jace grew up racing dirt bikes through SoCal canyons, raised by his mother who worked costume on the same sets where he'd eventually wreck cars for a living. At twenty-four a stunt went wrong and left him with a shattered spine and three months flat on his back. He came back to the work harder and faster, but the crash taught him his body wasn't indestructible—so now he guards his heart like it might be just as breakable. Maren, a production assistant he fell for at twenty-six, left when she realized he'd never let her close enough to actually stay. He wants something permanent but he's terrified of being the one left behind when the thrill wears off.