Carve Me Free

by Mara J. Ova

FBT review:

Carve Me Free is a sizzling, emotional sports romance perfect for indie readers hunting for their next unputdownable ebook. Set on the high-speed, high-stakes World Cup ski circuit, this standalone in Mara J. Ova’s Carve series pairs a scandal-frosted heiress with a golden-boy downhill daredevil in a secret, enemies-to-lovers affair that explodes off the page.

If you devour steamy, character-driven romances, love forbidden relationships, and scroll bestseller lists for intense, bingeable reads, this one’s for you. Expect sharp class tension, addictive chemistry, and a couple forced to grow up—or lose everything. Ideal for fans of indie, slow-burn-but-filthy sports romance who want heat, heart, and high drama in their next read.

Publisher Description:

She is ice and scandal. He is speed and sin. When they meet, they turn heat into a weapon they can’t stop using. But can that last?

Having spent her life as a decoration for her scandalously rich father, Élise Moreau finds her rebellion in a reckless downhill racer. Escaping an Olympic gala, she takes him up on his offer to be free and wild in his arms. One reckless Olympic night. No names. Just escape, freedom, and the kind of sex that brands itself into your bones.

Nico Reiner is the golden, reckless Super-G talent of Austria, hurling himself down the ice like he’s furious at the mountain and flirting his way through camera crews and fan girls. He’s used to casual hook-ups, easy worship, and being the wildest thing in any room—until one perfectly polished princess looks at him like he’s beneath her, then kisses him like she wants to burn her whole life down.

They were not supposed to meet again. But months later, Austria’s new speed hero locks eyes with his mystery girl at a World Cup sponsor party—and finds out the wild stranger from his bed is the Moreau heiress whose disgraced dynasty now quietly owns his skis.

What starts as a filthy, anonymous rebellion turns into a season-long obsession they can’t tame. As the stakes climb, they learn lust is easy; love is brutal. When crashes threaten careers, tabloids circle like vultures, and her father moves in for the kill, Nico and Élise have to face something far scarier than breaking rules: sacrifice, letting go of each other’s leash, and choosing a grown-up love they actually have to earn.

Carve Me Free is the second standalone book in the Carve series: a scorching World Cup sports romance for readers who crave enemies to lovers and a forbidden relationship that refuses to stay secret. Expect a golden boy with cracks, a black-cat heiress fighting out of her gilded cage, sharp class lines, and a season that forces them both to grow up if they want their love to survive.

Promotion: Mar 3, 2026 - Mar 8, 2026

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