The first novel in a brand-new seriesfrom New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Abbi Glinesabout a small Southern town filled with cute boys in pickup trucks Friday night football games and crazy parties that stir up some major dramaTo everyone who knows him West Ashby has always been that guy the cocky popular way-too-handsome-for-his-own-good football god who led Lawton High to the state championships But while West may be Big Man on Campus on the outside on the inside hes battling the grief that comes with watching his father slowly die of cancer Two years ago Maggie Carletons life fell apart when her father murdered her mother And after she told the police what happened she stopped speaking and hasnt spoken since Even the move to Lawton Alabama couldnt draw Maggie back out So she stayed quiet keeping her sorrow and her fractured heart hidden away As Wests pain becomes too much to handle he knows he needs to talk to someone about his fatherso in the dark shadows of a post-game party he opens up to the one girl who he knows wont tell anyone else West expected that talking about his dad would bring some relief or at least a flood of emotions he couldnt control But he never expected the quiet new girl to reply to reveal a pain even deeper than his ownor for them to form a connection so strong that he couldnt ever let her go.
