- 𝐃.𝐈.𝐋 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝐚 𝟐𝟏-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.

Nevaeh Ellis left Chicago with a pink suitcase, three hundred dollars, and a secret that could get her killed. Atlanta was supposed to be her fresh start until she crossed paths with Brixton Dawson, the kind of man you don't look at twice. Now it's past midnight... and running might not save her this time.

Khalil is a country man. He's the town's very own slacker, party goer, and womanizer. Gabrielle is a city girl who doesn't take his shit. **** Once a lively ring, Khalil's family equestrian rink called, "The Bowl", now sits quiet. The crowds are leaving, the money's drying up, and the legacy that his great grandfather built is slipping through their fingers. When his father's health takes a sudden turn, Khalil is forced to step up and take the reins; literally and figuratively. Across the street, Gabrielle is spending the summer with her grandparents, camera in hand and dreams of NYU in her back pocket. She doesn't expect to get involved, but something about The Bowl and Khalil pulls her in. What begins as a small effort to help becomes a full-blown mission to save the struggling rink. But rebuilding isn't easy. Especially with a wealthy, white-owned rival rink circling like vultures, waiting to bury them. As tensions mount, long-buried family secrets surface, and Khalil and Gabrielle's bond is tested by jealousy, grief, and growing expectations. In a county divided by class and race, they'll have to decide what-and who-is worth fighting for. ****