Nigel Lord, leaves Maysville- his mother's home town as a child to go to Atlanta and live a new life in the, city. After the death of his mother, Nigel moves back to Maysville to stay with his grandma and complete his school.
After spending some months in Maysville and leaving enough bad records to cause alarm and give him a bad and fearsome reputation in the town, he is accused of the death of one of his classmates, Lisa Shaw. Although Nigel denies having any part in Lisa Shaw's death. The Maysville police are convinced and determined to pin the death on him.
Mellania Cole, the daughter of the newly transferred deputy is the only one who believes Nigel's innocence and fights to convince the town and her father most especially of Nigel's innoncence. Mellania, unable to stop her heart falls in love with Nigel who in turn also falls in love with her.
Now alone, with the whole town against them they must remain strong and work hard to prove Nigel's innocence.
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*A little peak into the book;
"Mellania you can't be with me, I don't want you to get in trouble" Nigel says, closing his eyes and placing his forehead against her's.
"I don't care what they think about you, I know you're innocent and that's all that matters. I know they'll see it to,in time. Please don't push me away, I need you." Mel replies, and Nigel sighs.
"I love you so much, you know that right?" He asks, his breathe fanning her face, his lips almost touching hers. He wants to kiss her, so bad but he knows now is not the right time for that.
"I know, I love you too" She says, taking his hand in hers and interlocking their fingers.
"If you love me then you'll stay away from me. I can't let your reputation be spoilt because of me. If anything happens to you I won't be able to live with myself, so please. I'm begging, you've got let me go." he says, feeling his heart wrench.
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"What?" I ask. He brings his hand to my face. His fingertips brush my lips.
"What would you do," he says, "If I kissed you right now?"
"I'd probably push you away," I say, and huff out a nervous laugh.
I've never been a good liar, and Nate can probably tell because the corner of his mouth lifts into a smirk as he leans a little closer to me. "I really want to find out if that's true or not," he tells me.
I'm too frozen to say anything. I'm too frozen to move or breathe, really. Nate's hand snakes around the back of my neck gently. The rings on his fingers cool my burning neck.
"Relax," he whispers, and then he closes the distance between us.
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Nate Miller left three years ago. Packed a bag in the dead of the night, snuck out the back door, and caught the only bus out of Woodvale, his wretched town.
He left Adya behind to pick up the pieces.
She had to console his grandmother. She had to bury her feelings for him. She had to deal with her addict mother. And when Nate returns, everything becomes more complicated.
Can they mend and repair the friendship they had? Can they handle if their friendship turns into something more? Adya isn't one to trust, not after Nate left; and Nate is cracking under the weight of his emotions. Is love too much to ask from either of them?
Trigger Warning: Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse