The day I got the call, my life got turned upside down. You prepare yourself for all kinds of hurt in this world, but this is the kind you can't prepare yourself for. No matter how many times you may hear it on the news or may see police cars pulling people over for no reason, you will never get used to the ugly truth. We live in a system rigged against us, and the people that are supposed to protect us are the ones that can also turn things upside down for us in a heartbeat.
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Alexia lives in the perfect town: Northview, white suburbia, where everyone lives in pretty houses and drives nice cars and people don't know a thing about the bad things that happen in the real world. And at the age of 16, she fell in love with Lucas, the boy of her dreams who plays basketball and gets good grades and makes the world seem just a little brighter. But being black in America means nothing good lasts forever. Police brutality is very real, and not matter how perfect life may seem, a single moment, just one mistake, one misstep, can turn the world all bad. And now Mar is left picking up the pieces of her life, trying to figure out why the world is all bad, and why getting justice for the ones you love seem so impossible in America.
My name is Alexia Carroway, and this is the story of how I lost everything, and then had to fight to make things whole again, because being black in America means facing hardship, no matter how rich you might be.
As Dallas and Drayton navigate life in the spotlight, Spencer is navigating intense feelings for Nathan - her best friend's brother.
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Dallas and Drayton are planning their wedding, talking babies and learning how to navigate life in LA now that Drayton is a hotshot football player in the big leagues. Meanwhile, Spencer and Nathan are back at home in Colorado, coming to terms with their feelings for one another and learning how to co-parent with Grayson, the father of Spencer's daughter. Will the realities of adult life strengthen them - or will their relationships break?
[Sequel to The QB Bad Boy and Me]
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