5 friends. 4 from the northside of town, 1 from the southside. They grew up together. One night, the summer after their sophomore year of college ended with one less friend. Everyone knows what happened and who did it but are too scared to say anything, I mean money talks in a small town. The remaining friend from the southside stay friends, shunning the southside, blaming him for the accident and death of their friend. In comes an old friend, moving from a big city dreaming of having that small town life again. Leaving a past of an abusive rich boyfriend, she comes back to small town Kentucky. She meets the rick snooty friends and catches the eye of one. But the outsider catches hers. He seems familiar but she can't place him. SJ owns and works on a ranch, her parents own a fresh flower shop and farm. She comes from not working at all to working and owning her parents flower business. SJ keeps mostly to himself, and a few friends from this local dive bar. He served 4 of a 5 year prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit. Regaining the trust and respect from the towns people won't be easy but with the help of Indy he might end back in their good graces. Indy finds SJ intriguing and vastly different than her previous boyfriend. He was so clean cut, snooty and abusive behind closed doors. SJ seems dangerous, but the fun kind of dangerous. He seems like a big tough guy but his eyes betray him. They show a man that what's the world to see him as the good guy and not the bad.
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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