Carson Lavin has always been in the spotlight. As the son of the Buffalo Bills starting quarterback, Zach Lavin, Carson was practically born into it. Now the starting quarterback and captain of the football team at University of Michigan, he's determined to prove he's different from Zach. He's his own person.
Grace is no ordinary girl, being related to Chicago Bears Defensive Lineman, Alex Rivera. While Grace had been competitive in the hunter jumper ring since she was 7 years old, her first love had been football, often playing with her brother. As one of the best high school quarterbacks in Colorado, she led her team to victory multiple times, even winning state. Despite her legendary high school career, no colleges offered her, believing she didn't have what it took to succeed at the college level. Even as she pursues her dream of being a professional equestrian, she still carries the sting of rejection.
As Carson and Grace's world collides, their chemistry is undeniable, but so are the challenges they face. Grace fights with unfulfilled football dreams while Carson struggles to forge his own path, separate from his father's.
(TH#5)"And maybe in the end, in spite of all we said, all we did, all we met, we are only thoughts that evaporate into the effervescent whirlwind of time."
Cole Winters is a perfect example of high school done right; star quarterback, good-looking, popular, he has the whole package. Things couldn't possibly go wrong. He lives for the present with no certainty on the future or anything it holds.
Grace Loving is terminally ill. She's been cancer-free, but it can't be gone forever. She knows it. Everybody knows it. And it's only a matter of time before she bites it. But to maximize her living expectancy, her parents bring her to a well-known doctor operating a hospital just outside of Heart, North Carolina, where she finds her new home and, ultimately, Cole Winters.
It's not love at first sight. It's not even love at fourth sight. But as they're thrown together in odd and unsavory circumstances, it becomes a battle between love and the desire not to hurt or be hurt, and the realization that in life you cannot have one without the other.