Beneath the Lights

Fame took him away. Now the only thing he wants to win back is the girl he left behind.

He was once the golden boy. The hometown hero who made it all the way to the pros. But fame has a way of changing people...and Gavin Carter is no exception.

After a scandal sent his career spiraling and a brutal injury ended it for good, Gavin returns to the only place he ever called home. Now he's trading stadium lights for small town shadows, hoping to rebuild the pieces of a life he lost along the way. Most folks in town want nothing to do with him. And the one person he can't stop thinking about? She wants even less.

Emma Rhodes has spent years trying to forget the boy who left her behind. The boy who turned into someone she didn't recognize. She's built a quiet life-steady, safe, and far from heartbreak. But when Gavin shows up again, all smoldering apologies and quiet regret, the past isn't so easy to outrun.

He was always different with her. And she never stopped wondering what if.

But second chances come at a cost. And trusting the man he's becoming means letting go of the boy who broke her heart.