That Girl

By Jennilynn Wyer

*Rudy Award Winner and a Contemporary Romance Writers Stiletto Finalist*

JD and I were opposites in every way. I was the girl from the wrong side of town, the one from a broken home who had a chip on her shoulder and everything to prove. The girl living a life full of too many struggles and too many dreams just out of reach.

JD was the charismatic golden boy, a rising football star with the world at his feet and a charm that melted my defenses. I fell hard for his denim blue eyes, twin dimples, and promises of forever. But like most young love, it was a beautiful fiction.

I once told JD that everyone leaves. He swore that he never would. He lied.

Five years have passed since I last saw him. Five years I’ve spent painstakingly stitching together the broken pieces of my shattered heart and building a new life without him. And the moment I’m finally able to move on… JD comes back. He says he came back for me. Unfortunately, all the secrets that made him walk away five years ago came back with him. Secrets that could destroy everything.

My head says to run, but my heart? It’s in deep trouble when it comes to JD Hallstead.