Old sparks flare fast in Cedar Hollow when a bestselling romance author reunites with her first love in this emotional, slow-burn, second-chance, small-town romance.

One minute I’m drowning in the noise of Los Angeles, staring down a book deal about a sport I know nothing about, and the next I’m back in my childhood bedroom, hoping small-town quiet will fix my writer’s block.

But when I run into my ex–high school sweetheart, Calder Holt—somehow taller, broader, and even more unfairly handsome than I remember—I realize the story blocking me isn’t the football romance my publisher wants…it’s the one I left behind seven years ago.

Between Friday-night lights, the way his eyes find mine in the stands, and a moment under the bleachers that feels dangerously like high school all over again, it’s clear he’s not just teaching me about football.