This was a sweet story that also features domestic abuse, though I liked that it never got too graphic.

Emery falls in love with our male lead, Grady when she is 8 and he is 11. We get to see them grow up together and that was my favorite part of this story. Her step father is an abusive jerk and Grady tries to protect her as they are neighbors and best friends.

At 15 her mother grabs her and runs away but they fear the step father and so they go away in hiding. That is where this story starts as Emery is 19 and Grady is 21 and they both are now attending Alabama State where Grady plays football and goes to college.

I loved both characters and when the book starts Grady is a BIG jerk. Emery is very sad about the changes in her best friend and it does not help that she is friends with Grady's rival on his football team. But Grady wants Emery and so he grows up a lot and they get their friendship back and he wants a romantic relationship with her.

This was sweet and fun college romance between two best friends who missed each other. They are both in love with the other but time was their enemy and now its time for them to find a way to move on with each other. I really loved it and I loved all the characters in this story.