The golden boy next door? He's a man now, and he's back in town… whether she likes it or not.
Since her mom died, Evie Cauley’s held her life together with dollar store tape, the kind that barely sticks. Waitress at the local diner by day and amateur baker by night, her only goal is to make sure her little brother graduates high school without turning into a serial killer. But it all unravels when an expensive disaster threatens the house her mom saved every penny to buy.
When West Hawthorne got drafted by the Los Angeles Devils, he was more than happy to trade cornfields and painful memories of home for palm trees and endless sunshine. But when he’s suspended from the team after a steroid scandal, the golden boy of baseball needs to re-earn the trust of the fans that once adored him. And what better way than spending his summer coaching his hometown team, the Creek Water Cougars?
When West walks back into town and asks Evie to be his assistant coach, she thinks she’s being Punk’D. She’d rather eat canned frosting than work for West, her childhood next-door neighbor and the boy who once stomped all over her heart. But the job pays the money Evie desperately needs. And maybe the person who helped build the walls around Evie’s heart is the only one who can knock them down.
