Elise Riley is the average girl that has never been treated like she was worthy, always second best even by her own mother.

She becomes a victim of a crime committed by one of her closest friends and is shipped off to Humble, Texas to live with her aunt and uncle on the family farm.

She swears that she will never trust another guy that is until she meets Ford.

Ford Kelly is the star running back at Humble High, always treated like he was number one.

Ford lives a life of eat, sleep, and football. He hates it and is starting to struggle from the effects of playing hard his entire life.

The one girl Ford likes seems to reject him at every turn. But when he starts to break down her walls, there are more things standing in their way than he suspected.

Is love worth the risk? Even if it means breaking a promise you made to your best friend? And if it is worth the risk, will you let it happen? Can you get past all the bad things that have happened in your life?

I walked toward the barn to a voice that was humming, and admittedly, my curiosity got the better of me.

In the barn, I found an unfamiliar girl attempting to milk a cow and struggling pathetically. The girl couldn’t carry a tune but not from lack of trying. She looked extremely out of her element trying to do her best but failing miserably.

I stood back and observed her frustrations. I knew very little about how to run a farm, but she seemed to be downright confused.

I leaned up against the barn door and listened to her trying to make heads or tails of what she was humming until it suddenly came to me.

I joined in and began whistling along with her, and she jumped. She kicked over the bucket, and I watched the milk spill on the hay. “Damn it! For all that is holy!”

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt you.” But not really. I laughed.

She stood up to brush herself off, along with wipe the remainder of the milk and hay that were on her clothes and face.

She stomped over to me but stopped before getting too close. “What do you want?” she snapped at me. She put her hand on her hip.

“Nothing!” I stuck my hand out to shake hers. “I’m Ford.”

She looked down at my hand and smirked leaving my hand hanging.

“What can I help you with?” she demanded.

“Well, since you are clearly not from around here, we like to introduce ourselves first. It’s polite.” I smiled at her.

She rolled her eyes unimpressed.

Terry came walking around the corner huffing like he was already losing his breath.

“Oh, Ford! I see you found Elise.” He looked at me and then back at her. “What in all of Hades happened to you?” He laughed a beat then realized she wasn’t happy and cleared his throat.

“So it’s Elise. Nice to meet you.”