Right There All Along

ZACH

Family. Hannah. The end.

Nothing in Zach Hayes' life was more important. Not even football, or the promise of making the professional league.

So, when a family emergency arose, it was an easy decision to walk away from a scholarship and put his family first. Walking away from Hannah, though?

That was much more difficult.

Now, at nearly thirty, his personal life feels empty. Sure, he has his sisters, who he has raised for a decade. Plus, a great job and a fat bank account. But going to sleep in an empty bed has grown tiring.

HANNAH

Hannah St. James is done.

She's done with men and done with Dallas. All she wants is to go back to her hometown, start a new job, and learn how to be herself again.

That's until fate comes crashing into her.

Suddenly, a life of solitude in her parents' rental no longer sounds like a perfect life. Instead, for the first time in years, she wants more.

But when anonymous notes and letters start arriving, attacking her confidence and making threats, her happily ever after with Zach starts to feel out of reach.

Tropes & Rep

• Small town
• Football (NFL)
• Childhood friends to lovers
• Single dad
• Found family
• "Good girl"
• "Sir"
• A "fuck it" moment
• Athlete
• Breeding kink
• Childhood crush
• Birthday wish
• Dirty talk as a love language
• Mental Health rep
• Disability rep
• Golden retriever MMC
• He falls first
• Hurt/comfort
• Virgin MMC
• Inexperienced FMC
• It was always you
• Plus-sized FMC
• Right person, wrong time
• Soulmates
• Teach Me
• The one that got away
• Masked man