He leaned down to kiss the tops of her breasts and she didn’t stop him. He propped himself up on one elbow to look at her, inching down the blanket to reveal more and more of her beautiful skin. In her company he felt better, about everything. “All gone.” He realized then that he’d been able to talk about his father without feeling quite so empty. “Just laying here, touching, talking and then whoosh, it’s all gone.”
Jesse had never thought about it like that. “So we could be swallowed up at any second?” Some can swallow whole other stars, as big as the sun.
They suck in energy and matter, like a vacuum. “Not unless they’re being pulled by something bigger, like a black hole. “What about stars then? Do they ever fall?” We used to camp out in the backyard and stargaze.” “A big rock being burned up by the Earth’s atmosphere.” “So many falling stars,” she said dreamily. His whole body felt relaxed, his mind at peace. “You missed it, Jesse.”Ī lazy, contented smile spread across his face. “There one goes.” She pointed to the sky. Jesse must pull himself together if he hopes to have a shot at the prize money, save his home, and win the heart of the girl he loves.Ĭan these two competitors overcome the sins of their fathers or will a shadowed history destroy their dreams forever? But when Brooke reveals a secret that could destroy Jesse’s family, it sends him into a tailspin of self-doubt. With the big race weeks away, eighteen-year-old Jesse Copeland struggles to keep his head in the game and his hands off his smoking hot competition.
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