Two men. One woman. A choice that can make her or break her. A love story you ll never forget.

Liberty Jones fell in love with Hardy Cates when she was just fourteen-and-three-quarters. But at seventeen, the ambitious Hardy craves a life bigger and better than their parochial hometown of Welcome, Texas, can offer. While he s fond of Liberty and feels a responsibility to protect her, her crush is a complication he doesn t need.

Yet something continues to draws Hardy and Liberty to each other, especially when she blossoms into a proper beauty. So when he chooses to follow his head and leave town, Liberty is left broken hearted. Finding herself alone, as a teenager with a young sister to raise, it seems inevitable that she will find comfort from another man. But just as she s settling into her new life and beginning to piece together forgotten family secrets, she realises she can t let go of her own past as easily as she thought...