Out of Bounds

As star running back for his high school team, Jackson Brady led a charmed
life—until the wild child pushed a little too far. And thanks to snitching
goody two-shoes Annabelle Hartington, Jackson endured scandal, shame, and
suspension from the team before the championship game. His ensuing
downward spiral would have been far worse if not for Nicholas Carr, his
high school coach and mentor.

Now, twelve years later, Jackson doesn't think twice about returning to
Quinn, Texas, to help out when Coach suffers a heart attack. It's an
opportunity to atone for past sins and prove he's ready to give back to
the close-knit community. And he knows just the person to help him—the
same woman who brought him down all those years ago. A respected and
beloved teacher, if Annabelle is willing to take a chance on him, everyone
will know Jackson's a new man.

But he's not the only one who's changed. Though she's just as smart as he
remembers, Annabelle is also sweet, kind, loyal—and hiding a surprisingly
passionate woman behind her staid schoolteacher clothes. Suddenly proving
himself to the town might be more difficult than he'd thought. Because
while Jackson may have shed most of his wild ways, turns out nothing stirs
his inner bad boy quite like Annabelle.