At age twelve, Ashlee Nichols fell in love with her brother's best friend, Beau Jacobsen. Everyone thought she was cute and that her crush was simply that . . . a crush. But her young heart had known he was the one, and she had planned on marrying him as soon as she was old enough. Unfortunately, when she confessed her feelings to Beau, he'd laughed, patted her on the head and told her he was flattered.



Sure, Beau had been twenty-two at the time, but she knew she wouldn't always be a little girl. Just when she turned eighteen and was finally old enough to date him, Beau joined the Army and was deployed to Afghanistan. Now, six years later, Beau is back in Mitchel Creek, Georgia, for a few weeks. He's hotter than ever . . . and still ten years older, something he can't seem to get past.



He still sees Ashlee as a glorified little sister . . . or does he?