
They both avoided commitment, not only from each other, but from everyone around them.


And they both were working towards it with everything they had.ĭespite their intense mutual attraction, neither one of them could afford the distraction or complication of a potential relationship. Their one chance at a building a new life outside their town was through a scholarship. Just lonely hearts, broken families, and empty bellies. Living in a dead end town nestled in a nearly forgotten part of the mountains, Tenleigh and Kyland grew up hungry every day, dirt poor, and with very little to look forward to. I could just tell this was going to be an amazing journey. and my heart was racing even before I started reading. There's a special anticipation you feel before starting a book by one of your favorite authors.

It kept my heart racing and I could not put it down!! I absolutely loved this book! A unique, deeply heart-wrenching, beautifully written story about hope, sacrifice, courage, and the endurance and strength of true love. New Adult Contemporary Romance: Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18. THIS IS A STANDALONE SIGN OF LOVE NOVEL, INSPIRED BY TAURUS. Kyland is a story of desperation and hope, loss and sacrifice, pain and forgiveness, but ultimately, a story of deep and unending love. What happens when only one person gets to win? When only one person gets to leave? And what happens to the one left behind? They're both determined not to form any attachments, but one moment changes everything. Kyland Barrett lives in the hills, too, and has worked tirelessly-through near starvation, through deep loneliness, against all odds-to win the Tyton Coal Scholarship and leave the town that is full of so much pain.

Her dream of winning the college scholarship given to one student by the local coal company and escaping the harshness of her life, keeps her going. Tenleigh Falyn struggles each day to survive in a small, poverty-stricken, coal mining town where she lives with her sister and mentally ill mother. A full-length, standalone romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Archer's Voice.ĭirt poor.
