If You Hold Me

by Ciara Knight

Overview

High school football star, Tanner McCadden was voted 'Most Likely to Dominate the World' when he graduated from small-town life to big college victory, until a tackle blew out his knee and his future. Humbled and embarrassed, he made it as a football coach instead of a hero, he has never returned to his hometown. That is until a decade later when his father passes away and his mother struggles to maintain a five-generation farm alone.

Maple Grounds coffee shop owner and renowned Coffee Whisperer, Mary-Beth Richards loves her simple life spent concocting the perfect cup of coffee for each of her clients. The rest of her time is spent watching her little brother play football, and avoiding romantic entanglements, that is until Tanner McCadden rides back into her life on a Harley wearing a sexy smile.

When Mary-Beth's brother begs her to ask Tanner to coach Sugar Maple High School's football team to state victory, she is forced to face the man who took her heart and rushed out of her life. When she begins to feel that familiar attraction, she pushes him away to protect her heart by accusing Tanner of being heartless and narcissistic. Confused and hurt, he confides in his mother about his lifelong regrets and learns of the lies meant to keep him from sacrificing his future for a high school romance. Feeling betrayed, he knows the adoration of football fans never touched Mary Beth's gift of making him feel worthy and loved.

It's down to the last quarter. Can Tanner and Mary Beth rekindle their love before the game is over?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162310433
Publisher:	Defy the Dark Publishing LLC
Publication date:	05/03/2021
Series:	A Sugar Maple Novel , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	685 KB

About the Author

Ciara is a USA Today and Amazon Bestselling and award-winning author of heartwarming, small-town contemporary and historical romances.

Her contemporary stories are hailed as "Hallmark movie-worthy." The popular Sweetwater County series takes readers into a southern town filled with family trials, friendly competition, and community love.

Sugar Maple is a hit with town elders who 'tar and southernize' the unruly and sweet young high school friends reuniting after a decade away from home.

Ciara's historical romances have topped the charts and Amazon reviewers say, "This is the best mail-order bride book I've read." Fans of McKinnie Mail Order Brides series are taken on an adventure as the Civil War ends and seven sisters are left with no home, no family, no prospects. Their only hope is to become mail-order brides. Love on the Prairie is a USA Today bestseller and the place any reader should begin their journey of this epic series.

For more information on her books, to read excerpts, and learn more about the person behind the stories visit Ciara's website at www.ciaraknight.com. You can also connect with Ciara on Twitter @ciaratknight, or "Like" her on Facebook (ciaraknightwrites).