A feel-good sports romance: A small town, a matchmaking grandmother, and a grumpy basketball player with a dark secret.
Austin Fields has only his scholarship and his role as the new shooting guard for the college team of Hopeville, Georgia on his mind. He has no time for distractions, especially not from the attractive sports journalist who can't seem to stop asking questions. If it were up to his roommate (aka grandmother), he should just open up to the blonde whirlwind, but that's out of the question, as he wants to put his time in Chicago behind him and look forward. But his secret seems to have followed him here...
Joyce Reed is a determined sports journalist striving to be taken seriously despite the challenges she faces as a woman in the field. The fact that Hopeville Dragons' new star player seems to have secrets is a perfect opportunity for her to prove her talent and demonstrate that she can't be easily fooled. Unfortunately, those endlessly sad eyes draw her in, and when she discovers what really drove him to leave his place in Chicago and move to his grandmother in Hopeville, she's already fallen for him. And she'll do anything to protect him...
