
Safe
L. Waltree
A boy from the wrong side of the tracks joins the team of his childhood bully — who's hiding everything behind his rage.
Description
LandonKing’s Heart Preparatory Academy for Young Men.A place I don’t want to be. But it’s a good opportunity. So I take it, hoping it’ll help me land a scholarship and eventually get my family out of our tiny trailer.Though I didn’t know he’d be here.That sickly kid from my past who always tried to mess with me.Now he’s all grown up and captain of the football team I’m joining.He wants me to be miserable.He wants me to leave.But when I get too close and see everything he holds under the surface, all I want to do is stay.GrantWhat is he doing here?He’s from a time that no one is supposed to know about. A secret that continues to haunt me under my angry facade.I try to make him miserable.I try to make him leave.He won’t budge, threatening everything I’ve kept hidden away.But when I accidentally let him in, I find that he makes me feel the one thing I’ve been chasing all these years.Safe.Safe is an MM bully romance that contains the following sports, hurt/comfort, forced proximity, and high angst. Please check the CW to see if this book is for you.
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