Bump and Run by Sundae Leighton

Everything changed the night I met Charlie Callahan.
Charlie introduced me to things I had never tried before; hard cider, skinny dipping and kissing. So much kissing. In turn, I shared things of my own with him. Stockcar racing, my love of taking photos and my innocence. An innocence that Charlie took from me when I offered it to him, because I thought he was different. But I had been wrong.

Charlie had said he was mine and that we would be together no matter what anyone told us.
It didn’t matter that we were going to be stepbrothers or that we were from completely different worlds. Except he lied to me just like everyone had warned he would… I guess I was naïve to believe someone like Charlie could care for someone like me.
I managed to move on.
I toughened myself up and began my racing career, but I never really got over the one that got away; the one that broke my heart. And now Charlie’s here again. He keeps telling me things that I want to hear. That he loves me, and he wants us to be together. And he wants to explain why he ghosted me.

The walls I built around my heart aren’t strong enough to keep him out.
And I’m not sure I want to anymore.

** This is book six in the Wide Open Series. It can be read as a standalone but is more enjoyable if read in order. **