The Road Home by Jane Ashley Converse

My life was a dream… Sold-out concerts, number one hits, and a different city every night… I’d been coined America’s sweetheart and learned to live by the rules. That was until I met him. Two years ago I practically threw myself at Charlie Higgins, my mom’s newest ranch hand. With one kiss he took my breath away, but before it went any further, he turned me away telling me to forget about him. I took my bruised heart back to Nashville and did what country singers do best: I wrote a song about it. I just never expected it to be a number one hit. Now I’m back for my cousin’s wedding. And Charlie isn’t as in love with the song as the rest of the world. But the way he’s looking at me makes me think maybe there’s a chance…this time he won’t tell me to go. As long as the secret I’m keeping doesn’t scare him away.