Synopsis

Twenty years have passed, yet not one thing in my hometown has changed … even the man I left behind.

I was the girl no one could touch because they all feared my father. He was a legend, the head football coach who had created this town’s Friday night lights. Only two football players dared to win my heart—the boy next door and the new guy in town. I grew up on this football field and fell hard for these two men, who loved me just as much as the game.

When my dad died, decisions had to be made, and I chose the one who held my heart.

As I sit here in the stands, watching the one I didn’t choose fill my father’s role, I can’t help but remember our fumbled past. Wondering if I followed the right guy or what my life would have been like if I hadn’t.

Fumbled Past, the story behind the story

The thought of this book came a few years ago when I went to the first high school football game in my home town since I had graduated high school. I went with my husband and two boys who were in elementary school at the time. As I noticed a guy who I dated on and off throughout high school and college on the field coaching the game I had this what if moment then thought that would make a great book! 

This book is a tribute to my high school. Everything with the football team is from there down to the dump truck horn, the carrying of Big Black, ACDC songs, penny ceremony after games, and even Coach Z who has passed away and the stadium bares his name.