Felix

I’ve always been a helper. Someone who sees the world in a brighter light than others do. Who tries to show everyone there’s good in this world.

So when I meet Henry, I immediately make it my mission to show him how great the world can be if he’ll only accept a little help.

Easier said than done. But I’ve always liked a challenge.

Henry

I have no idea why this complete stranger wants to help my daughter and me. But I can’t seem to shake him.

Life hasn’t been kind to us, and I clearly don’t see the world the same way he does. I want what’s best for my daughter, though, and if that means accepting help from Felix, then that might be what I have to do.

No matter what my instincts scream at me.

I’ve been abandoned by everyone in my life, and that’s what I expect now.

But Felix seems determined to make sure I know I’m not alone.

Maverick

I’m the pro. Always professional, always mindful of the press, and always doing the right thing.

My life is flashy and chaotic. I’ve spent the past few years doing everything I was supposed to, including smiling pretty for the cameras while standing next to the world’s favorite popstar.

But now that’s over. I’m yearning for a simpler life. I love racing, but the fame part I could do without.

I want a life out of the spotlight, and I want something real.

Cooper

I’m a fan—how could I not be?

And not just a fan of racing. I can’t help but be swept up by the lives of celebrities. Wondering if they really have it so much better or if something is missing.

Now that Maverick isn’t just that hot racer I’ve followed for years and is instead my friend, I’m starting to see the answer.

We always want what we don’t have.

Rich and famous or poor and seemingly invisible . . . who actually has it better?

Where does true happiness actually lie?

Benny

Big Bend is my home. I love it here. I love everything about it.

It’s my senior year, and I’m determined to have the best one yet. Of course, that’s when life gets confusing.

I think I may have a little bit of a crush on my nemesis.

Something I never saw coming.

I just hope I can find a way to make him give me a chance because being together would make not only this year great, but this life of ours—absolutely epic.

Rowan

Benjamin McBride is the bane of my existence. He simply won’t quit—he never does.

He’s too happy. Too confident. Too unafraid.

I can’t let him get to me.

He thinks we could be epic together, that us in a relationship would be some saving grace—a Hail Mary—a way to make this year and our lives the best they can be.

But I’m not destined for happiness.

I have to make him understand . . .

It’s never going to happen.

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There’s nothing worse this Christmas than Adam having to work.

Except maybe missing the conference he was supposed to be at because of a snowstorm. However, holiday miracles might be real because the person he’s stuck with is the one man in the last decade that has made Adam feel like he belongs.

But he’s also the one man Adam can’t have… can he?

Walker

There are several principles of landscaping, but my favorite has always been simplicity.

I'm a go with the flow and keep it simple kind of guy. Always have been. Always will be.

It's how I do my job and how I live my life.

Of course, as luck would have it, it only takes one job and one indescribably hot stranger to change everything for me.

Because one thing Dutton Collins is not . . . simple.

Dutton

I should have sold the house. I shouldn't be here in the middle of nowhere Kansas.

My grandmother didn't care for me when she was alive, something she made sure I knew. So now I'm struggling to understand why she'd leave me her home and all her possessions when she died.

I miss the city and was heading back home, ready to give up, when Walker Murphy barreled into my life and complicated the hell out of it.

How am I supposed to leave this all behind when he's showed me the beauty in the simple life?

Fletcher

I'm a total nerd, but I look like a jock. I had a perfect GPA in high school, and my GPA in college is perfect too. I smile when I'm supposed to smile. I have two loving parents and a brother and sister who are always by my side. I'm the perfect all-American guy.

But the only thing that actually defines me is the before. The things I keep hidden deep inside because I'm too afraid of losing what I have now.

The past lives deep inside me as I force the plastic smile on my face. And no one sees through it because I'm just that good.

No one except . . . him.

Ronan

Every day is like a dream. A dream I live, not knowing when I'll wake and find I'm still living in a nightmare.

I never made it out, and these past few years have all been fake.

Then he walks into my classroom . . . with that cocky smile in place. Not a care in the world. I doubt he's ever had to worry about a thing in his entire life.

He's exactly like all of the entitled, spoiled brats I teach every day in my part of the college campus, but something about Fletcher Moore really rubs me the wrong way.

I shouldn't let him get to me, but something about him makes me too angry. Too annoyed.

Just too damn . . . hostile.

Carson

I'm the Rookie. That's how they want to label me. The new guy.

But I'm damn good at what I do. I don't have anything to prove.

Except maybe to him.

I've watched his career for years. So yeah, maybe I want to impress him a tiny bit. But I also can't help riling him up and ruffling his feathers.

He wants me to do things his way, but I don't work like that.

I may be the Rookie, but I'm about to school the Ace.

Brayden

I'm the Ace. I know what I'm doing, and I can't stand arrogant newbies who come in, thinking they know it all.

I've always hated that. But I've never despised anyone more than Carson Hayes when he saunters in like he owns the place.

The kid is good, I'll give him that. But he has a lot to learn.

I'm the Ace around here, the one everyone goes to when they finally realize they don't know it all. And the Rookie is about to learn why.

Waylon

I'm a music manager. I've taken the smallest artists and made them soar into superstardom. I'm good at what I do, and I never fail.

Except with him. I let him down, and that doesn't sit right with me.

No. I'll track Justin St. James down and find a way to make him happy and settled.

No matter what it takes.

Justin

I'm so tired of being Justin St. James. Of people invading my space and acting like they own me. Like I owe them for my fame.

It's all about the music for me. I love it. But the fame . . . I could do without.

So I see my chance, and I take it. Only maybe I didn't realize just how much Waylon, my manager, did for me. How inexperienced and naive I am.

He thinks I can have it all—that he can find a way for me to be happy. But I'm not so certain that can happen.

I want the music, but I still crave that beautiful veil of privacy.

Is it even possible to have it all?

Dallas Boone

Welcome to Big Bend—my nightmare and my home, all in one.

I don't fit in here. I don't fit in anywhere. I've made so many mistakes. Over and over.

Two of those mistakes haunt me. One being responsible for a friend losing his job and reputation in this town.

And two, well, that one is even worse.

I ruined so many lives with one stupid decision I barely even remember.

And now I'm going to pay for it.

Colt Howe

Kensley. A place I never wanted to be again.

But I had to come back home. My sister Chloe needs me, which is more important than escaping the town I grew up in.

I'm here for two reasons and two reasons only: my sister and my nephew.

I'll make sure my nephew has a better life than I had. That his father is there for him, whether he wants to be or not.

That's my promise.

I was so damn close to getting out of this town for good. Right in that red zone, I could see the goal, but then I got hit with a force I never saw coming.

And that changed everything.