Bama Boy — Sheri Cobb South

Tracy Brock agrees to tutor transfer student Jimbo Maxwell so that he can be eligible to play for the Elmore High School football team. Though Jimbo is a country boy with a thick Southern drawl, he’s crucial to the team’s success. Tracy comes to appreciate Jimbo’s sense of humor and downright decency, but she’s determined not to become romantically involved with a boy whose future looks bleak. Young Adult Romance by Sheri Cobb South, author of Wrong-Way Romance