The Other Player

Tears burned behind her lids, and unwilling to let them fall, Dorothy ducked her head, sucking in a needed breath. He'd apologize for Drew? Especially when Drew had gone out of his way to run her away from him. The comparison stood stark in her mind, Louis's gentleness against Drew's anger. Rival teams. A football scandal. A play for her heart. Spunky Southside Eagle cheerleader, Dorothy Payne, never expected to meet the guy of her dreams on the football field. Especially since he goes to the rival school, Piermont High. But a mid-game collision with Raider's defense player, Louis Buntz, soon leads to mutual interest and a date. What seems simple and full of promise, however, has unseen complications: her mom's bad health, Louis's rocky home life, and, biggest of all, the sudden jealousy of her longtime friend, Eagles' quarterback, Drew Sault. The rash decision to go out with both further muddles things. Her heart pulls her one way, but her conscience pulls the other. She shouldn't be with a Raider when it looks like the guy she's known the longest is falling apart. Clean Reads for teens by best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS.