I will start off by saying that it's been quite some time since I've given a book a 5-star rating. This one I gave gladly. 
 The book starts off introducing Angel, a 17-year old girl from Maine, who just lost her aunt, who was raising after she lost her father. Her mother abandoned her when she was young and is currently in prison in California. Angel decides to leave her foster home and hitch hike to California to try and build a relationship with her mother. 
 Travis is a 21-year old trucker from Tolson, Illinois. While at a truck stop in Ohio, he comes across a female hitch hiker and his first thought was how she looked like an angel. Knowing how truckers can be, and afraid for her safety, Travis breaks the rules and picks her up. She introduces herself as Angel, and Travis can't help but laugh at that. Travis thinks she's the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. However, he doesn't get ahead of himself as Travis has a horrible dating history, and due to that history, Travis is a virgin. 
 Angel is weary to hitch hike but at this point, she's running low on money and needs to save as much as she can for her long journey to California. When she is picked up, she can't believe how gorgeous the truck driver is. She figures he's too young and too hot to be a trucker. Don't all truckers have beer bellies and smell? The truck driver introduces himself as Travis. She informs Travis of her plans to go to California. Knowing how short she is on money, Travis offers to take Angel in for a few weeks and drive her himself to California since he's got a haul to California. She agrees and insists on eventually paying him back for all his kindness. 
 And so their journey begins. Angel and Travis had a sweet and innocent attraction from the start that just drew me in. Despite the hardships Angel endured, she handled them with grace that most adults don't possess, let alone a 17-year old. Travis, from the very beginning, felt a fierce protectiveness over Angel and wasn't afraid to make it known. Travis isn't the typical male main character. Usually they're man whores but with Travis, I think his inexperience made him very endearing. It was so refreshing reading this type of character. As time goes by their attraction and feelings for each other grow. They live in harmony with one another while Angel is staying with Travis. It feels as if she's always been there. As their feelings grow, they don't want to deal with Angel's eventual departure. 
 These were well written and well developed characters. And even the secondary characters were well developed despite not being the focal point in the story. I must say I was surprised to hear that this is a debut novel from Jamie Schlosser. The words she put on the page displayed such confidence. She's an author on her way up to the top. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series and any future books she writes. 
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