1968 Georgia. He’s the quarterback. She’s his tutor. That’s all they can be. But they yearn to be more.

Benjamin Drummond knows he’s not supposed to want Coralee Simmons. She’s Black, he’s White, and their parents tried to nip their friendship in the bud when they were kids. Now they’re in college, and having Coralee as a tutor brings back all the tender feelings he used to have for her . . . as well as some new dangerous, heady, forbidden ones.

Coralee knows she should stay away from Benjamin, tutor or not. He’s the college quarterback, the heir to all that Plumville represents, and very much not for her. But when he gazes at her with soft eyes, gifts her with sweet smiles, and holds her like he could protect her from the ills of the world, it’s hard to deny the childhood friend Benjamin used to be . . . or the adult love he could become.

Be yourself. Be in love. Be Plumville. No matter what Benjamin and Coralee decide, they’ll never be the same again.

Being Plumville is the award-winning debut novel of USA TODAY best-selling author Savannah J. Frierson and a 2016 LIBRARY JOURNAL Self-E selection.