Fourth grade sucked. And not just because it was when twenty-seven-year-old, “Big Law” slave, Ava Abboud, learned her bushy Arab eyebrows weren’t supposed to connect in the middle. Desperate to fit in, she resolves to do whatever it takes to join “The Melting Pot.” The last thing standing between her and total assimilation? A partnership position at the firm. 

Wesley Michaels is America’s green-eyed Golden Boy. He lives a simple life with simple rules. Family comes first, always. Then, football. Oh, and no dating. He won’t end up divorced like his parents. But, with a shoulder injury that has him staring down the barrel at the end of his quarterback career, he must figure out his next move before his last game.

When a prank lands Wes at Ava’s door—naked—in the middle of the night, life for both of them gets a lot more complicated. He tastes like freedom and makes her question the confines of her corporate cage. She feels like home and makes him question his own rule. Will Ava be able to balance a relationship with work? Will Wes be able to lower his emotional walls enough to let her in? Or, will their skewed priorities and emotional scars keep them apart? 

Filled with personal growth, second chances, and mouthwatering Mediterranean meals, I’ll Be There is an adult, 73,000-word, dual-POV at the intersection of contemporary women’s fiction and romance.