Tonight I Give In

After a hectic first year of graduate school and working, Myella McBride just needs a release and to let off some steam, but little does she know across the room destiny could await in the form of the battleship of masculinity, parting the sea of people and making his way towards her. Mya's workload for her masters in English literature while teaching overloaded sections of English composition has left her wanting and on the verge of burning out. At the persistence of her free-spirited best friend, she decides to take advantage of Memorial Day weekend, the first collective opportunity around Chi-Town to shed the cold weather frocks and don something crazy, sexy, and cool, before she retreats to the pseudo security of her books. All she is looking for is some fun and a little harmless flirting with the background of good music to groove to, because unlike her friend, she does not believe the panacea to everything is a man. Besides everyone knows you cannot meet a good, quality man at the club. In walks Trévon Threat, all-star pro linebacker, charming, handsome, and intelligent. This intriguing modern day gladiator blows her mind and all her preconceived notions about the spoiled self-indulgent conceited athlete. This man with the intimidating name and ferocious occupation spawns emotions and awakens feelings she didn't realize she was capable of feeling. The commonality of past sorrows and mutual interest, along with preternatural chemistry forms a solid, special bond of friendship that grows into more. A painful past, with a mentally and emotionally abusive mother and a failed four-year long-distance relationship with an unfaithful boyfriend, has left her with steamer trunks of suppressed baggage. When Mya initially avoids the pitfalls of this baggage and overcomes her fears, she is able really to give her heart for the first time. A dream romance develops between the two friends, but is friendship, romance, and love enough for them to maneuver through the sexual politics of a new relationship and find their way back together, while combating an onslaught of jealousy, envy, insecurity, temptation, and miscommunication, which is only compounded by Tré's high-profile career and outside foes?