title: The Wayward Soul
author: Flores, George
description: Adam’s senior year of high school should be remembered as a joyous milestone in his life, but is instead complicated by life at home as Adam’s alcoholic father struggles to provide for their family. Troubled by his inability to fix things at home, Adam makes an impetuous decision and heads for the road. Traveling for days along the lonely roads of West Texas, he’s met by surprises and misfortune, until he meets Lily, a kind and independent country girl who lives on a horse ranch. Although she’s several years his senior, and from a different world altogether, they develop a deeply passionate relationship. Adam struggles to keep the relationship alive when Lily is challenged to decide between Adam and someone else, leaving her to decide the fate of their relationship.