At the tender age of six, Penelope Watkins fell for her best friends brother, Evan Donovan, future hunk. By the time they were teenagers, they were having heart-to-hearts and hot and heavy top secret make-out sessions. All that changed when Evans father suddenly died. Abruptly, Penelope lost him to grief and to his true love: football. But now an injury had ended Evan's NFL career. The notorious bad boy was in a depression no one could penetrate, except maybe the one woman who still knew him bestand still wanted him most.
Severity reflects intensity, not value — “central theme” means a warning is a core part of the book, not that the book is bad.