Fable's brother, Owen has been suspended from this football team. His grades are poor and until he can manage to get them back up again, he won't be playing anytime soon. In addition to that, their mother has returned, asking Owen for money to buy her drugs and beer. Owen doesn't want Fable to know that she keeps coming back to him, so he allows their rotten mother to use him until he has nothing else to give.

To help the matters with his studies, good girl Chelsea is hired as his tutor. Smart but inexperienced, Chelsea finds Owen's allure to be more than she can resist. As their tutoring sessions start off as innocent, they morphed into something fiery as Owen and Chelsea fight this attraction to one another.

Monica Murphy brings together these two opposites in the fourth book of the One Week Girlfriend series. I've enjoyed all the books in this series. However, I think this story might be my favourite. Owen's struggles with his mother using him as a pawn to hurt Fable, is something that will pull on the reader's heartstrings and make you rethink his character. Portrayed as a dumb jock and bad boy, Murphy reinvents Owen's character until he becomes just as endearing and likeable as Chelsea.

The romance is a wonderful mix of sweet and sexy, exploring the sensitive aspects of first love. Chelsea's journey is also one that should be noted. Her past is kept relatively hidden for most of the book. However, Murphy slowly peels back the layers to reveal more of her character. As a result, you get a story that is more than just a sweet romance. You get a story about healing and redemption as well.

FOUR YEARS LATER touches on the best and the worst of a teenage couple's life. Both alluring and compelling, Owen and Chelsea's story will be one readers won't ever forget.