"Remember the thrill to clock out, tailgate, and sing at the top of our lungs? Feeling like they wrote all the songs about us? You can't forget that feeling. It makes the small-town world stop turning and for a few hours, we're not just country kids getting down on the farm." Belle Montgomery is a small town Carolina girl who is destined for the country music stage. She leaves her simple life, family, and friends behind to open for the one and only country music megastar, Jake Bryant. With a break in their tour, sparks are bound to fly when Jake visits the small Podunk town of Lattimore. That is until Belle's long-time friend Chase McSwain makes his feelings known. But after an adventurous weekend, it's time to hit the road. Who will leave town with Belle? Will sparks fly between Belle and Jake, or will Chase find a way to extinguish them before they start? **Along for the Ride is a full-length clean and wholesome boy next door, friends to lovers small town country music romance novel inspired by Our Song: A Country Music Novella by Casey Peeler*