Stealing Kevin's Heart — M. Scott Carter

Their small town saw Alex Anderson and Kevin Rubenstein as the most unlikely of best friends, but that s just what the handsome athlete and the artistic Jewish brainiac are: inseparable buddies since childhood. Then Kevin dies in a motorcycle accident, and his parents blame Alex. And Alex blames himself. His grieving derails both his studies and his football, and he s sent away to a summer camp for troubled youths in the wilds of southeastern Oklahoma. Borderline suicidal, Alex finds his way back to sanity among the camp s pine trees and clear lake waters thanks to a Texas beauty with a secret and the most unselfish gift a person can give another.