The Apple Tree

Eighteen-year-old Eve Jacobson has just graduated high school with no plan beyond working at the local motel, spying on her new neighbor, and stealing apples from his orchard.

Kyle Collins is a single dad, math teacher, and football coach who's already had his heart broken once, and knows full well that the preacher's daughter is exactly the kind of trouble he shouldn't get close to.

When Eve wins over his son with homemade applesauce and asks Kyle to teach her things like driving his boat and shooting his bow, their playful, secret friendship edges closer to something neither of them can call innocent anymore.

Jewel E. Ann continues the Sunday Morning series with a small-town, age-gap slow burn about forbidden connection and the secrets hiding behind Eve's youthful spirit.