When sixteen-year-old Verity Johnson returns to school after summer camp, she wears a silver promise ring on her fingerโa symbol of her vow to remain pure until marriage and trust Godโs timing for her love story. But in the crowded hallways of Plantation High, promises come with a price.
Whispers follow her every step.
Some laugh. Some judge.
And two very different boys take notice.
Saul, the steady and faith-filled friend, encourages Verity to hold strong, reminding her that true love protects and never pressures.
Austin, the confident Southern charmer in his Georgia Bulldogs T-shirt and wheelchair, makes her laugh, challenges her choices, and tempts her with a kind of attention sheโs never known.
Caught between loyalty to her promise and the pull of peer pressure, Verity must decide whoโand whatโsheโs really living for. In the end, her ring is more than jewelry. Itโs a daily choice of faith over fear, truth over lies, and Godโs love over the worldโs whispers.
Tylia L. Flores is a 31year-old author, disability activist, and ordained faith leader who has transformed the challenges of living with Spastic Cerebral Palsy into a powerful platform for empowerment, advocacy, and ministry. While her condition affects her mobility, it has never limited her extraordinary impact as a minister, chaplain, coach, writer, and broadcaster.
She is licensed and ordained through the Christian Leaders Institute Alliance, serving as a Minister, Public School Chaplain, Christian Life Coach, Field Minister, Lay Minister, Youth Minister, Funeral Officiant, and Christian Faith Officiant. Her ordinations and advanced ministry training include Christmas Chaplain, Fire/EMS Chaplain, Ministry Coach, Public School Chaplain, Licensed Minister, Life Coach Minister, Officiating Chaplain, as well as specialized studies in Youth Ministry, Womenโs Ministry, Menโs Ministry, All Abilities Ministry, Marriage Ministry, Senior Adult Ministry, Faith Officiant, Preaching, Evangelism, Pastoral Care, Advanced Bible Study, Bible Study Leadership, Church Revitalization, Church Planting, and Navigating Conflict. This comprehensive background reflects her commitment to serving people of all ages, abilities, and walks of life with compassion, leadership, and faith.