Ashley LeConte Campbell

A single mother’s American Idol audition helps her rise above a history of poverty, sexual abuse, and illiteracy to achieve national prominence.

Jake Harvard is less than thrilled when he learns he has to spend the summer in the suburban Washington, D.C., with Uncle Benny, an unmotivated, middle-aged detective. When Benny refuses to take the case of a woman whose husband has gone missing, Jake and his newfound companion Kat Adams, jump in to help. The two quickly find themselves in the middle of a political conspiracy.

When bad behavior gets a football star booted from the NFL, he joins Team Family and forges a new bond with his young daughter on the soccer field.