I am simple boy. "The Best of Me" is a novel by author Nicholas Sparks. In this novel, Dawson Cole returns to his hometown for the first time after twenty years to fulfill the last wishes of his dear friend and surrogate father, Tuck Hostetler. When he arrives, Dawson is surprised to find that Tuck arranged for Dawson's high school girlfriend, Amanda, to join him in fulfilling these last wishes. In fact, it soon becomes apparent that Dawson and Amanda seeing one another again and perhaps rekindling their old romance is the main goal of Tuck's final wish. However, Amanda is married and Dawson's family, a group of notorious criminals, pose a danger that could alter not only Tuck's plans but Dawson's future irrevocably. "The Best of Me" is an emotion packed romance novel that fulfills the expectations readers have come to expect from Nicholas Sparks.