Julia Severs has heard the jokes her entire life. Too tall. Too intimidating. Too much woman for most men to handle. At six-foot-five and two hundred pounds, the star basketball phenom learned early that people stare before they speak and judge before they understand. On the court, she is unstoppable. Off the court, she has spent years pretending confidence is enough to silence loneliness. Demarcus Little is everything she never expected. A five-foot-nine Black track star with world-class speed, sharp humor, and a calm confidence that never asks permission to exist, Demarcus sees past Julia’s height, fame, and carefully built armor to the woman underneath. What begins as curiosity quickly becomes obsession. Then love. But in a small Southern town where whispers travel faster than truth, their relationship ignites tension neither of them can outrun. Friends become divided. Families are tested. Strangers stare. Some threaten. Others cheer. And through it all, Julia and Demarcus discover that the hardest part of love is not falling—it is standing together when the world demands you let go. Passionate, emotional, funny, and unapologetically honest, My Little Amazon by Caren Cross is a sweeping modern romance about prejudice, vulnerability, loyalty, and the courage to choose love over fear. Because sometimes the person who changes your life forever is the one nobody expected you to love.