If there were a course in screwing up your life, Kate Spivey earned an A+. Trust is in short supply for Kate at the start of the summer before her senior year of college. Sentenced to spend it under the watchful eye of her aunt at the Willoughby Inn, Kate needs to prove that she has learned from her mistakes. Almost immediately, Kate finds herself drawn to someone else who can understand the unfairness of being judged without all the facts. Reed Black has had his own share of regrets, but, instead of trying to fight his reputation, he embraces it. When Reed offers to give her a crash course in the romanticized history of the tragic love story that made the Willoughby Inn famous, Kate is unable to resist playing along. The warnings to stay away from him only serve to make him more appealing. As sparks fly between Kate and Reed, his mixed signals remind Kate that she needs to watch her step. If she wants to get her life back on track, she has to ignore how her growing attraction to him. Just like the characters in the Willoughby Inn story, anything more than friends is strictly off-limits.

Lights, camera, and passions flare when a small town boy gets the break of his career. As the lines of life and art blur together, can he also find a way to win the love of the girl who got away? Carter Samuel Groveson. His name is on the lips of every woman in the country who has a pulse. An actor plucked from obscurity to star in the most anticipated movie of the century, he’s an enigma to all. Everyone wants a piece of him. Except her. Amelia St. John isn’t about to follow the life plan that her father set out for her. She refuses to be tied down or commit to anyone. A year ago, she ran as far and as fast from Sam Groveson as she could. But when he reappears in her life and asks her to be the friend he needs to keep him tethered to reality in the midst of the chaos, she can’t say no. Unfortunately for Sam, his big break comes with expectations that threaten his career if he doesn’t toe the line. In this high stakes game of love, everyone is watching.