When family obligations and his own ambitions hang in the balance, only a woman can tip the scales. Running the family ranch in rural Kansas was never part of Cody's plans, but after a tragic accident, his own plans don't seem to matter anymore. Each day takes him further from his dreams until an alternate ending scribbled in the back of a library book leads him to Lina, a beautiful college student with extraordinary optimism. Between her idealism and his bleak reality, a secret festers. Romance-obsessed Lina can't wait to fall in love, so when an irresistible young cowboy visits her library, she's a classic case of heart eyes. Her flirty new crush is the perfect distraction from life- long heartache. But if she's learned anything from dating college guys, it's an overeager romantic never finds Prince Charming.