It takes place in Hythe, a small town by the sea, where Promise Robinson shows up with one goal in mind. She's a songwriter, proud and stubborn and tired of being stepped on, and she's come to confront the guy who stole everything from her. Maxwell Rhodes. The famous popstar who took her lyrics and turned them into hits without ever saying her name. She doesn't come to fall in love. But she does. He's charming and infuriating and broken in all the worst places, and somewhere in the chaos of revenge and heartbreak, they crash into something they can't name. It's not healthy or stable. But it's real in the way only summer love is. This story is based on folklore by Taylor Swift, and you'll feel that on every page. The past is creeping back and the what-ifs that never really die.