"Two years ago, Austin Moon told me he loved me. And I haven't seen him since." Ally Dawson left her home, bound for Miami, two years ago. She saw the world again for the first time in ten years, and it changed her. Two months later, she was pulled right back to where she'd started. And now she's finally going back. She'll see Austin again, the only one who could feel music the way she could. But neither of them are quite the same. Because when he whispered those words to her, under the stars on a night two years ago, they were sixteen, and neither of them knew what love was. Ally is glad she's finally free, but at the same time, she knows she's not. She wants, no, she needs to really see the world, but there are a couple of things she doesn't want to leave behind.
Ally Dawson is head-over-heels in love with Austin Moon. She just doesn't know it yet. But as Austin's music career skyrockets and the two of them end up having to spend more and more time together to work on new songs, Ally discovers that her feelings for Austin are red hot. She's never felt this strongly about any guy before though, and she's not quite sure how to deal with it. Austin Moon has always had special feelings for Ally, but as he became more and more of a rock star, he's pushed those feelings aside, sure that he doesn't have a chance, yet afraid of what will happen if Ally finds out the truth. And when the two of them least expect it, something sparks. Then Ally discovers that she may need to move across the country with her dad. Both of them are devastated to think that they may need to part ways for good. And still neither of them have admitted how they feel about the other. What if they have kept their love a secret for too long? What if it's too late?