Max Williams has a rough life with her mom because she's a workaholic and doesn't like to spend time with Max. Her brother Mark helps her out a lot by giving her advice of how to deal with her mother. At the beginning of the summer Max gets to visit her dad that she sees every three months only because traveling is a big deal. Will Max be forced by her mother to stay in live in Texas or will her mother give and and let her live with her dad and fall in love with the love of her life there? Read the book to find out.