Nathan Hayes has it all: his newest film just debuted and the ratings are fantastic, he's constantly being invited to LA's hottest parties, his agent is one of the best, and at the end of last year, he was voted Hollywood's #1 actor to watch. Magazines everywhere are predicting his lifelong fame. But this life isn't all it's cracked up to be. The more popular Nathan gets, the more alone he feels.
He needs a break before his career breaks him. So, after posting a 'goodbye' to his fans on social media, Nathan escapes to a small mountain town where no one knows his name... or at least that's what he was hoping for.
Enter Winona: an eccentric barista who LOVES Nathan's movies. At first, Nathan wants nothing to do with her, despite her many, many attempts to befriend him. However, it's not long before Nathan realizes that sitting alone in a cabin isn't helping his loneliness and the only thing that makes him feel better is the girl behind the counter at the local coffee shop.
When he took the year off, he was hoping for some solitude to find himself again, but the universe seems to have something else in mind...
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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