Ava Simmons is a senior in high school with a dream of becoming a successful journalist who is suddenly given an opportunity to write a school news report on star student, the all around perfect guy, James Lowell. James Lowell, the boy who has it all, the boy who everyone adores and envies because of his good looks, academic perfection and athletic talents. The task should be easy enough, and it probably would have been, if James wasn't actually a self centred and pretentious prick who'd both purposely and unintentionally make her life a living hell. But James also has his reasons, or so it appears. There's a looming secret that haunts him, one that can destroy his dreams, and everything that he's worked for. Now Ava must face the ultimate decision, would she follow her journalist instincts and write the truth while potentially letting his future crumble, or let go of the story for the sake of the boy she's suddenly grown to care for.