Sainy Marlin, a seventeen-year-old girl from Marlowe, South Carolina, embarks on a journey of self-discovery and growth after a tumultuous past with Maximus, her first love. Following a complicated and painful situationship filled with jealousy and lies, Sainy ends things with Maximus but struggles with lingering thoughts of him. During a gap year taken to cope with her mother's death and to complete online school, Sainy transforms into a more guarded and resilient individual.
Returning to Marlowe High for her senior year, Sainy is shocked to find that Maximus has transferred to her school. Then the past opens up.
Elliot Jensen and Elliot Fintry have a lot in common. They share the same name, the same house, the same school, oh and they hate each other but, as they will quickly learn, there is a fine line between love and hate.