Bellamy Mitchell is a meticulous planner. When her old flame returns to Cedar Point engaged, blowing apart her vision for the future, she claims to have a serious boyfriend. The problem? The first single guy she can think of is her brother's much older, closed-off best friend. Rusty Fuller likes to keep people at a distance. He's been through enough to know that letting anyone too close is a mistake, unless it's only for a little fun. What he definitely doesn't need is his best friend's little sister turning him into anyone's boyfriend, especially her own.

For some reason, helping Bellamy is a challenge Rusty can't refuse, and he develops a reluctant soft spot for the woman beloved by everyone in town. She's too young, too innocent, but also too hard to resist. So he promises himself this fake dating gig is just that: fake.

When Rusty and Bellamy find more in each other than either of them expected, they're faced with a difficult question. Is what they share too flawed to be real? Or did they stumble upon their own kind of perfect?