Emma has feelings for her best friend's brother, Gabriel... but he is totally off-limits (or at least that's what she's always telling herself). This hasn't been much of a problem for the past couple of years while he's been living in California and she's still in the Texas small town where they grew up together.

When Gabe ends up having to extend his visit home, it's not only the most exciting thing to happen in Emma's life in a while, it's also the most confusing. Could she get a second chance at something she might've blown years ago?

If that wasn't enough, she's just been through a messy breakup. Oh, and she lost her job. Emma's not sure of what to do next when it comes to her career...or her love life.

In this small-town romance, can a curly-haired swoon-worthy adventurer who Emma's known all her life and Emma an overthinking writer at a crossroads, finally admit what they've been wanting all along?

It just couldn't be each other, right?