April Swanson is so hopeful about all the possibilities New Year's might bring, she's practically Pollyanna. She's hardly wishing for the world, after all—just a little less family crazy and the promotion she's perfect for. Surely then she can finally let loose and not strive to be such a good girl all the time. For reformed bad boy, Finn Ward, hope is a four letter word, yet he has a New Year's wish of his own—to silence his dark and twisted past before it unravels his future and hurts the people he cares about. No matter what. So why would fate trick two such disparate souls into a fake first date? Maybe because they've both made the wrong wish...