When young actress Tessa Thorn learns her new film is set at Fairfax University, the town where she grew up, it's too late to back out. Because if he doesn't want to jeopardize his career, no one must find out what happened here years ago. But her plan to wrap up the shoot quickly and disappear inconspicuously takes its toll on the very first day. He attracts the attention of the entire campus, causing an accident with a student and destroying his laptop. So Cole Williams is not thrilled with her presence or the portrait he has to write about her. However, his journalistic future depends on this article. As he investigates Tessa's past, he discovers a carefully hidden side of her that he falls head over heels in love with. But at the same time, he gets dangerously close to her secret, which could destroy their love before it could even really begin...