College heartthrob Caleb Lockhart is the last person a girl like Veronica Strafford should be involved with. Ambitious and fiercely independent, Veronica refuses to be the campus player's next conquest, even after a chance encounter sparks an undeniable attraction between them. But after she’s evicted with nowhere else to go, Veronica finds herself leaning on someone else for the first time. Caleb has never wanted someone like this before and he's determined to pursue her, even as the secrets of their pasts threaten to break them apart.