Five years ago, I was a foolish girl with a ridiculous crush on my brother’s best friend. I wrote Xavier Hayes a love letter. He never even read it. Instead, I spent the most humiliating night of my life realizing that the boy I had spent years dreaming about never saw me as anything more than Garret’s little sister. So, I ran away. I left San Diego for Oxford and built a life where Xavier Hayes didn’t exist. But now, I have to come home. It’s not supposed to be that hard. Xavier is supposed to be an NHL star, older, more guarded, playing for a team in New York and far away from home. I’m never supposed to see him again. Everything is true, except for the fact that Xavier is back in San Diego and he is dating the beautiful woman I met on the flight back home. Khloe, the girl I became friends with in a couple of minutes, the girl I told things I haven't told anyone in years, including the embarrassing truth about the boy I once loved. And when he walks through the door, Xavier Hayes suddenly becomes more than someone I spent five years escaping. He becomes my secret because a lot is at stake, not just my crush that never died. Because my mother just might be in love with Xavier Hayes’ father.