Both protagonists deal with past betrayals—Sydney from a cheating ex-fiancé and Ranger from the lingering grief of his father's death.
is a best-selling romance novelist whose life is turned upside down when her relationship implodes, triggering a wave of cancel culture that tanks her career. Seeking refuge, she decides to start a new chapter in the most un-romantic place she can find: Wisdom, Wyoming, a town described as having "two stoplights, one main street, and zero book boyfriends".