Jessie Matthews is well on her way to being the first person in her family to graduate from college. She follows all the rules, completes her work study hours, and avoids parties. (Well, except for that one Halloween party with the masked stranger...) But when she loses half her funding for senior year, Jessie faces the daunting task of finding a way to cover the remaining tuition costs.

Determined to stay in school, Jessie sets her sights on winning the coveted Walden Senior Scholarship. The only problem is her academic rival, Mackenzie Baldwin is gunning for the scholarship too.

As the youngest of four exceptional brothers, Mac has something to prove and winning the Walden Senior Scholarship will finally show his family he's worthy of the family name. But when Mac starts to see his life through a different lens, hell need to decide between his family's expectations and what he truly wants.

Though Jessie is eager to avoid Mac, fate seems to thrust them together at every opportunity. The more time they spend together, the more their initial animosity begins to morph into something more like flirtation, with just one problem: the masked stranger from that Halloween party. Fueled by the chemistry they shared, Jessie can't seem to see what's right in front of her. But Mac has a secret that may just destroy all of Jessie's carefully laid plans.