College freshman Olivia Montgomery is thrilled at the chance to start over, escape the rumors that plagued her during high school. And she can finally put her juvenile crush, Zachary Pearson, where he belongsin her past. Then her unrequited love strolls into her French class, shattering Olivia's newfound peace and the feelings she thought she'd buried for good come rushing back. Now she can't shake her unwanted attraction to the only guy whose smile can twist her stomach into knots but has never given her the time of day. Zach's good looks may have always gotten him his pick of girls, but it's the star quarterback's skill on the football field that gives him his pick of the Big Ten colleges. To escape the crushing demands of his win-at-all-costs father, Zach opts for a private university in upstate New York. Then he sees Olivia. And it's the presence of the one girl he's always wanted but can't haveand a class trip to Paristhat has him breaking every one of his own rules.