When wedding dress designer Bethany Galloway flees her own wedding, leaving her groom at the altar, all she wants is for him to be happy. All her controlling mother wants is for Bethany to marry him or someone of equal social status and wealth, and her mother won't stop badgering her until she does. Needing a reprieve from it all, Bethany heads to the one place that holds special memories for her. While there she runs into someone from her past, a man she has never forgotten. After years of fleeing from one place to another in order to avoid the tabloids, Lawson Harper finally settles down in the one place that has always brought him happiness. The only thing missing is someone to share his life with. When he rescues a screaming woman, he discovers she is an old friend he once had a crush on, Bethany Galloway. However, because of his family's reputation, he will not give in when the old feelings begin to resurface.

Lawson refuses to let his family's slide through the mud drag Bethany down as well. But sometimes true love doesn't list to common sense, reason, or reputation.