Best-selling author Colton McCreed is in Eden Falls to study small-town life for his next murder mystery. As his research draws him into the community, he becomes entwined with the mayor and her cheerful son. Colton's loveless childhood left him believing he's immune to love, but Alex and Charlie have a pull on him he's never felt before. Impromptu dinner invitations throw Colton and Alex into a world of discovery, shattering her image of Mr. Right and his belief that love is out of reach.