At eighteen, Rory Whitehead fled his hometown of Evergreen Hill, leaving behind his high school sweetheart and best friend, Samuel Daniels. Now, Rory's architectural firm is sending him and his colleague Malcolm home to assess the possibility of acquiring Evergreen Lodge, which Samuel owns. Faced with Samuel–and his teenaged son, Jasper–Rory overreacts and pretends Malcolm is his fiancé as well as his colleague. One misunderstanding leads to another until neither man knows which way is up. Then an outside threat forces them together. Can they unravel the tangled threads or will the end of Rory's mission mean the end of their time together?