After flunking out of college and losing her scholarship, twenty-one-year-old Lauren Barrett returns home to Nebraska where she finds an ally in Rob Conrad, her best friend's older brother, and together they try to figure out their futures.

"Some people wait decades to meet their soul mate. Courtney Kaufman suspects she met hers in high school--only to lose him at seventeen. Since then, Courtney's social life has been a series of meaningless encounters, though she's made a few close friends along the way. Especially her roommate, Max Cooper, who oozes damaged bad-boy vibes from every pore. Max knows about feeling lost--he's been on his own since he was sixteen. Now it's time to find...