The Green Mountains have never seen a love story like this one.

"I grew up trailing behind the boys. I never knew one of them was watching only me."

Harper Davis has survived enough heartbreak to last a lifetime. She buried her parents, walked away from a husband who never deserved her, and rebuilt herself from the ground up. Now she's found peace in her tight-knit circle of family and friends tucked into the Vermont mountains, and that's more than enough. Love is a fairy tale for other people. People like her brother, who somehow found his happily-ever-after. Not girls like her, who apparently aren't even worth a second glance from the one man she's quietly loved for years.

"Every smile was a lie — except the one he saved for her."

Jack Morgan is the guy who never stops smiling, never turns down a drink, and never lets anyone see how much he's hurting underneath it all. Because the woman he's wanted since he was old enough to know what wanting meant is his best friend's little sister, and she's completely, painfully in love with someone else.

When Harper needs to prove she's not the pigtailed kid trailing behind the boys anymore, Jack offers the perfect solution: a fake relationship, just convincing enough to open Ryan's eyes.

It's supposed to be pretend. A few stolen touches, a few practiced smiles, nothing real.

But somewhere between the lies they're telling everyone else and the truths they can't stop telling each other, the mask starts to slip. And what's underneath might be exactly what they both needed all along--if they're brave enough to stop pretending and let themselves be seen.