In a romantic comedy that embraces the essence of rom-coms and echoes the styles of authors like Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, an unapologetic romantic teenager embarks on a quest for her own storybook ending with the person who has held her heart indefinitely. However, her path takes an unexpected twist as she finds herself reluctantly drawn to the boy living next door.
Liz Buxbaum, a perpetual dreamer, surrendered her heart to Michael long ago. Unfortunately, her forever crush, who was always distant and detached, never truly noticed her before he departed. With Michael’s return to town, Liz is determined to seize his attention and perhaps even secure him as her prom date. In pursuit of her goal, she forms an unlikely friendship with Wes Bennett.
Wes, the infuriatingly handsome neighbor, might appear to be the ideal candidate for romantic fantasies straight out of a rom-com, but his history of pranks involving frogs and beheaded lawn gnomes has made him a perpetual thorn in Liz’s side since childhood. Despite this, as fate would have it, Wes and Michael strike up an unexpected rapport, making Wes the key to Liz’s plan.
However, amid Liz and Wes’s elaborate scheming to put Liz on Michael’s radar and orchestrate her magical prom moment, Liz finds herself astounded to realize that she genuinely enjoys Wes’s company. As their connection deepens, she’s compelled to reevaluate her preconceptions about love and reconsider her own notions of the perfect happily ever after.
