"These are not love lessons," I said, shaking my head. "This is not about love."

Tally Taylor is definitely not the woman to instruct anyone in that particular topic. Life hasn't given much love to her, but it isn't what she wants, anyway. It's certainly not what she's after from men—like, not even her own father loves her, but that's just the way things are. She's fine with it.
So, love? No way. Sex? Sure, lots. Friendship? Well.she wouldn't have thought so, not until she meets Owen. He's cute and also sweet, also funny, also not interested in her at all. At least, he isn't interested in her body, which is what every other guy seems to care about. Instead, he says that he wants to be friends. Friends?
But it turns out that they both really, really need one. Owen has been struggling through life alone, and Tally has been struggling with everything, as much as she doesn't want to admit to it. As she deals with old problems with her father, new problems with his new family, with secrets from her childhood and secrets from the present, with some scary truths that she never wants to admit—Owen is there for her. He becomes the most important person in her life.
But love? No. That's not what this is, not for Tally and not for Owen, either. She'll be his friend, sure, but this is not about love.
Until it is. And what is Tally Taylor going to do about that?