Elliot Sinclair was the last person anyone noticed. After enduring relentless bullying and physical abuse at his previous school, he'd transferred to Blackwood Academy hoping for a fresh start. Quiet, intelligent, and painfully shy, he'd learned that keeping his head down was the easiest way to survive. Then he met her. The beautiful, untouchable girl everyone adored.

She's the disciplined, ambitious girl who studies until midnight and has never received anything less than an A. He's the boy who sits at the back of the classroom, arrives five minutes late, and somehow gets the highest marks without appearing to try. They cannot stand each other. She thinks he's arrogant and wastes his potential. He thinks she's so obsessed with perfection that she's forgotten how to live. When their teacher pairs them for a class trip to Paris for important research project, they are furious. But, not only are they partners in a project, but also roommates for the trip.