Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire where she meets Simon, and immediately dislikes him? Yet on the faire grounds, he becomes a different person, flirting freely with Emily when she's in her revealing wench's costume. But is this attraction real, or just part of the characters they're portraying?