Shannon Baker likes the one man she can't have. To be fair, the day she meets her sister's boyfriend on the California beach, she thinks he's a tourist-a really charming tourist who understands more of her heart than people she's known her whole life. But Marshall has a secret. He's actually single. He's only pretending to date Shannon's sister-his co-worker-because her ex dumped her hours before a family reunion. In return, she's promised to recommend Marshall for a promotion back in New York. But things get complicated when he meets Shannon, a woman so unlike anyone he's ever known. Because she's sweet and kind and ... selfless. And, somehow, she sees something in him. Unfortunately, being with her would ruin all his plans. Or is love enough to make everything work out the way it should?