Nothing Like the Movies

Wes Bennett and Liz Buxbaum finally got together at the end of high school and started their freshman year together at UCLA — until Wes's father died and his mother withdrew, and Wes left school to go home to Nebraska and help raise his younger sister, breaking things off with Liz along the way.

Two years later, Wes is back at UCLA with a shot at pitching for the baseball team, and he's determined to win Liz back with the grand, rom-com-worthy gestures she's always loved. But Liz has spent two years protecting her heart, and getting it back won't be as easy as Wes hopes.

Told in alternating points of view, Nothing Like the Movies is the second-chance romance sequel to Better Than the Movies.