High school senior, Claire Goodnight, has nothing left to keep her in her small town. Her best friend moved away, and the grandmother who raised her is dead. Claire is biding her time until graduation so she can escape her alcoholic mother, who has never wanted anything to do with her.

Everything changes when her long-time crush, Finn, asks her out. Their first date under the stars is the best thing to ever happen to her-maybe her wishes are worthy after all.

Yet, tragedy strikes when Finn suddenly dies, and Claire is left alone once more. But when Finn magically appears as a ghost who only Claire can see, she gets a second chance at love, and they begin their romance again-in secret.

Finn's reason for staying and an unexpected connection between Claire and Finn's families ultimately unravel everything Claire thought she knew about love, loss, forgiveness, and herself.