This book is pure fiction, influenced by real-life circumstances the author has witnessed over her lifetime. Primary plot: Cody and David fall in love and know they want to be together. However, their families are bitter enemies. Sound familiar? Unlike Shakespeare's characters, however, their lives do not end in suicide. Cody is a confident young woman who can take care of herself, right?

Cody 's biological father is a gay ex-con, but unlike her grandmother, Cody isn't worried about societal snobbery. Much to her family's dismay, she wants to meet this man.

David is the grandson of the recently murdered well well-known male socialite Rick Browning, and Cody 's grandfather was somehow involved!

Cody and David escape to Mexico for a "brief romantic weekend. "The drug cartel and David's need to please his father by developing a timeshare business create obstacles that these two must navigate together.