Cade Stillwater has a lot to learn about the real world. The privileged rich boy gets caught up in the wrong mess, landing him in jail. His parents bail him out and, to avoid the public stink eye, exile him to their family lake for six months. He needs to learn his lesson, but how will he do that when all he can do is be angry in isolation? Enter Liam. Liam is a timid soul, though his appearance would say otherwise. When he joins Cade as a partner at the lake operation, the gears start to turn for Cade. He learns what it's like to be from the lower class and what scraping by really is. Cade and Liam form a bond unexplainable, where they realize they offer something they both need from each other: Someone to relate to.