Life in Hickory Bend, Texas, has always been predictable for nineteen-year-old Ellie Mae Carter?until a blazing UFO crash-lands in her daddy's cornfield. The wreckage? A sleek silver ship. The pilot? A tall, unfairly attractive alien with luminous eyes, a baffled fascination with peanut butter, and absolutely no idea how overalls work.

Determined to protect him from trigger-happy neighbors and mysterious Men in Black, Ellie hides "Zeke" in the barn and embarks on the hardest mission of her life: teaching an extraterrestrial how to pass as human. (Spoiler: It goes terribly. Between his accidental pie-eating championship win and his tendency to glow during emotional moments, keeping him secret is a lost cause.)

But the more time they spend together?stargazing, dancing under the harvest moon, almost kissing?the harder it is to ignore the sparks between them. That is, until Zeke drops a bombshell: he wasn't just exploring Earth. His people are watching. Judging. And if they deem humanity unworthy, they'll erase the planet's memories of him?including Ellie's.

Now, with government agents closing in and Zeke's ship finally repaired, Ellie faces an impossible choice. Let him leave and return to her ordinary life, or risk everything for a love that could rewrite the stars.