Love is sweeter the second time around. . . . Act One: Girl Leaves BoyLindsay West may have the face of a Hollywood starlet, but the demanding life of a teen celebrity never suited her. So nearly twenty years ago, she left her hit TV show and returned to her hometown of Belle Coeur, Missouri. Now Lindsay takes a role in a new play at a regional theater, unaware that she'll be sharing the stage with her former cast mate, one-time heartthrob Noah Patrick. Act Two: Boy Tries to Win Back GirlNoah Patrick took the gig at the Belle Coeur Theater hoping it would help revive his stalled career--but it was his heart that got the jumpstart. Playing opposite the beautiful and enigmatic Lindsay, he begins to understand that fame is fickle and fortune is fleeting but true love lasts. Growing up together on the set of the show that made them both stars, Noah didn't give Lindsay much thought. But now she has grown into someone impossible to forget.Act Three: Anyone's GuessFighting off man-eating bears, Lindsay's quirky family, and a pretty serious case of pneumonia, Noah will do whatever it takes to prove that this former bad boy has turned into a man Lindsay can love . . . before the curtain falls!From the Paperback edition.