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.
