Ghanaian-American Angela Appiah has checked off all the boxes for the Perfect Immigrant Daughter: enroll in an elite medical school; snag a suitable lawyer/doctor/engineer boyfriend; surround self with a gaggle of successful and/or loyal friends. But then it all quickly falls apart. And her parents are a lot less proud of their daugher than they were when things were going according to plan. Suddenly, Angie begins to question everything. And just when things couldn't get more complicated, enter Ricky Gutiérrez--brilliant, thoughtful, sexy, and most importantly, seems to see Angie for who she is instead of what she can represent. Unfortunately, Ricky also has "loser" practically tattooed across his forehead, and Angie's done chasing mirages of perfect men. Or so she thinks. For someone who has always been in control, Angie realizes that there's one thing she can't plan for: matters of her heart.