A Japanese American scholar’s path to true love is anything but smooth—preserving her family’s legacy, learning to tango, and falling for the devastatingly famous guy who once rejected her.

When a music festival threatens the Japanese American Interment museum that Aya Hanson is singlehandedly running, she’s determined to get back at the organizers. Chaining herself to a bulldozer seems like a good way to start.

The rock star organizing the festival is Aya’s former prom date, Noah Kato, the man who left her hanging (and heartbroken) many years ago. In spite of her best friend and sisters all begging her to give Noah a second chance, Aya insists that it’s no big deal. She and Noah were nothing, and now they’re less than nothing.

But since Aya and Noah are the only ones who can broker a compromise, saving the festival from debt-filled ruin and the museum from its racist detractors, they are forced to spend more time together. And as their mutual longing grows, Aya is forced to rethink the story she’d always told herself about Prom Night – and about her future.