Within the first few pages of the book, college sophomore Lizzie Brandt is caught with her cheating lover and informed that her parents have died, leaving her in charge of her younger siblings (13 and 7). Lizzie is transformed by her new role, but the girl whose boyfriend she was fucking isn't and has it in for Lizzie going forward. Luckily Lizzie has good friends in her two suite mates, a caring next door neighbor at home, and, surprisingly, her tight ass TA turns out to be pretty empathetic.

Adjusting to change and maintaining a GPA while parenting are about more than Lizzie can handle, so of course there's a complicated romance to make things all the more...difficult? Easy? It takes a while to sort that out.