Somewhere Beautiful

A teenager named Mayor has no idea what he wants to do with his life. College feels wrong. Careers sound like traps. The future looks like a long series of obligations he has no interest in fulfilling. Then he meets Ruth. Mayor wants Ruth to ditch her plans of going to college so they can run off together. He dreams of adventure and escape. But Ruth refuses to leave with him. She wants to go to college and find her own path. Mid-semester, Mayor comes to her college unannounced and tries to convince her to leave. She turns him down again, but doesn't turn down his love for her. She comes up with a challenge he will have to fulfill if he wants them to stay together. At home, Mayor's closest ally is his younger sister Darcy, whose faith in him has never wavered. When a devastating accident leaves Darcy fighting to recover, Mayor abandons his plans to seek adventure with the last of his money and dedicates himself to helping her recover. While at the hospital, Darcy challenges him to be the person she believes him to be. She hands him a gift that feels like just a thoughtful present, but will eventually change his life. Somewhere Beautiful is the name of the gift, and the name of the story he writes. This romantic comedy is the story of a teenage boy trying to discover what kind of life is worth living, and of the two people who believe in him before he learns how to believe in himself.