Feeling like a fish out of water, working-class scholarship student Oliver Quick arrives at the prestigious, bustling Oxford University to study English. It took years of determination and sacrifice, but he finally proved everyone wrong. After all, life dealt Oliver a bad hand--the kid had to work twice as hard to get half as far. Yet the vulnerable freshman wants what he cannot have. Then again, fortune favours the bold. And just like that, the invisible have-not crossed paths with Felix Catton, a privileged young charmer endowed with inexhaustible riches and all the time in the world. However, as wide-eyed Oliver lands a rare invitation to an unforgettable summer of decadence at the fresh-faced heartbreaker's palatial family estate, bitter, eye-opening reality kicks in. Because, cold as it may sound, watching them get all the breaks is painful enough. But knowing you will never belong just rubs salt into the wound.—Nick Riganas