Meg Tompkins is torn between taking over her late mother’s bookstore and doing something else with her life. At the bookstore, she starts a successful “blind date book club.” The idea is readers pick a book mysteriously wrapped in brown paper with only a few key descriptors on it; Meg then hosts interactive discussions where all the readers get to talk about Meg’s book of choice. Meanwhile, book author Graham Sterling is given hard advice about his most recent manuscript. He hears an interview with Meg on the radio and seeks her out to audition his new novel. Graham has been advised to avoid writing about a subject of which he knows nothing, which is also Meg’s recommendation. Against her better judgment, she agrees to the book discussion idea. In spending time together, Meg and Graham fall for each other. As they draw closer, Meg discovers that taking over the bookstore is ultimately what makes her happy. Graham learns the advice that is hard to hear is what will make him a better writer.