When beautiful and free-spirited Skyler Dayton wanders into The Stacks, a small, family-run bookstore owned by Gavin Dewitt and his brother, Stuart, looking for a self-help book on relationships, no one expects this to be the beginning of the most unexpected chapter of their lives. In the series opener, Skyler enlists the bookstore gang's help in ending her relationship with her philandering rock-star boyfriend while Gavin begrudgingly asks Skyler to return the favor to make his ex-wife jealous.

Skyler must hit the books to prove her worth when Gavin hires an ultra-competitive new employee and then realizes that only one of them can stay on the staff.

Comments about Skyler being a ""groupie"" come back to haunt Gavin when he proves to be one himself. Meanwhile, Skyler tries to get Katrina in to see her favorite band and Harold tries to make amends for telling Stuart he has no chance of ever being with Skyler.

When Gavin reveals that he had a sex dream about Skyler, it upsets the delicate balance of the entire bookstore and throws it into a sexually charged tailspin.

When Stuart volunteers to retrieve Skyler's grandfather's watch from her ex-boyfriend Eddie, he ends up getting sucked in by Eddie's charms himself. Skyler attempts to get her mind off Eddie by attending Katrina's knitting group and finds that the company of women is quite different than she expected.

Skyler tells everyone in the bookstore that she loves them, but not Gavin. Harold thinks it's because she's infected with a life-threatening illness, while Katrina thinks she just wants money.

Skyler reunites with an old friend, Eve, who she hasn't seen in a very long time. To her surprise, Eve looks completely different than she did last time they crossed paths, and is planning a wedding. Eve then asks Skyler to be her maid of honor.

Skyler's old rival Nikki Foos attempts to use Stuart to get even with her.

Gavin's writing club publishes a critically acclaimed novel, thus Gavin is inspired to write one of his own. Skyler and the others don't think it's a good idea.

Skyler finds a woman's iPod at the bookstore so Gavin dates the 23-year-old who lies about more than just her age.

Skyler thinks that Harold is lonely, so she attempts to fix him up on a date. Meanwhile, Katrina has a run-in with an Asian health inspector who thinks she's a racist.

Skyler throws Katrina a Western-themed birthday party to attract the attention of a handsome customer.

Gavin finds out that Stuart and Kat have been sleeping together.

When Gavin experiences all the symptoms for gallstones, he decides to get surgery. When the nurse gives him numbing drugs, Gavin tells Skyler he loves her—and it wasn't just the drugs talking!