Their parents are unhappy with them, but as Rachel’s due date approaches, they have graduated high school, are living in college housing for families, and are mending their family strife. When Rachel gets pregnant, they tell their parents, only to learn their parents have secretly gotten married and they are now step-siblings. That’s where he met and fell in love with the new girl, Rachel, only to learn that she was actually the daughter of his father’s new girlfriend, who Miles believes to be his father’s mistress while his mother was dying. Miles sets the ground rules that Tate not ask about his past nor seek a future with him, but Tate struggles to set her own rules for the arrangement.Īs they become very physical with each other, the narration alternates between the perspective of Tate in the present and the perspective of Miles from six years earlier, when he was in high school. They end up agreeing to a “friends with benefits” or “no strings attached” arrangement that’s intended to be purely physical. The problem? She doesn’t have time for love, and he doesn’t want love. It’s now clear that Tate and Miles have an undeniable mutual attraction. Tate is focused on her work and her studies, while Miles is very guarded about his personal life and his past.īut, after spending Thanksgiving together with the Collins family, where Tate nurses an injured Miles back to health, he kisses her.

Then, at her brother’s apartment, she meets airline pilot Miles Archer, who is drunk and moaning, “Rachel.” It’s not exactly love at first sight, as Miles acts rudely towards Tate, but they try to start fresh with each other thereafter. Upon her arrival, she first meets Cap, the charming 80-year-old elevator attendant who immediately befriends her.

She moves from San Diego to San Francisco to save money by rooming in a high-rise apartment building with her overprotective brother, Corbin, a successful pilot. Tate Collins is a 23-year-old nurse, studying to become a registered nurse and working at a hospital. The age rating for Ugly Love is Mature Adults aged 17 and over.īelow is an Ugly Love summary of the main points of the plot WITH SPOILERS:.

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover