The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Score, Lucy. Things We Never Got Over. Bloom Books, 2022.

The novel begins as Naomi enters Knockemout after having received a request for help from her evil twin sister, Tina. Naomi has left her fiancée at the altar because the relationship is not good. Tina robs Naomi and leaves her with her 11-year-old daughter, Waylay. Naomi did not previously know that Waylay existed. Naomi does not know anyone in the town and has no money, job, or car. She meets a man named Knox who is quite rude to her believing her to be Tina, but he eventually gets her a place to stay at his grandmother, Liza J’s, cottage.

Against Knox’s wishes, Naomi begins to work at the Honky Tonk, his bar. Knox is rude to Naomi constantly, but he falls for her nevertheless. He is afraid of this, however, as his relatives have not been able to recover from losses of loved ones. He worries that he would be the same way should he lose someone, so he chooses not to love anyone. After a brief love and sexual affair, he breaks things off with Naomi. Naomi is shocked, and refuses to speak to Knox, but he still continues to try to take care of her.

Everyone is angry with Knox including his brother Nash and his best friend, Lucy, for breaking things off. They see that he is only hurting himself. Eventually Knox explains to Naomi his fear and why they cannot be together. She is sad because she loves him, but she accepts his decision. Minutes later, Naomi is lured outside where Tina is in a car. Tina manages to handcuff Naomi to the steering wheel and bring her to a warehouse. In the warehouse, Waylay is strapped to a chair with tape over her mouth. Tina and a man named Duncan Hugo need information about where a flash drive is, and they want Naomi there to convince Waylay to tell them where it is. She cannot do this, as she has tape over her mouth. The sisters try to trick Duncan by changing into each other’s clothes, but he is able to detect the deceit.

Duncan is about to shoot the women. There is a scuffle, and Tina gets away before Duncan shoots them both. Naomi and Waylay almost escape, but Duncan grabs Naomi and strangles her into unconsciousness. Knox, Nash, and Lucy arrive, and Knox beats Duncan. He then goes to Waylay and Naomi, and Naomi wakes up. Knox tells her that he wants to marry her.

Knox and Naomi get married, and Tina signs over custody of Waylay to the couple. They live in the main lodge while Liza J lives in the cottage that Naomi used to stay in. Knox and Naomi try to have babies of their own but prove to be infertile. The novel ends with them telling loved ones that they have adopted two little girls. Waylay has become an important part of their family, and most of the previously single characters have found a love interest.