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 numbing drugs, Gavin tells Skyler he loves her—and it wasn't just the drugs talking!
When Harold's daughter comes to introduce her new boyfriend. Harold doesn't exactly warm up to him. And rightfully so, the man's a hypnotist and he uses his ability to get Skylar to make out with him. And when Gavin sees this, he doesn't know what to do.
Gavin and Harold's daughter Zoey are on their third date, and the pressure to have sex with each other is put on him by Skyler and Katrina. So Harold talks to Gavin encouraging him to do so.
A musician opens a music store next to Stacked Books. He plays the music so loud, customers are starting to take their business else where. Gavin, Stuart, and Skyler all go over and try to stop him.
Gavin gets engrossed in online poker game. That's when his ex-wife shows up telling him he has to take their son for a haircut for his interview at the school they hope to get him in. But Gavin had already agreed to do it tomorrow and is doing so well at the game, he lets Skylar take him. But when they come back, the style he chose is not exactly what they hoped he would get. So Gavin dreads telling his ex what happened because he knows she won't approve of him choosing gambling over their son's welfare. And when a guy sits in Harold's chair, he tries to get him to leave.
Gavin and his ex-wife bring their son to the school for his interview and they're worried that the haircut he got might not make a good impression on the head master. So they bring Skylar along who was the one who brought their son for his haircut to explain. But when the man meets her he can only think about hooking up with her. Later when they go to his place, he makes a move which she rebuffs. And when Gavin and his ex hear about it, they're worried this ruins their son's chances.
A behind the scenes look at the outfits worn in the show.
