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A photographer living in New York who returns to Montana for her best friend Emily's wedding. She is homesick, plans to move home after her exhibition, and has carried a lifelong secret crush on Noah Chappel. She is also resisting Emily's attempts to set her up with Jake.

Arc: Delylah moves from avoiding Noah and rejecting Emily's matchmaking to admitting her feelings, becoming Noah's wedding date, and accepting his marriage proposal.

• Emily — best friend since kindergarten
• Noah Chappel — best friend's older brother, childhood crush, later boyfriend and fiancé
• Luca — best friend's fiancé
• Jake Hearst — unwanted suitor Emily keeps trying to set her up with
• Peter — ex who hurt her unforgivably
• Mark — camp host at the glamping site

Emily's older brother and Delylah's longtime secret crush. He helps with the wedding, teaches in Montana, and has spent years suppressing his feelings for Delylah because of a promise he made to Emily.

Arc: Noah breaks his eight-year promise to Emily so he can pursue Delylah, becomes her wedding date, and eventually proposes to her after moving her into his house.

• Delylah Banks — sister's best friend, love interest, later fiancée
• Emily — younger sister he spoils and feels guilty about
• Mom — his mother, helping with the wedding
• Dad — his father
• Jake Hearst — man he threatens to protect Delylah
• Mark — ranch guide who asks Noah for help

Delylah's best friend and Noah's younger sister, who is marrying Luca at Haven River Ranch. She wants the wedding weekend to be perfect, tries to pair Delylah with Jake, and made Noah promise to stay away from Delylah.

Arc: Emily eventually realizes that all of Noah's past breakups were because the women weren't Delylah, and later takes credit for setting them up.

• Delylah Banks — best friend
• Noah Chappel — older brother
• Luca — fiancé and later husband
• Jake Hearst — friend she hopes will date Delylah
• Mom — her mother
• Dad — her father

Emily's fiancé, a wealthy New York man whose friends come to the ranch for the wedding. He gets carsick and drunk during the camping trip, causing the group to return early.

Arc: He marries Emily and appears mostly as background; he does not undergo a significant change.

• Emily — fiancée and later wife
• Delylah Banks — fiancée's best friend
• Jake Hearst — his friend

A friend of Luca's whom Emily invites to the wedding weekend hoping he will hit it off with Delylah. He pursues Delylah persistently, calls her 'Del,' abandons her during a hike, and later tries to proposition her at her hotel room.

Arc: Jake fails to win Delylah, is threatened by Noah, and fades out of the story.

• Delylah Banks — woman he pursues
• Emily — friend who encouraged him
• Luca — his friend
• Noah Chappel — man who confronts and warns him off
• Mark — camp host who gives him a ride back

The host of the glamping site, working at the resort for the summer to save money for college. He apologizes for assuming Delylah and Jake were a couple and later helps shuttle people back to the lodge.

Arc: Mark has no significant arc; he assists during the disastrous camping trip.

• Delylah Banks — guest he hosts
• Jake Hearst — drunk guest he drives back
• Noah Chappel — asks Noah to help during the cleanup

Delylah's ex-boyfriend, who hurt her by posting nude photos of her online without permission. She describes what he did as unforgivable.

Arc: He is not present in the story; he exists only in Delylah's backstory.

• Delylah Banks — ex who betrayed her trust

Noah and Emily's mother, who helps with wedding tasks and is present at the wedding reception.

Arc: She has no significant arc in the story.

• Noah Chappel — her son
• Emily — her daughter

Noah and Emily's father, who once commented that Noah spoils Emily. He is present at the wedding reception.

Arc: He has no significant arc in the story.

• Noah Chappel — his son
• Emily — his daughter

A guest at the wedding reception who sits at a table with his wife Indya on his lap.

Arc: He is a background character with no arc.

• Indya — his wife

West's wife, seated on his lap at the wedding reception.

Arc: She is a background character with no arc.

• West — her husband

A guest at the wedding reception who cuddles with his wife Sasha at the table.

Arc: He is a background character with no arc.

• Sasha — his wife

Jax's wife, cuddling with him at the wedding reception.

Arc: She is a background character with no arc.

• Jax — her husband