Wild Love

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual violence, death, and mental illness.

Ford Grant, Jr., sits in the barn on his recently purchased property in Rose Hill, a remote wilderness in Canada. His childhood best friend, Weston “West” Belmont, teases him about a recent Forbes article that named him “The World’s Hottest Billionaire,” a label that Ford isn’t comfortable with. Ford is creating a recording studio and production company because he has fond memories of vacationing in Rose Hill as a child. He also hopes that it will provide him with a refuge from the paparazzi. Ford’s family is wealthy, but his father, a famous guitarist, pushed him and his sister to work hard for success, and Ford is proud of his vision for the property. Ford also owns a bar, but the music-streaming app that he created has brought him the most financial success.

West and Ford met as kids, when Ford was a book lover and often read by the lake. West reminisces about his and Ford’s escapades and how West’s sister, Rosalie “Rosie” Belmont, always followed them around—Ford tenses at the mention of Rosie, who he keeps up with online.