Image Credit: Stephan Rabold/ Amazon MGM Studios Maxton Hall - The World Between Us was renewed for season 2 shortly after its first season concluded last year, and fans are dying to know what will happen with James and Ruby's romance after complications arose. The official season 2 synopsis reads, "After their passionate night together in Oxford and her greatest life goal within reach, everything seems to be going perfectly for Ruby. But a stroke of fate in James' family changes everything and James himself, of all people, brings her back from cloud nine to a harsh reality.