17 year old Cassie has what her school friends would say ‘It all’, good looks, smart and friendly. What they don’t know is the secrets that she has told no one. The secrets she has vowed she would tell no one. Her father having died, she is now alone in a life where family means nothing and must make it through her last year in school if she is ever going to be able to leave her past behind. Her secret life is suddenly under inspection when a curious new boy in school, Avery, begins to take an interest in her. Thing is, this guy is, in himself, a mystery and Cassie wants to know more.

This story is set in Belfast Northern Ireland in the 1980's Fed up moping, after her break up with her two timing boyfriend Johnny, 18 year old Kelly Caruthers agrees to go along to a night out with her brothers girlfriend Chrissie to a disco at a local army Barrack. Here she meets Danny Phillips a young soldier serving his time there, when she accidently knocks his drink over him, she finds herself getting noticed by him, when he insist he repays her back by promising a she would have a dance with him. Kelly isnt out looking for romance, after her recent failed relationship, but Danny still has a way of winning her around with his cheeky charm,