Nivenah Gray has a passion for singing, but desperately hopes no one will ever learn about her singing ability. However, her best friend, Serena Johnson, dreams of being a famous singer, but is tone deaf. One day she begs Nivenah to secretly sing for her at a restaurant event and reluctantly, Nivenah agrees. And from that day on, Nivenah is stuck singing in the basement of the restaurant into a mic while Serena pretends to sing on stage, leaving Serena rising to fame and Nivenah left to deal with the suspicions of the owner of the restaurant's son, Carson Cross.

She is a shy nerdy girl who follows the crowd. He is a shy, gang royalty bad boy who stands out in a crowd. Two rival gangs run wild in a small town in Florida with one public high school at the center. With gang violence at an all time high, two seniors will come to terms that love is more than just skin deep and there are times that even the shyest person has to fight for what they want. This is the first book in the Forbidden Love Series please read the future books to see how the main relationship progresses!