After her parents get divorced, sixteen-year-old Rosalie moves to Massachusetts to live with her mom. It’s there she meets Alexander, a mysterious boy with a life-threatening secret, and falls head over heels for him, despite promising him it would be the one thing she’d never do. But as Rosalie slowly starts to unravel the truth, she’s faced with the stark reality of what loving Alex really means, and whether she’s strong enough to endure it.

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.