Riley just started to love life again. With Zachary Conner, the handsome guy that everygirl wants is by her side telling her he won't ever let her go. She learns to open her heart and fall inlove. But when she passes out at the school, she awakes to find out she has leukemia. With her mother dead and her dad gone.. how can she afford for her cancer treatment? With school and a job she gets stressed out not wanting to hurt Zack she tells him she doesn't want to see him anymore.. Zack falls for Riley, who seems to have a glow he's never seen before. When he finally gets the girl of his dreams his ex. Lexi gets mad and tells Zack about the breath-taking secret. Riley tells Zack she never wants to see him again breaking his heart. Zack worries about what will happen to Riley, and trys to help her when he finds out whats really going on...

Derek Knight has always been Kingsbury's bad boy. But when he's arrested his freshman year of high school, for the murder of Thomas Harding, his reputation goes from bad to worse. After a short three year incarceration in juvenile detention, Derek returns to Kingsbury High to finish his senior year. He's feared by everyone and afraid of no one. When Arabella Masterson, a quiet girl who prefers to blend in, is assigned to tutor Derek for the rest of the school year, Derek finds his hard shell slowly beginning to crack. When Derek brings a little spice to Arabella's world, she finds herself craving more. With issues from Derek's past and his bad boy reputation always getting in the way, can Derek and Arabella somehow fight through it all, or is the relationship they worked to build a means to an end? (This is an updated description for the book edit)