As much as it pains her to admit it.... He was cool.

One million dollars. That’s the prize for this year’s annual prank war at Kainler High. When sixteen year old rebel Ariane Laker gets kicked out of her fifth school, she’s sent to a supposedly strict boarding school. Just as she arrives, the prank war starts – A game of caution, trust, and betrayal. Now all she needs to figure out is who to trust and who to stay away from. But that’s not always easy.

Two years ago, Vanessa Daniels watched her best friend, Caden Orcino, head out of their small town of Phillips, Maine with his band, Torment. He promised her he'd never drop her from his life, that they'd always be best friends. He lied. Now, Vanessa despises Torment, and especially Caden, with a passion, unlike seemingly everyone else. As they top the charts, she aims to bring them down, that is, until that fateful night Vanessa is caught attempting to crash a Torment concert. She finds herself face to face with her most tender wound, Caden. As the truth of their past begins to unravel, Caden and Vanessa's lives are turned inside out, rock star style.