[Book One] Hart is supposed to be alone. His dark world has no room for another. Especially not his new victim, Riley. But this time it's different, and there's no going back once this twisted romance unveils.

When Noah Chambers close to failing Biology, his teacher suggests that Eric Stevens,the unlikable straight A student, should tutor him. Eric refuses at first but eventually does It. The two get off at the wrong foot but quickly get attached to each other without knowing how much they need each other. What if they were both severely damaged? Will the two ever heal from what's hurting them? What if they developed feelings for the other? Can the relationship between two damaged people with no similar interests survive?

Alex Jackson is a cocky but cynical twenty four year old with aspirations of being a musician. He's stuck in a dead-end job in a monotonous life with the same people everyday. He's afraid of commitment because he knows what the consequences are. What happens when new boy River moves in opposite him? With confusion and fear, he finally works out who he is and what he wants...but is he willing to listen to his heart and get over his past?

It was hard for Charlotte to let go of her best friend, Dalton, the boy she fell in love since she was nine years old, to make way for her sister, Caroline, who happens to be in love with him too. It was hard for her but in order to make someone happy, even if it meant sacrificing her own, she was willing to let go. It all happened around her senior year, where she let go the only thing that mattered to her and after graduation, she moved away with no intention of going back. Four years later, on her college graduation day, her parents asked rather demanded her to come home with a reason that shocked her senseless.