Summertime in Chesterfield means two very different things for teenagers Tess Copeland and Maddie Lambert. For Tess, spending time with family and anticipating the annual Crush Festival goes hand-in-hand with the country air and the sweet smell of a cane fire. For Maddie, Chesterfield offers an escape from the demands of a reality that she's just unable to run from. This summer, however, there is one lit fire that's even harder to contain than the massive bonfires that characterise the town's summer spectacle, as young love and awakened passions smoulder in the shadows. Amidst the turmoil of growing up and the pressures of youth and fame, can these two young women navigate the precipices of adulthood unscathed? Will Maddie and Tess be able to overcome the secrets of a small town and save the beloved festival before it's too late?

❝I promised you, didn't I? I promised I'd come back for you no matter what. I said I'll be back.❞ Gabriella and Ayden made a promise one night - the night that his body was ready to fail him - that they'd never stop fighting for each other. But that all ended abruptly when Ayden left town without any more than the three words, 'I'll be back.' And so she waited. Now he's finally back after two years but it seems as if he's left who he used to be in the same town too. He's become everything she'd ever want to stay away from, within minutes of their first re-encounter, his volatile actions confirmed his newly notorious reputation. But against her better judgements, Gabriella refuses to give up - she made a promise to fight for him, and if there's anything that she's learnt from loving him - it was that you don't stop fighting for the people you love.

Hannah Taylors finally gives in to her desperation and does one of the stupidest things a girl can do to grab her unapproachable long-time crush Jonah Gibbs' attention: spill soda on his white shirt and leave a motherfrigging red blotch on it. Accidentally... on purpose.