Taylor has family in La Push, Washington and she's going up there for the winter holidays. She asked her best friend Brandy, who took up the offer, in maybe finding something in La Push that she could not find in Georgia. Will she or will she not?

Katerina Herald has something to hide, something very real. Facing an absent mother and an especially angry father- she's become used to cowering. However, when the new student Cain Masters rolls in, he becomes intrigued by the struggle Kat faces. With his insistent prodding and her looming graduation from high school, can she really get by with a little help from her friends? Is survival possible in a house of hatred?

Brandy has been friends with Blake for most of her life and even after incidents in school that leave most people wanting nothing to do with him, she finds herself still falling for him. Now they are in High School and on the swim team together and Brandy feels even more drawn to Blake than before, along with half of the girls in the school. One day at swim practice, Blake has a debilitating accident and won't be able to swim for a while. This brings the two of them together again, in more ways than just friendship.