It was pity that first made Dannie speak to him. She had known Ryan since she was a kid, but he had always been the popular Golden Boy, and she had always been the tomboy that didn’t mind not having any friends. It was odd, she had thought, that all the popular kids who had once kissed the ground he walked on, didn’t so much spared him a glance anymore, and it was this that made her sit with him that one faithful day and begin something that would only end up causing her pain.

Joanie had always thought she had all she needed with Alec, her best friend and protector in their twisted world. But then he walked into the mix. Jay is the one person that catches Joanie's eyes. And thought Alec tells her to avoid him, she finds herself unable to stay away. She then finds herself caught not only in a love triangle, but in a choice of life and death, or heaven and hell.

Jackson recently moved from New York to Minnesota to avoid the haunting memory of his dead girlfriend. He can't seem to shake her or the drugs when he starts new, even when a charming girl catches his eye. Kayt finds herself falling for the drug-addicted young man. She has her own secrets, secrets she should share but revealing them might take her away from those she loves most and those she trusts dearly. Can she find a way to stop her demons while stopping Jackson? Or will she fall victim to Jackson's past?