Leona Davis stopped being a child the day her father was led away in handcuffs. Seven years later, she's twenty-five and carrying the weight of a family that refuses to stand on its own. In the fixer-upper 2-bedroom house located at 656 Twiddle Lane, Bend Grove, Leona is the provider, the protector, and the only barrier between her siblings and the street. With her mother lost to spiraling habits and her stepfather adding more burden than support, Leona has sacrificed her education and her heart to keep Cory, Lexi, and Ollie safe. She's become the mother they weren't supposed to need, and the sister they can't afford to lose. As the pressure of the world closes in and her siblings begin to see the world in a different light, Leona is forced to confront the reality she's been outrunning: even the strongest tether frays under pressure. And when it snaps, the Davis family may lose the only person holding them together.

Christina Bradbury is the beautiful and sophisticated daughter of New York royalty. A Stanford graduate with a charmed life and a trust fund to match, she had the world at her feet. But everything changed when she married David. In the blink of an eye, she went from a Manhattan penthouse to a shared room in Seattle, trading her black card for a mop and a podium. Now, she's trying to make ends meet in a city that doesn't care about her last name. Armed with nothing but her sharp wit, a love of books, and the determination to prove she's more than just a signature on a divorce paper, Christina sets out to conquer the world 0.5 steps at a time. But in a city full of strangers and shadows, will she survive the climb back up?