When hate burns this hot, love doesn't even stand a chance. Or does it? *********************** After years of constant moving, Chelsey Jefferson has learned not to get too comfortable, and never to get attached. But when her mother promises of a permanent life in Los Angeles, Chelsey dares to hope things might change. A permanent life now leads her to CrownRidge Academy, a school where wealth rules, perfection is a requirement and she sticks out like a scratch on gold. Determined to keep her head down, Chelsey plans to survive this new environment... unnoticed. But things take a turn when she crosses paths with Declan Hayes, CrownRidge's golden boy... on her first day.