Paulette's life is in shambles. Her sister is dead, her mother is a drunk, and she's been forced to transfer into a chaotic public school full of bullies. Things go from bad to worse when, one night while driving them home from dinner, her intoxicated mother hits and kills a teenage boy and is sent to jail. Now Paulette is truly alone. But when the teenage boy mysteriously comes back from the dead looking for Paulette, she finds herself face to face with the purest love on earth.

After Brynn’s sister was senselessly murdered – and her body inexplicably branded with a strange medieval crest – Brynn’s world shattered. In that one moment, Brynn lost her sister, her best friend, and her better half. And things only got worse when the police discovered, all too late, that Caleb McAllister – Brynn’s boyfriend’s older brother – was the person responsible. That was eleven months ago. Since then, Brynn has picked up the pieces of her broken life and moved on. She’s changed her hair, her name, and her school. And she even has a new boyfriend – one who’s honest, and loyal, and safe. And everything that James McAllister wasn’t. But when James suddenly returns to Park Crest after an inexplicable eleven month absence and swears that his brother isn't to blame, Brynn must finally confront the truth about her sister and herself... And the boys who ruined both their lives.