Nellie Samuel is a victim to a dangerous, mysterious captor. The once innocent girl is now trapped in a world of darkness. Fighting for survival as a doll to a demented man's mind, she has to learn new rules to save herself. In her lonely reality, she has to battle her own inner demons and also the demons of her abductor's to potentially one day find freedom. Finding freedom, however, can become quite an obstacle when Nellie seems to find herself attached to the tormenter determined to keep her.

Isadora returns to her grandfather's marina for one last summer after spending two years away from it. Her reunion this time is full of new people and changes she hadn't expected. Her old boyfriend she still has feelings for is suddenly a different person from who she remembers with a new girlfriend, and throws her into a new crowd entirely. New opportunities and relationships shape her summer into one she won't forget. Here she learns about the power of love, the imbalance of prejudice, and the struggles of different worlds.