For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...

On the outskirts of Seattle, Washington, a vacant penthouse was constructed by the diligent hands of the world's best architects. Five teens are trapped in the premises of the locked death house made those who stumble upon it torture and struggle to survive. Oblivious to the fact that they have each other, each one of them must find the other in order to survive. Trap doors and secret passage-ways line the walls of the death house and clues behind each corner are sometimes too easy to miss. There is more to the house than what meets the eyes. Buried within the walls is a story about love, loss, and betrayal, a tale even more tragic and greater than their own. Each level, each floor is a step closer to death. It is a situation that seems to have no way out. Will all five of them be able to make it through or will no one be able to get past The 34th Floor?

Our choices are what define us. What determine who we are and how other people see us. Seventeen-year-old Penelope Chisholm has always chosen to be on the outside. A bit of a loner who finds her solace in running. Until she meets Gilbert Staal and decides he needs to be part of her life. Sure, it’s complicated but what relationship isn’t. She’s positive she’s found her future, but has to decide if his temper is something she can deal with. Her twin brother, Ash, is her exact opposite. Editor of the school paper. Star pupil. Dating one of the most popular girls in school. Everything is perfect. Until he discovers that his sister is dating his new teacher. A teacher he wants to respect but can’t. He knows he should do something about it, but decides to give Penelope the opportunity to end things on her own. They’re both so sure their decision is the right one. Blinded by the rightness of their choice. But when Penelope ends up seriously hurt because of their choices, everyone is forced to re-evaluate the things that have lead them to where they are and figure out how to move forward with their lives.