"it's one thing to deny who you want but another thing entirely to deny who you are." Charles David Harper is gay. Only he doesn't know it yet. As the best forward in St.Martin's history, his smooth ride is pretty much guaranteed and he is determined to graduate with as little trouble as possible. And then he meets Reed Smith. Suddenly Charles finds himself thrust into Reed's life and the hate that comes with it. Everything he's worked for is put at risk and he knows the only way would be to let Reed go. Only problem is he can't seem to stay away.

August Emberly doesn't remember much of her childhood past including any memories she once shared with her mother. The mystery behind Augusts mother's death and the eeriness that spreads throughout her fathers face when any mention of her childhood home in Havenhills only sparks curiosity in her mind. There's less than a month before August graduates high school when she secretly wanders off behind her father's back to enroll in a private university located deep inside Havenhills. With the help of a new perplexing friend, August is left to discover the untold, cryptic and psychologically disturbing truth that lies within the ashes of the fire that was left behind from the old Havenhills.