Rio Snyder believes in love- he just doesn't believe it fixes anything. It certainly didn't fix his drug addicted brother, or his heartbroken parents. Ezra Carelli is a happy-go-luck guy with secrets lurking just beyond his smile. When Rio and Ezra meet and began to grow closer, their anger and secrets began to collide. And the two will quickly come to learn that sometimes, all it takes is a tiny spark to ignite a burning flame.

Emerson is miserable with his life. He’s constantly bullied, and his boyfriend, Matt, sides with his tormentors. When Emerson hides in the school’s boiler room to escape everyone, he doesn’t expect to find a journal. The journal looks simple enough, but inside, it contains the shocking story of a boy named Nash. As Emerson reads deeper into the heart wrenching words of Nash’s life, he is unaware that his life is about to change forever.

Sarcastic Theo is just trying to get through his senior year of high school with his sister Thalia and his best friend Oliver. But Theo’s life gets flipped upside-down when the overly flamboyant Dimitri Ivanov is thrust into his life. Dimitri is cocky, flashy, and makes a hobby out of annoying Theo. But Theo begins to question whether Dimitri’s constant flirting is all in fun, or if it’s becoming serious. And why is straight Theo getting such strong feelings for Dimitri?

One look at Ethel, and you can't help but stare at her. It's not her beauty that catches your eyes, it's the burn scars that cover parts of her body. There are a few that don't gawk at her, mainly her family and Zeus Miller, the new guy in town. Yet, with those scars, daddy has made some precautions against the bullies, and if anyone dares to hurt his baby girl in any way, he's not afraid to use it.