A story of a girl who grew up and the heartbreak and challenges she encountered along the way. Cassie is a smart, shy girl who normally goes unnoticed. That is until she catches the eye of the star football player. She learns the hard way that life isn't always fair, love is not always enough, and sometimes it takes heartache to find yourself.

Their eyes had met from across the crowded room, music blaring in the background. Sparks flew, passion flared and it took one single night in the heat of the moment to wreck 17 year old Rachel Warner's life. She's pregnant with Jason Reinhardt's child, the school's imfamous bad boy but what if the rumors weren't completely true? What if Jason wasn't completely bad? And what happens when she wants to keep her baby? Jason Reinhardt hates his family, who had ruined his mother's health due to their cruelty just because his mother had been the maid of the Reinhardt family before his wealthy father married her. Once his mother died, Jason left to live on his own, forsaking his inheritence and vowing to never ask for his fathers help for anything but then Rachel and their baby suddenly steps into the picture. He remembers their wreckless night of passion and by the innocence he's seen in Rachel's eyes, he knows he's the father. Her warm presence, her laughter and stubbornness touches a place in his heart that he didn't even realize he had. And she's given him something he's always wanted. A family. But will their new found "family" survive the trails of life? Will their bond break or grow stronger? Only time will tell. And what does their fathers have to say about all this? -- There are also side stories of Rachel's friends Nancy and Dana. Tough girl Nancy Griffin is trying to fend off charming British hunk Gerard Hemmingway's advances...will she risk giving her heart out to him? And Dana is having a "forbidden" relationship that even her 2 best friends don't know about...how will their reactions be when they do find out?

Isabella James and Jace Dawson are on their way back from a party when they find themselfs the victims of a kidnapping. Now they must struggle to keep themselves alive. As if being kidnapped wasn't bad enough Izzy finds herself the object of Mark Young's attention.

High school senior Katy McLaughlin is getting married. But not for love, like most couples. She wants to escape from her home, and forget the memories that are associated with it. So when Jordan Hall proposes to her, it seems like the perfect chance. But what does she do when she realizes that she just might be falling for Jordan?

Noah Anderson had everything: a career as an actor, millions of fans, the good looks, and a beautiful girlfriend who thought the world of him. But for him, that wasn't enough, so he left America leaving his English lifestyle and everything behind. Or so he thought, for he left behind a son, a son he doesn't know about... COVER BY JarFullOfCookies

When enigmatic freshman Amanda Valentino arrived at Endeavor High, she chose three people - Callie, Hal, and Nia - to guide her through the choppy waters of her new school. Except she didn't tell them about each other. When Amanda leaves, the three must reluctantly work together to figure out why. But once they start piecing together the cryptic clues that Amanda herself is leaving for them, they realize that everything they thought they knew about her is false. The more they dig, the mystery of where - and who - Amanda is deepens.