Payton hates where she lives. Her snoody rich neighborhood wasnt her style. She longed to live in the hood where everyone was "real". On one of her and her dads annual trips to Bankhead Payton finds herself falling for one hood boy that could care less about her and her feelings. Will he come areound? Will he soon learn to love what Payton is?

He's her new annoying next door neighbor and she's the oddest girl he has ever encountered. Dannie Hale is not your average girl. She's weird. She's athletic. She's lacking in the common sense department. And she went through one hell of school year that has left her scarred for life. Seth Parker is your average Cali boy. He's good looking. He can surf. His ego is the size of the moon. And he's made it his job to figure out the puzzle named Dannie Hale. Summer break has arrived and it's time for life to reveal what plans it has made for these two very special people.