"Are you a virgin?" "Sir, is that appropriate?" ____

Madelyn Waters, eighteen, is not your typical high schooler. With a secret manipulative ability, as well as being charismatic and extremely promiscuous, she finds herself lost in a never-ending infatuation with older men. All of that stays in tact until her eyes fall upon a man with a daughter near her age, one in which she befriends to get closer to her main goal. She is willing to test her morals to no extent in order to have this man, while unintentionally discovering that buried deep within her soul is a girl who simply wants to be loved. She learns of love, rejection, and most of all, she discovers herself, while also igniting an illicit affair.

Poppy Rose's life changed six years ago when her mother died in an accident caused by her. After grief, blame, depression and suicide attempts came a difficult case of selective mutism. Now, at eighteen, she refuses to speak due to the shame she felt for being responsible. However, things take a turn for the worst when she comes back to school for her senior year. Her life changes when a specific adult comes into the picture, a man who had no intentions of creating a problem. But the fact is, he's her teacher, as well as her cross country coach.

"The city is darker at night; glow-in-the-dark star stickers can only glow so bright for so long before a girl needs to find her own light. You can't stay a little dolly forever." "I'll always be your little dolly. Your girl, always."

In the summer of 1967 Lana Andrews meets her new neighbor twenty nine year old Daniel Miles and has a huge crush on him. Daniel is obsessed with the young girl but little do they both know they both don't feel the exact way about one another.