Xavier doesn't speak; he writes.

High school quarterback Ethan Miller couldn't have been more excited to get away from big city life up in California and move to a small town in Alabama when his father changed jobs. For him, it's an easy transition from city to town. When he begins to help tutoring a very quiet loner by the name of Casen in math, however, he finds himself falling for a girl who's hiding a lot more than just her mp3 player under her hoodie. But how do you save somebody who's too scared to be saved?

After losing her parents in a drunk driving accident, Hailey Baker moves in with her wealthy and eccentric uncle. After seven months of recovery, she still has trouble with her back and is sometimes confined to a wheelchair. But she is determined to live a normal life. When she starts at a new school, she meets Blake Adams. He's surly, grumpy, and gorgeous. He's also legally blind. Together, the two of them learn that while love is blind, it can also be a powerful healer.