After the tragic loss of her parents, fifteen-year-old SADIYA is sent to live with her uncle's family in a town far from everything she's ever known. There she meets her two cousins. ABDULLAH, the effortlessly charming and carefree one who fills every room with laughter, and YAHAYA, the brilliant but brooding older brother who always seems annoyed by her presence. Caught between a boy who makes her heart race and one who makes it ache, Sadiya must find her place in a home that's not quite hers, while trying not to lose herself or her heart in the process.

Aaliyah Musa's house along with her life was set on fire the moment the rebels gained entrance into her home and murdered her father. After being forced into marriage, she has to make a decision for her freedom, either through life or death.