Cassandra is a Junior in high school and from everyone else's point of view she has the perfect life. A perfect boyfriend, a perfect brother and an even more perfect over protective friend. No one realizes that her boyfriend beats her, her parents are never around, and she's in love with this friend and can't tell him because, he's her brother's best friend. When it comes time to decide will she choose the boyfriend that she's in love with but hurts her, will she choose her brother's best friend, the guy she could never go public with or will she choose neither?

This story is about a girl who goes through a tramatic loss in her life and stops speaking. When she moves to a new town and meets a boy that pulls her out of her shell, she also has new things to go through and lessons to learn. If things start to go bad will she stop talking again? Or will she face them head on with her newly found confidence?

Reed Hadley would gladly spend her day holed up in her room with her dog, watching horror movies or surfing the internet on her trusty laptop. Too bad she is the daughter of one of the biggest matchmakers in the business. As soon as Reed started to develop into what scientist dubbed an adolescent, her mom has been sitting her up on dates, which seem to go wrong every time. Reed is done with these dates, and she realizes that the only way to get her mom off her back is to find a boyfriend. When Reed is partnered with bad boy Parker Hunt on a school project, they can't stand each other. However, Reed and Parker quickly realize they need each other; Reed needs Parker so that her mom will stop with the blind dates, and Parker needs Reed so his jealous ex-girlfriend will leave him alone. So, this odd pair strikes up a deal. For appearances' sake, they're an item. Behind closed doors, they may fight like children, but Reed and Parker have managed to fool the people they need to. However, can a fake relationship stay fake forever?