Looks can be deceiving. Ally has a 4.7 G.P.A and is en route for an Ivy League. And, while dressed up in skirts and cardigans, she has the appearance of a model student. But, Ally is far from the angel she appears to be. Ally is secretly a member of a gang called the Players and behind her nerdiness, lies a girl who’s addicted to a good old-fashioned adrenaline rush. However with one mistake, her façade comes crashing down all around her. When she gets caught hot boxing with her best friend Caden and is arrested after a high-speed motorcycle chase, nothing will ever be the same again. Her parents disown her as she’s sent to Black Mountain, a mental institute for troubled teens. There she meets a host of people with colorful personalities, including one guy named Jack who drives her positively crazy with his lip ring, piercing green eyes, and domineering attitude. However, even there, Ally finds herself struggling to fit in with the crowd of violent, temperamental misfits that make up Black Mountain’s student body. Is Ally real all that bad when it comes down to it? Or has Ally simply been Playing Criminal?

Laney Herman is living the life of a typical teenager in her small town in Minnesota, when she's discovered by a big-time agent who whisks her off to L.A., and thrusts her into the crazy world of young Hollywood. Within weeks, she's starring in a film, getting her first onscreen kiss, dating her hunky co-star and being stalked by the paparazzi. Will this town chew her up and spit her out, or is Laney a star in the making?