This is a story of a young girl in the seventies as she becomes a woman uncovering secrets about herself, human nature, human sexuality, and dark secrets about her new stepfather, Robert. The only one she feels she can turn to is her new stepbrother Sebastian. The bond they slowly develop is inseparable. After Wanda's mother dies, Wanda and Sebastian soon begin to find horrific things out about Robert. Things that will haunt them for the rest of their lives.

Hadley Jamison doesn't know what to think when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, committed suicide. She didn't exactly know him, but that doesn't stop her from feeling like there was something she could have done to help him. So to Hadley's surprise, on the very night of Archer's funeral, she has a run in with Death himself and is offered the chance to go back in time to stop Archer from ending his life. The catch? She only has twenty-seven days to do it. And if Hadley doesn't succeed? Well, she doesn't want to think about that.