"Elliot Cartwright, will you be my girlfriend?" He asked me, down on one knee. He held a dozen white roses and had hope plastered on his face. His smile was dazzling and he looked like a frickin' Hollister model in this moment. But then, everything came rushing back to me. My vow against love and how I wouldn't let myself get hurt again. Reality slapped me in the face. "No." I told him and walked away. I didn't have to turn around to know he was heart broken. I'm such a bitch. Ellie Cartwright knows that there is no mercy in the world of love. Her past is always with her, upholding her pact to never fall in love. Her walls start to crumble when Keaton Masterson moves to town, changing every plan she has ever made. And she learns; a lot can change in a year.

Zaph Phelo likes to define herself as being a "willing introvert" due to constant changes in her life. She isn't one to trust easily, and is a girl used to being independent and tackling her own problems easily. When she begins getting frightening texts and calls from an unknown number that seems to know her every move, she is, for the first time in her life, uncertain about how to deal with it. When her smart mouth and careless attention cause her to run into the intimidating leader of The Four, she realizes she is in for way more than she initially bargained for. Lies are told and devastating secrets are revealed to the point where Zaph doesn't know where to place her trust. Throw in a hot but annoying new neighbor, and Zaph is in for one hell of a ride.