Shelia is a regular Australian who had just finished at University. Persuaded by her best friend Alison Harris they travel over to Los Angeles. But little did Shelia know who she would be staying with. And little did she realize how luring Duff McKagan was and especially how head over heels she had fallen in love with him. What will happen between the pair and what happens when Shelia has also sparked the interest of Guns N' Roses lead guitarist?

You can not avoid who you fall in love with.

College student Cara Sanders has lived a tough life but keeps her head up all the same. One night at a bar, Cara and Vic Fuentes meet on unlikely terms. Vic is immediately interested in this girl, but Cara isn't so sure. She hasn't let a boy near her since the incident with her alcoholic of a father. Now, falling for Vic in ways she couldn't imagine, she is faced with her worst fear: her abusive father has been released from prison, and is looking for her and her mother. Not only had the man scarred her for life, but he has threatened her with much more than just abuse this time. Vic, on the other hand, swears to Cara he will protect her with his life.

Alan thinks he's going to be spending all summer on his own, until his older brother's friend, Austin, finds a way into his life. Together, they begin a series of secret trips at night, when neither can sleep.