Her brother's death left her alone. With them, her horrible parents. Though her brother's death left her torn, it gave her courage. Nicole Harris went to Child Services to turn her abusive parents in on her eighteenth birthday. Now in her last year of high school, she attempts to survive plastic bitches, supposedly harmless pranks and the horror known as cafeteria food. With, of course, her five best friends. Who are guys. The player, the bad boy, the gay guy and the prank twins, to be specific. A story of not only love, friendship and humor, but also of life, abuse and getting over loss and hardships.

In a world where women are imprisoned in order to breed and are taught to fear men, fourteen year old Era discovers that she is barren, and is to be Disposed. Desperate not to die, Era does the unthinkable: she leaves the prison where the women are kept. She knows she must hide, as she is being hunted, but the last thing she expects is to meet handsome, undersanding Hunter. Worse yet, she thinks she might be falling for him. But she must choose between saving her friends or love, and no matter how hard you run, the wave always catches up.