If Rahyalla is the only city considered safe enough in the state of Mikut, Austin Black and his family are to thank for that. Austin Black, the hottest, most popular guy of Rahyalla Senior Academy has a secret for that. But when the new girl, shy, reserved, Sara Adams shows up in Rahyalla, things are about to take a turn. She’s been invited to the most happening thing in town – Austin’s party – by the host himself. And after a lot of convincing by her new friends, she decides to go. After all, she’d come to Rahyalla with hopes of a better life, and the first thing to do would be to fit in. Little does Sara know why she’s invited. She doesn’t know that after that party, her stay in Rahyalla may not be as rosy as it started out to be. But what she does know, is that something is off about the way Austin and the rest of the students at school behave. Something is very wrong in Rahyalla, and Sara is determined to bring it to people’s notice.
Hope Flynn used to love water. She never realized the power of water, or the strength of it until the accident. Now Hope knows just how dangerous water can be. Water is the reason her sister is dead, and the reason she almost died.
Hope can't remember what happened the night of the tragedy, but everyone assures her she couldn't have done anything to save her sister.
Juliet Price has attended Redwood High since the beginning of sophomore year, but she's never spoken to Hope, Juliet doesn't fit in with her classmates as she wasn't born rich and she didn't grow up getting everything she wanted. The only reason Juliet is at the exclusive private school is because she's living with her wealthy aunt and uncle.
Juliet knows what happened to Eleanor Flynn, most of the world does. The Flynn family are very wealthy and very famous. Even though Juliet and Hope have never spoken, Juliet can tell that Hope is acting weird and she doesn't think it's entirely because Eleanor is dead.
When Juliet and Hope are brought together through a class project, Juliet starts to realize that Hope won't be able to start moving on unless she finds out what happened the night her sister died, and why she can't remember it.
When the two start investigating, they realize that the truth is pointing to something dark. Almost everyone attending Redwood has secrets, and they'll do what it takes to keep them private. When the truth starts to come out, Hope is left to wonder if she remembers the dreadful night and finds out she had something to do with it, will she ever forgive herself?