Maria's parents hid her away through her childhood so that no one would try to take her away from them, as it was tradition that the most beautiful maiden be a gift to the king, who was very cruel. But when Maria is 16 (that's grown up in her little old village), they cannot stop her from leaving. Almost instantly as she leaves, she is brought to the king, who gives her to his son. The prince is just as bad if not worse as the king. Maria is renamed Amber, abused, hollered at, trusted with lies, but through the midst of that, the prince falls in love with the stubborn slave. Can he convince her to love him back, or will her hatred for him and how he treats his country get in the way?
Amber Johnson is planning on spending her summer being lazy. Though that suddenly changes when her parents go to Colorado to take care of her grandfather who becomes ill. She tells her parents she rather stay at home then go with them. Her mom hires a babysitter instead, who really doesn't want to waste her time watching a 15 year old.
At night Jen leaves causing Amber to have a hard time sleeping home alone. When she can get sleep it soon gets interrupted by the haunting of a psychotic ghost. Who simply takes the pleasure of haunting into a living nightmare. Leaving Amber and her best friend Maia to figure out there own secrets before everything they ever done comes back to haunt them.
With all of the confusion. They try to patch up their broken friendship. Only to lead more into the lies and regret they both have kept from each other. They both have dark secrets, who has the biggest one to hide?