Meet Lavie, a newly graduated 18 year old starting college at a school, halfway across the country from her overbearing parents. Their rules seem simple- no parties, no alcohol, and very few missed classes- that is, unless your Lavie Lovelace. She was the schools it girl, and she knew it, moving cross country would be simple, she would ignore her parents keep her grades up and not miss a holiday. At least, so she thinks.
Meet Nate, local bad boy, high school dropout, and total hottie. Nate makes a deal with his father and attends the college that his uncle owns close to home. At first, Nate resents being the owners nephew, but quickly learns to take advantage of his family's success- picking his dorm, roommate, class schedule, and curfew? What could go wrong? And then he meets her.
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.