Adrian Hurst is your classic awkward introvert. Hates conflict, not very outgoing, quiet, awkward, self-conscious and very guarded. However he is also a great friend when you get him to come out of his shell. He's loyal, kind, sensitive, open-minded, creative, modest, honest and will always be there for the ones he loves. Adrian loves to paint, its his passion in life and one day he'd love to see one of his paintings in a gallery in New York instead of the wall in the living room of his house in a small town in the middle of Illinois.
Jeremy Mitchell is your typical popular rich kid. Extravagant, friendly, great people skills, self-confident, likes attention, likes to lead, likes sports, tends to dominate situations, fun loving, easy going, extremely loyal to his peers, risk taker and dangerously reckless when it comes to the people he loves. Jeremy spends his free time helping his dad out in his auto shop fixing up cars. He wants to major in mechanics when he goes to college.
As different as these two boys seem they both have the same huge secret that the try their hardest to keep. But when they meet all of these things start happening, all of these feeling resurface and all of these fears come to light.
Tobias and Talia are complete opposites, yet thrown together in an arranged marriage. Can they navigate married life in the wake of a terrible tragedy?
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After being pressured into an arranged marriage to merge their families' companies, Talia and Tobias are stuck living together as husband and wife. Although they are both unhappy, neither tries to make the best of it. Tobias is too busy, and Talia is too distraught by the tragic death of her former fianceé, Jason. But as time goes by and they spend more time together, an undeniable attraction develops between the two. Despite this, Tobias can't seem to see past his jealousy of Jason and accept Talia - and Talia, plagued by guilt, is unwilling to let Jason go. Are the two heading for better - or are they headed for far worse?
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