After moving to California at the age of 2, Olivia Pierce thought she would have a new start. After being disowned by her whole family except for her parents, she thought she could spend the rest of her life spending every waking minute with her parents-because they were so close. When her parents get a new job, Olivia spends the next 15 years of her life not with her parents. But her best friend Ben has always been there for her. So when a tragedy hits her hard, her life, that starts out shattered, finally stars to unshatter.
When Evie and her father finally return to their vacation home after two years, Evie is having a hard time adjusting to living without her mother. It had been only four months since the tragedy of her sudden death, and Evie knew it would be hard to forget, if she ever would. However, they were living somewhere new. Therefore, she had to act new, right? Little did she know how difficult that would be.
After meeting a certain boy, Evie begins to realize what real life looks like, even after she thought she would never find it again.