There are three things Susanne Bradshaw knows for sure: 1) Her mother is dead. 2) She has no living relatives. 3) Her last summer before freshman year of college will be spent alone. But with her mother's death, Susanne learns her family's deepest secret. Her mother left more than just a handful of memories and a shitty car behind-- she left a fortune worth millions. Elenore Bradshaw, recently deceased, was the eldest daughter of the still living oil tycoons, Leon and Prucinda Bradshaw. Susanne, just 17, is placed in the care of her new family, at least until she finally turns 18 in August. But, it's only just turned May, and when she's whisked away to Daisy Isle, an island where America's richest families spend their summers, she meets Rose Hawthorne, a young man whose entire existence seems intent on ruining her summer.