Ryan Atwood has returned to The O.C. 10 years later, now a successful architect, strangely, on the anniversary of Marissa Cooper's death, where family and friends are celebrating Marissa's life. When Ryan reconnects with estranged ex-love, Taylor Townsend, Marissa's sister Kaitlin, sets her eyes on Ryan, to her mother, Julie Cooper's chagrin. When a troubled teen arrives in The O.C. with mysterious connections to Ryan, will it bring Taylor and Ryan closer, or tear them apart?
Amanda Stone; only 16 when her life was changed forever. Betrayed by her brother, she changes her life so that the accident would never happen to her again. But like all secrets, her deepest secret finally found its way to the surface and nothing will ever be the same again.