After the suicide of her father, Charlotte Bennett and her mom have to relocate from their town in Maine to Beacon Hills, California. Charlotte doesn't expect anything to be different about this high school, after all, it is just another high school. But after meeting the dark and mysterious Liam Dunbar, she's considering other possibilities. Nothing normal could do what Liam does. He's distant and a bit rude with her, but Charlotte is captivated by him. Everything he does, everything he says pulls her closer towards him. Nobody's ever done that to her before. Is it safe to be caught up in him, though? Charlotte's soon faced with the conflict of having Liam and facing everything that comes with him or escaping and being left with the thoughts of what could have been.