Rose was a girl who never thought something so awful could happen to her. Until it did. She lost both of her parents in a car accident and didn't think she had anything to live for until she was adopted by a family named Hart in Swellview. Rose doesn't speak. She meets a boy named Henry who seems pretty cool but strange. Roses entire life changes. She winds up with a huge crush on Henry and finds out some pretty strange things. She winds up having to fight for herself, for her strength and for her life.