16 year old Shelby Thompson lives in Springville, Utah with her mother and father, three brothers and a sister.
Shelby went to church every Sunday, and Ky, a boy in her Sunday-School class and in her high school, started to date.
Their relationship was getting stronger and stronger, but on the day of their graduation, Ky gets in a car crash, and dies. Shelby is heartbroken at the news, and believes that she can never love again.
As her last year of high school comes around, Shelby hears rumors spread that a new boy has come to town and goes to their school.
Shelby is great at making new friends, so she plans on meeting the new boy at a coffee shop. She waits until a boy walks up to her, announcing he is the new kid. His eyes are icy blue, his skin is a little darker than Shelby's, and he has shaggy dark brown hair. He announces to her that his name is Alex and he comes from Boston, Massachusetts.
Shelby is mesmerized at the cute boy, and she somehow makes through the day with a new friend.
Later on, they start to get more and more friendly, until prom rolls around. All the girls woo over Alex. They flirt with him, get all quirky, and try to make him like them.
Shelby is then angered by this, but lets them do what they want, but what she doesn't know is that Alex wants to take HER to prom.
Two days before the prom, Alex asks her, and she says yes.
On the night, Alex accidentally reveals a deep secret that he held on to for a couple of years. Will Shelby accept him for who he is, or will she turn him down and leave? Find out in 'Deep Secret.'
"How many romance books do you read?" Devin asks me. I shrug.
"I like them," I say. I keep browsing, running my fingers along the spines.
"So, you like romance then?" he asks me. I nod. "What's your favorite part of a love story?"
"I like the very first kiss, but I like the second one even more," I say. I bite my lip and look at him.
Oh. My. God. What the hell am I doing? Am I flirting? I think that I'm actually flirting. With Devin. Devin, my best friend. I have officially lost my mind. I should probably stop. But I can't seem to.
"Will you grab me that one?" I ask. I point above my head, my back's pressed against the bookcase. He locks his gaze on mine and reaches over me to grab the book I asked for. "Thanks."
I don't move and neither does he.
Riley and Devin have been best friends forever-since Kindergarten. It's Senior year of high school, now. And it's always been simple, Riley's got his back, he's got hers.
But as life goes on Riley can't help but wonder if maybe he's not just her best friend, if she likes him as possibly something more.
As her feelings deepen and become something greater it becomes more evident that she's falling, really hard. No matter how hard Riley tries she can't stop falling, she can't stop from loving him. Even if it tears her to pieces or even if it destroys their friendship.
Pretty soon Riley is going to have to choose between walking the safe line of friendship or taking the unpaved path of love.
Will she risk everything for love?