Recovering from a depressive episode, a college student, Irina Bowman, transfers to a new location in hopes for a fresh start.
Upon making new friends, she meets Nathan Lovecraft, the quiet campus heartthrob who also happens to be her roommates boyfriend. In the naked eye, Nathan is charismatic, chivalrous, and humble.
However, not all is what it seems to be.
When horrible events occur, students and staff twirl into a fearful frenzy. No one can pinpoint who is responsible, but when Irina starts piecing everything together, she makes a horrible discovery-that she's the one who's been feeding the beast all along.
Starting University is nerve racking.
When Tara leaves home for the first time to move into the dorms at university, she's excited to start this new chapter in her life. Her new roommate is cool and soon she has a new tribe of friends to hang with.
What she doesn't anticipate is her roommate's playboy brother to always be hanging around and popping up when he shouldn't be. But as Tara goes through first time life experiences, including heartbreak, she realizes that having him around might not be so bad after all. No matter how hard she tries, their paths keep crossing, and pretty soon, it gets hard not to fall for him.
Before she knows it, she becomes a part of a family and things are comfortable. But when his family member is in a terrible accident, she learns more about grief and loss than she knew possible. This coming of age novel deals with love, loss and all matters of the heart.