43 parts Complete MatureI'm not scared of falling, she told him. Just of not being caught.
Seventeen-year-old Danica Parker has always survived by staying quiet, staying small, and staying out of the way. But when her mother lands in rehab and Danica is placed in the care of the wealthy, picture-perfect Hayes family, everything changes.
Thrown into a world of soft beds, second chances, and a brooding boy with a bruised past of his own, Danica is forced to confront what it means to be seen - and to matter. Kaiser Hayes, once the golden boy of Ridgeview High's soccer team, is now sidelined by injury and bitterness. But when their worlds collide, so does something else: fire.
As Danica begins to rebuild the pieces of her broken world - new friends, stolen kisses, whispered confessions in the dark - a phone call from the past threatens to unravel everything. Her biological father, powerful and dangerous, wants something from her... and he won't take no for an answer.
This was never supposed to feel like home.
But maybe home isn't a place.
Maybe it's a person.
A heartfelt, slow-burn romance with secrets, scars, and the kind of love that demands to be fought for.
