Eighteen is a difficult age. New changes, a new set of rules, and new environment. In Sumerset, Oregon, love plays an important factor in society. Once someone reaches eighteen years of age, they stop aging. Once they fall in love with their soulmate, then they have the privilege of growing old together. There is only one problem. Mary Shannon Bernard doesn't want to fall in love. Will Mary Shannon stay eighteen forever or will someone come along to steal her heart away?