When Alyssa steps out from the safety of a sheltered life, she is unprepared for what awaits her in the world: school, parties, falling in love...with an alien robot. Now, swept away into a world she was never suppose to know about, Alyssa finds herself in the center of an ancient conflict that was thought to be history as her feelings for the Autobot scout continue to grow. But things get even more complicated and dangerous when the decepticon behind a string of mysterious hit-and-run murders takes an interest in Alyssa, and decides to use her to settle an old rivalry with the said scout.