Aria Hale, along with a few of her friends and ex-boyfriend Derek Harding, have been invited to a dinner that will determine their acceptance into the best ivy-league college around. Days after her friends have received their invite, Aria finally receives hers. Friday night was sealed and everything was going according to plan. Until, Aria's good friend Olivia Shire's younger sister dies from a freak accident. The funeral coincides with the dinner, but with Olivia's state, Aria would never let her go through a loss like that alone. After the funeral is over and she pays her respect, she rushes home, grabs the invite containing the directions and then tells her friend Summer via text that she's on her way, but the thing is, she never arrives. She never got the real invite.
Layla lost her mother at a young age and was abused by her alcoholic father. Her best friend, Jasmine knew about this and so Layla spent majority of her time with Ashley and her family, basically growing up with them.
After highschool, Layla moved away to study. She decided to visit Jasmine and her family during summer break. One thing she didn't expect was to see her attractive brother, and her childhood crush, staying there too. Jasmine always knew about Layla's crush on her brother, Asher.
What Layla doesn't know is that her feelings aren't one sided. Everyone can see their chemistry and the attraction between them. Everyone except the two themselves.
If only one of them could risk their friendship for something even better. But it won't be easy for these two to find their happy ending.
**Contains mentions of alcohol, physical/verbal abuse and blood**