Seth Calloway has finally branched out from his roots in Oceanview, Virginia, and is now a soon-to-be graduating psychology major with high hopes and dreams. Until this point in his education, his biggest worries have been keeping good grades, meeting with his student band, and trying to hold on to a girlfriend for more than a few weeks. However, his whole life is turned backwards when his eccentric, strange, psychology professor hands him a project that only her most trusted students can handle. It's here that Seth meets the most confusing person he's ever heard in his life - a mysterious "Molly" - that he can never meet.
Molly Hawthorne doesn't care about much; after her "incident", nothing really has value anymore. When she donates her case for student evaluation, she doesn't think much about it. Life is a game spent well-played, and she doesn't have the time, or the energy, for therapists. When she records her sessions with her new psychologist, she begins to wonder where her thoughts are going - who on her campus could be behind that tape, listening to her words?
What first started with a project soon turns into a wild goose chase. Will they settle for the simple recordings, or continue to attempt to understand each other, as well as their identities?
Note: This is the sequel to What Love Is. You do not necessarily have to read this book first, but it may help with some insight into Seth.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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