16 year old Vayda Thomas is lost. She is the last left of what her family of 5 used to be. She now lives with her Aunt Veronica, who took her in when life had left her deserted 3 years ago. Aunt Veronica was like a mother to Vayda, providing as much as she could for her lost and hopeless niece. When summer comes around the bend,Vayda is forced to face a desicion she had been putting off for 3 years now. That desicion was, Camp Christopher. Camp Christopher was the summer camp her mother had attended when she was younger, and had been a counselor for many years. The Thomas children used to attend every summer, and were very well known, but when they had been lost, Vayda had stopped going. Now, in her final year of this camp, she decides to go, staying in cabin Old Tommy Tucks. She starts to ponder her desicion when she hears about Parker Phillips, a 19 year old camp counselor, who has a strange past. Strange things begin to happen, and Vayda finds herself battling her hardest battles at her childhood camp. What happens when Parker sees Vayda? Will she be just another girl, or will Parker's dark past catch up with him?
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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