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Theodora Leigh is back home from being gone for 2 years. Leaving shortly after graduation without warning, she moves across the country to be in solitude with her mom. Her past has left her with scars that she's still scared to face and when she goes back home for a summer, more and more things seem to be coming up from her life before. Will Theo be able to escape the darkness this time?
Things seem to take a turn when a guy from Theo's old high school seems to take notice in her... for what she thinks is the first time. But Theo isn't the only one with dark secrets.
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