Violet led a reclusive life, always behind the scenes, that's the way she preferred it. She had always focused on herself and her education, that's what her mom would've wanted. She even took over the library their family owned when her mom passed away, when Violet was only nineteen. Now, Violet was twenty-two, and in college to become a school teacher, following in her mom's footsteps. She starts to realize that she's been so focused on her goals, that she's left no time for fun, or love for that matter. Her best friend, Ava, tells her she is getting married and wants Violet to be her maid of honor. Violet is used to duties, so she agrees immediately. But when she finds out the wedding is in California, far from her home in Pennsylvania, she couldn't be more excited. Would this finally be her break? She vows to let loose and enjoy herself for the first time, in a long time. She meets a handsome stranger on the beach who makes her question if she'd ever even want to return home. Xavier is unlike anyone she'd ever met. Exotic and cultured, it also didn't hurt that he was wealthy either. He entices her with a life she never dreamed of living. It isn't until she starts uncovering dark secrets to his past, that she realizes, he isn't who he says he is. Violet finds herself knee deep in trouble. Until she meets Detective Jacobs, who promises to protect her. Her dilemma brings the age old phrase to mind, be careful what you wish for.
Sage Rosa Ellewood a 16 year old with a past she wants to forget or forgotten, her mother leaves with her 3 older sisters to work on a important case. She is left with a family who don't seem to like her very much she finds herself living in hell. Finding out that their is a secret amongst the family she doesn't know about she finds herself in trouble all the time trying to fend for herself as much as possible, She finds scraps of paper which helps her uncover things about her father, stuck trying to find answers she enlists the help of her best friend and the cousin who is super nice to her, she finds herself falling for him who also has a secret to hide? What are they hiding? what is these secrets Sage wants to find out? Would she ever end this search? Or is it just beginning...