"He had a way with words and the air around him seemed to make people trip over themselves to love him. Like a moth to a flame, a flame of charm and beauty and something else. He had that smile and those eyes that could lure anyone to their demise. I had to hate him. I had to be the only one to hate Wesley Avalos." Brynne Moreau has everything timed to perfection: from the arts to academics, to track and field and soccer, to pleasing her parents--all except talking to people her own age. Her only friend is a horse named Jax and an old woman down the street who says hello when she walks her dog. It all changes with an uninvited knock to the door. The Avalos family is strange and aloof; not much is known about their history, even less so the people involved. When Wesley "Foxe" Avalos comes looking for Brynne, her life changes and she realizes that the best things come unexpectedly.