Beaten, raped, and scarred, Amanda Fox is a lonely girl with nothing and no one to hold onto. She finds out that the world is not what it seems. Strange things start happening when a new kid comes to school. He's dangerous and moody, and she doesn't know what to do with him. Amanda finds things about herself and her past- beyond her widest dreams. But, being a mute just adds to her troubles. And, as if she isn't troubled enough, she has people that are coming after her. And it seams that the more she finds out about her past, the more of it comes back to haunt her. It's kind of a twisted, Dark, Beauty.