17 year old Laura Maizel is trying to rebuild her life after her guardian, Aunt Flora, was strangled to death. The police have been investigating the crime but when they find out the murderer, everyone was speechless. Lauras life has not only been turned upside down but it has almost been taken from her. She has nothing left, until Jacob Carter enters her life. Laura may have lost someone she has loved her whole life but she has also met someone who she may love for the rest of her life.