She's desperate to hide years' worth of crippling secrets.
When a life-or-death situation lands the Williams children in foster care, Maisy isn't sure how to feel. She has no choice but to fall back on her most cherished survival instinct: blending into the background.
But it's hard to blend in when the two most popular boys in school are determined to look after you. Her new life introduces her to a world of teenage experiences she has never had before, including a powerful bond with her new foster brother, Chris, and a complicated friendship with his best friend, Colton.
As she fights to rid herself of the demons that plague her past, Maisy must decide: will she let her guard down and embrace her new life, or keep herself locked away, protecting herself from a future she's never let herself imagine?
He's desperate to help the girl with the tortured whiskey eyes.
Colton's life has always been meticulously planned: hockey, academics, and a future in Division One athletics. Very few things break his fixation on hockey and academics. But one of the few exceptions is his undying loyalty to his best friend, Chris.
For Chris, he'd do anything.
When Chris's family takes in three fragile foster children, Colton vows to help Chris look after them. Especially Maisy, whom both boys feel an immediate connection to. She challenges every rule he's ever followed and makes him question the path he's always believed in.
Tethered by a force neither understands, Maisy and Colton are drawn to each other in ways that feel inevitable and terrifying. As Maisy battles the demons of her past, and Colton wrestles with ambition and desire, they must confront the ultimate question: can two hearts so determined to stay apart find a way to be together—or will the secrets and fears that haunt them tear them apart forever?
