“I deserve this.” The thought echoes daily in my head. “I know it’s why I’m here. I know it’s why I’m alone. And I know that’s why I’ll die in this place.”

 

Forgotten. Unloved. Unforgivable.

 

One night forever changes Rachel Kendrick’s life, and what awaits her will feel ill-deserved. Locked away for months only to be unceremoniously dumped onto estranged family in the Pennsylvania countryside, she must learn to accept and adapt to the world she finds herself in. Small town gossip, an outcast in a new school, and the discovery of the neighboring boy who will unknowingly alter her path yet again.

 

Shawn Harrison only has eleven months left until freedom, graduation, and the move to Los Angeles he and his friends have been planning for over seven years. Sunshine, palm trees, hot chicks, and hopefully a record deal, if they play their cards right. There’s only two hitches in the plan.

 

His enigmatic, blue-eyed neighbor.

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A foolish, immature bet made at the encouragement of his best friends.