Viewing Desire Brooks from the outside most people would think she has a good life. She's pretty good with excuses and lies to keep anyone from guessing what's really going on behind closed doors. No one knows about the terrible tragedies that take place in her household. No one knows about her alcoholic Mom or her Mom's too friendly boyfriend. Not even her best friend for years knows about the horrible things she faces on a daily basis. Desire manages to keep everything to herself until one day a boy decides to pay attention to her. Someone she didn't even know was capable of feeling anything, the school's bad boy Jacari Lockwood. Desire soon finds out that Jacari has his own demons and they quickly become each other's salvation.

Mia Hayes has never liked Emma Gray. To her she's poor. She's weird. And to Mia, Emma's life is worthless and the world would be better off without her. Mia makes sure to let her know that every chance she gets. Emma has never understood why Mia hates her so much. She's never understand why with every waking day Mia aims to make her life a living hell. But she does. And for that reason Emma hates her and she's sure Mia feels the same way about her. But life for both girls takes a twisted turn when they both finds themselves captured by the same crazed man. In the end each other are all they have.