Clara Wright is a sixteen year old girl who has an amazing relationship with her brother, Parker. They are each other's best friend and have always done everything together. However Parker does have another best friend; Jason Haynes. While Parker is a straight A student with a bright future, Jason is the complete opposite. Half his school attendance is nonexistent and he is always finding new and creative ways to get into trouble. Clara is used to Jason being around by now though. Since kindergarten it has been the three of them off on adventures. The Wright siblings and Jason. After all their mother was best friend's with his mother and when Jason was born, she became his Godmother. After Jason's mother is killed by a mugger and his father goes to prison for avenging his wife's death, Clara and Parker's mother agrees that he can stay with them on the condition that he gets into college. With Jason being around almost 24/7, Clara finds herself being pulled towards him. Though she knows that if her brother ever found out, he would be seething and it would end his friendship with Jason and destroy her close bond with her sibling. What happens when Jason saves Clara from a group of scumbags one night? As they grow closer, Parker becomes suspicious. What will happen if he finds out about their interactions?

TRIGGER WARNING: ELEMENTS OF ABUSE A/N: Please, please, please remember that the actions in this book are not okay under any circumstances. It is not okay to abuse your partner, or anyone else either mentally, physically or sexually. I do not support the actions of what the character Matt or the man at the beginning does. I wrote this book to shed some light on the subject and to reach people to tell them that they are never trapped and that there is always a way out. Savannah Davis is a nineteen year old college student who moved from Australia to America at the age of 10, she also works at a bar to earn money. Her older brother is 24 a Stanford graduate. Currently she lives with her 20 year old boyfriend Matthew "Matt." O'Connor in a small apartment. However, he isn't the nicest person to share accommodation with. In fact...deep down she knows she has made a huge mistake being with him. But she has no idea where to go...she can't go home, since her parents turned her old room into an office for her father's work and the rest of her family live in Australia. A chance encounter on her way home from work one night, just might be the beginning of a massive change in her life.