Stories are not told by one person. Royce Pharmaceuticals has released six new products: Happy, Affection, Calm, Inspiration, Alert, and Lust-each applicable through a convenient adhesive patch. Shortly after their release, Sara's mother begins to lose her battle against cancer. Her father begins to use Happy and Calm just to make it through the day. A college graduate working at a coffee shop, a young nurse who relies on Alert, a high school boy trying to do better than his parents, a businessman from Royce-everyone has a story to tell, and each is beginning to entwine.