Emmaline doesn't want to remember her past the way her father does. Her mother's death was tragic, and she's not coming back. Emmaline finds enough distraction- however temporary- in her volatile friends, sought-after boyfriend, and Woods Bay, Montana's favorite high school sport, basketball. But the newest addition to the team and town peaks Emmaline's emotion and suspicion. Cephas Bourdon- confident, enticing, and charming- pulls Emmaline down a path she's not entirely prepared to navigate. It's not until the senior trip, however, that he pulls her too far- too far into his dangerous, secretive world of crime, murder, and deception. Spinning in a realm of dubious intentions, Emmaline begins to doubt her family, friends, and even herself. Soon her life, and the lives of those she loves, are at stake, their futures held in the hands of the man she thought she knew- thought she loved. Emmaline is well enough acquainted with Cephas to know he will champion that which he holds most dear. She's just not sure who- or what- that is.