Becoming an adult comes with making the difficult choices. Katie White is a student at Lightstaff Academy, a preparatory high school in Michigan whose students go on to attend Juilliard. Her overprotective parents control most everything in her life-including the boys she dates. But when her mother chooses Zack, things go from bad to worse. An abusive drunk, Zack eventually works his "magic" and gets Katie drunk at a party-and promptly leaves her. But that's when Chris, a boy her parents would never approve of, steps in to save the day. Katie likes his bad boy look but, even more importantly, starts to fall for the man behind the look. The problem is the aforementioned parents, and the fact that being with Chris becomes problematic when their relationship-and her life-is in danger. The question is will she be brave enough to stick it out? Or will she cut ties and run? An intriguing, mysterious romance filled with the doubt and pain that accompanies the growth into adulthood is made ever more painful by the ultimate stakes involved. Katie's sensual and surprising journey is both familiar and shocking, one that will undoubtedly change the way young adults view the world, their problems, and the consequences of the choices they face. K. R. Ludivig is currently a college student. This is her second novel.