At the start of his junior year, Rian Michaels is forced to move back to his hometown in the wake of his close cousin's death. While trying to piece his family back together, he also tries to comfort his cousin's deeply grieving girlfriend, Emily. Instead of putting her grief at ease, he begins to feel something between them. In the mist of unforgivable lies, dark secrets and betrayals, Rian has to decide. What is truly thicker than blood?