Emma Lyn Lengacher has spent the past four years searching for acceptance and love as an unexpected situation arises. Being cast out from her sheltered Amish community for violating the tenets of her faith, she is taken in by the Clements family. With the support of the Clements, Emma attends the local high school and can't help but be integrated into the world of adolescence. She attempts to remain innocent through this new experience in the hopes of becoming redeemable and ultimately restored to her family. Now a new chapter is about to begin, as she prepares to attend Ohio State University with Sarah and Nicholas Clements. This transition isn't easy as Emma allows herself to trust a boy she admires. After revealing her shameful past, can she find the perfect love she has been craving for all her life or will she be stuck in the vicious cycle of fear and rejection?