Just shy of her eighteenth birthday, Ambria Burke wants nothing more than to be free-free to enjoy the world, meet new friends, and explore the alluring thrill of love and romance. So when her loving, but over-protective father decides to choose a husband for her, she feels the need to escape the confines of her safeguarded home to embark on a secret middle-of-the-night excursion. The freedom she longs for is quickly cut short, however, when she makes a surprising discovery that will change her life forever. Having put herself in grave danger, Ambria is now forced to address her mother's sudden disappearance seventeen years ago, as she wonders if her father's worst fears will soon become a reality.