Raylaina tells the story of a sixteen year old totally in love with an impeccably dressed, groomed, and seriously handsome seventeen year old. Daren spends hours getting every strand perfectly groomed. And, he has the body to make any teenage girl gasp. Subtly and gradually, he takes over her life, who she travels with, and what she does. For the length of her junior year, he succeeds. Her gut tells her something isn't right. She knows this inside, but what can she do about it? She enjoys being the envy of every girl in school, and she is in love. One early reviewer noted that he only pushed her down once, so where's the abuse? Abuse is much more than physical attack. Make no mistake; Raylaina's gorgeous Daren is abusive. The signs are there, and he has a terrible role model for a father. We know what happens to Raylaina. We don't know what happens to Daren, his family, and his sister, except for the stories we read in the news and see on television way too often.