From the bestselling author of Hopeless and It Ends With Us, Morgan wants nothing more than for her sixteen-year-old daughter Clara not to repeat the same mistakes she herself made in her youth. She married too young and got pregnant very early. She had to put her dreams on hold indefinitely and wishes for a completely different life for Clara. But Clara has a mind of her own, and her relationship with her mom is complicated, to say the least. Family disagreements are moderated by Chris - husband, father and head of the family. But then a tragic accident occurs under turbulent circumstances and the lives of all involved are changed beyond recognition... While both women deal with the consequences, Morgan finds support in the last person who would ever attack her, and Clara becomes close to a young man she is forbidden to to see Every day, more and more family secrets come to the surface and there is a threat that the relationship between Morgan and Clary will never be repaired...