Can her love save him from himself? Elsie James has always been liked. She has beauty, brains and charm. Her boyfriend is the class football star, and she’s the best musician in her year. She has everything a teenage girl could want. That’s what everyone sees when they look at her. But not him. He sees the girl who is terrified of being abandoned, ever since her father walked out on her. Aiden Green, her brother’s best friend, knows what it’s like to bury your true self. His past has an iron-tight grip on him, one that will eventually drag him and anyone around him down. After years of growing up in darkness, the only person his heart truly beat for was his baby sister. That was until her. His best friend’s younger sister. Desperate not to ruin the only real friendship he has, or taint the light surrounding her, Aiden runs from his feelings. After all, what future could he give her when he can’t see one for himself? She’s afraid everyone she loves will leave. He’s convinced he’ll destroy anyone who stays. Can her love save him from himself, or will loving him be the thing that finally breaks them both?