Cora Holloway finds herself trying to couch-surf her way through life when the sudden death of her mother sends her to California where full custody of her is granted to an absent and abusive father she knows very little about. Her life is a mess of temporary friends, partying, and just trying to survive when she meets a golden-eyed boy with a haunting past named Noah Avett. At the ripe age of only 19, Noah is a recovered drug addict. Forced out of his family's lavish Pasadena home and into the flatland of Sacramento after a fatal overdose took the life of his former girlfriend Paige. Being no stranger to unexpected deaths and unfair parental abandonment, Cora is immediately drawn to Noah, feeling a strong sense of understanding towards him. But as time goes on, she's forced to face the fact that there's always more than just one side to a story...