Anna begins high school with a longing to experience her first true love. It seems likely after she falls for fellow sophomore Pete, but when a popular senior aggressively pursues her, she finds herself forced to choose...until Pete does it for her and she winds up in the arms of the upperclassman. Alec's attention is thrilling and dizzying, but she's conflicted when he pressures her to go all the way. When the unthinkable happens, Anna is left numb and lost. As she works through her confusion and fear, a second chance with Pete-and true love for real-emerges. Anna plunges in but pressures to fit in, combined with her own emotional fragility, lead her down turbulent paths-and increasing non-parent-approved choices. Boy troubles. Friend fallouts. Peer pressures. Unreasonable parents. Heartbreaking betrayals. Will Anna overcome...or spiral into the abyss?