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Emmie Key was the smartest girl on the planet. At least, she considered herself to be that smart. A lot of people could tell her otherwise, but she knew the truth. No one could match her mental capabilities. That all changed when she met Chase Davenport.

Zoe Key, Emmie's mother, dragged her to Mission Creek to spend a week with Tasha Davenport, her friend from college. Emmie had heard a lot of stories about Tasha before, but this was the first time meeting her family. If first impressions make the basis for relationships with people, then her relationship with the Davenport-Dooley clan would be nothing but strange.

Tasha was everything that she remembered, but her family were the total opposite of her. First, there was Donald Davenport. She knew who he was, but she hadn't realized how narcissistic he truly was. Second, her son, Leo, would get under Emmie's skin. Third, the youngest Davenport - Chase - always tried to one-up Emmie with his intelligence. She loved annoying him by showing him how smart she was, but he always upstaged her.

In life, there are always going to be strange people. But these people were keeping a secret from the whole world. Emmie set out to try to figure out what they were keeping from everyone. She came so close to figuring out why the Davenport's were so secretive when her mother and Tasha got kidnapped. Emmie's whole world was ripped away from her. She was heartbroken and scared, and she would do anything to get them back.

With the help of the Davenport siblings and Leo, Emmie tried to figure out where her mother and Tasha were. Emmie and Chase are forced to come together to find the two women because of their superior intelligences. Slowly but surely, it doesn't feel forceful anymore to hang out together.

But she had to take matters into her own hands when another crisis arose in their lives. Emmie had always done things alone. This wasn't any different; it just had much higher stakes than homework. There was no going back now.