Chapter 1

Annika Ross is leading a seemingly perfect life: exceptional grades, a caring mother, and money in the bank. After she is accepted into New York University, the college she and her mother have been dreaming of her attending for as long as she can remember, she's ready to dive into her adult life head first. But when she meets a mysterious boy with a shattered past, who teaches her more about herself than she ever expected, will she learn to tread water, or will she be pulled into his tidal wave, with no chance to come up for air?