Prettyandpopular，seventeen-year-oldBrookeEmersonistheenvyofherclassmates--andevensomeofherclosestfriends.Butwhilesheseemstohaveitall，Brookehasneverfeltsolost.Eversinceshesustainedaheadinjuryduringacheerleadingstuntthepreviousyear，she'ssufferedfromadisorderthatcauseshertoflyintouncontrollable，sometimesviolentrages.Ashardasshetriestokeepittogether，shefindsherselfindangerofjeopardizingherseeminglyperfectlife.Itisn'tuntilBrookemeetsJake，ahandsomeandcharismaticstranger，thatshefeelslikeshe'sfoundsomeonewhonotonlyunderstandsher，butacceptsherforwhosheis.Astemptingasitistogetsweptupintheromance，shecan'thelpbutfeellikesomethingintheirrelationshipisn'tquiteright.Whenherbestfriendisbrutallymurdered，Brookehasnochoicebuttodependonhernewlove...especiallybecauseshe'sworriedthatshemightbethekiller.