Following an abusive relationship during her freshman year, Aubrey Pierce enters her junior year with fragments of a past she can't remember—and a fear she can't explain.She knows only that anyone who gets too close to her could become a target of the person she once loved and the friends still devoted to him.Then Ryan moves to town, running from a troubled past of his own. Drawn to Aubrey, he refuses to let her push him away, even as she tries desperately to keep him at a distance.But as fragments of Aubrey's forgotten memories begin to surface, so does the fear that Ryan is getting dangerously close to a past he knows nothing about.She knows being near her puts him in danger.She just doesn't know how to stay away from him.

Following an abusive relationship during her freshman year, Aubrey Pierce enters her junior year with fragments of a past she can't remember—and a fear she can't explain.She knows only that anyone who gets too close to her could become a target of the person she once loved and the friends still devoted to him.Then Ryan moves to town, running from a troubled past of his own. Drawn to Aubrey, he refuses to let her push him away, even as she tries desperately to keep him at a distance.But as fragments of Aubrey's forgotten memories begin to surface, so does the fear that Ryan is getting dangerously close to a past he knows nothing about.She knows being near her puts him in danger.She just doesn't know how to stay away from him.