After surviving a tragic shooting that took her mother's life, eight-year-old Austen Cole's life is turned upside down by the haunting memories of that traumatic Fourth of July night. Now, when the seventeen-year-olds self-destructive behavior gets her into trouble, it's the son of the retired cop who saved her that tries coming to her rescue before she wastes the second chance at life she was given. But not even twenty-two-year-old Noah Kingsley can help the snarky girl who insists she doesn't need anybody. This emotional hate-to-love-you slow burn romance spans over five years, telling the love story between one fragile girl molded by tragedy and the young man who wants to save her from herself...
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