Addiction. The very thing I crave. The thing I need more than my next breath. I can’t live without it. But I have to. It tore my parents apart. And now, it’s tearing me apart. I’m wrecked with guilt over losing my best friend. My other half. I blame myself. I know I’m not the one who stole his last breath. No, it wasn’t me, but it could have been. Drowning. That’s all I’ve been doing since he left me. Drowning in my addiction. In my pain. I’m turning it all around. I’m leaving the drugs and alcohol behind me. All with the help of him. Ryan. My saving grace. The one who can put me back together. But, will I only bring him down, or will he save me? My name is Avery Bennett, and I am an addict. I’m in love with a ghost, but my heart is being stolen by someone I never saw coming.

Raegan Winters is determined to leave her ex-boyfriend, Travis, in the past, but he relentlessly throws himself in her path. With Travis holding her heart, it’s harder to move on than she thought it would be. When Jax Andrews comes storming into her life, she has to decide if he’s worth taking a chance on. Jax is battling his own war. To the outside world, he’s a player—the guy who has it all—but most days, he struggles to find balance. All he really wants is to save the girl who consumes his every thought. Jax fights to keep Raegan at bay, but she manages to steal a piece of his heart he didn’t know he had to give. Together, they’ll find something they never knew they were missing.

Life is full of decisions. Take the path on the left and turn into a beautiful princess. Veer right and wind up homeless. Choices, we make them every day. I was on a path. I was going to become an improved version of Jade Hart, immersing myself in the world of art, but that didn’t happen. Instead, I’m on a new road, failing miserably, wondering how I ended up in this place. Now I’m the girl no one wants to be around. The one who has a thousand feet of steel forged around her, not daring to let anyone through–until him. Hudson is different. He doesn’t care about the baggage I drag around. He helps me carry the weight, even when I don’t want him too. I don’t have time for him, but my heart, my heart needs him more than I care to admit.