'Holly twisted in her seat and peered out of the back window through the mountain of furniture, watching her childhood home slowly pull away from her. She choked back tears. She would not cry. She would choose to get through this without self-pity. The car rolled around a bend in the tree-lined road and suddenly home was gone ...'
Holly's family is thrown into a new life of poverty in the country. Kaydon's father owns the biggest property in the district. Their worlds couldn't be further apart. But when their families clash at a fund-raising ball, Holly and Kaydon discover they have more in common than they thought.