Nine years ago Lucy Flint ran away to Seattle, taking her friend\'s boyfriend and leaving her high school sweetheart without a word of explanation. Now she\'s back in Willow Park, Illinois, to help care for her ailing father--and it\'s no surprise that her ex, Dr. Richard Hunter, is still angry. Still, she\'s a different Lucy now....

Holly Partridge had no plans to return to Willow Park, Illinois, until her troubled younger sister Portia fled her home and aimed herself straight at Holly\'s high school nemesis--too-gorgeous-to-be-true Josh Hunter. Riding a manic bipolar high, Portia\'s only a danger to herself, but Holly needs to find her before she crashes....