Rose is the wild girl nobody really knows. Chase is haunted by his past. Both are self-proclaimed “disappointments,” attracted to each other enough to let down their defenses. When Rose’s strict adoptive parents forbid the relationship it only makes things more intense. But Chase can’t hide from his own personal demons, and Rose has secrets of her own. After they’re wrenched apart, a cryptic email arrives in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve, beginning a desperate pursuit and a look back over their tumultuous romance. Will they find each other before the night is over, or will they be torn apart forever?
Rose and Chase find a common bond in their troubled relationships with their parents, but as Chase's family life improves, Rose's becomes worse.
When their relationship is forbidden by her strict adoptive parents, secretive wild girl Rose and Chase, a boy harboring demons from his past, are wrenched apart until a cryptic Christmas Eve email triggers a desperate pursuit. A first young adult novel.
Fifteen-year-old Rose and seventeen-year-old Chase find a common bond in their troubled relationships with their parents, but as Chase's family life improves, Rose's becomes worse, pulling the couple apart.
