A fresh start in a new place—that was what Natalie hoped for when she moved to Chapel Hill and enrolled in UNC.

Leaving behind the pitied looks and dirty feelings her old hometown gave her.

She had to let it all go.

When she joined a support group at a community center just off campus, she never would have guessed she’d be setting forth on a path that would forever change her future.

Friendship and love were two things she thought she’d never experience at the same time.

Adam was rough around the edges. A bad boy, and a heartbreaker in the worst possible way.

Or was he?

Natalie found something in Adam that she couldn’t help but fall for. He drove her crazy, and made her angry, but he also loved her like no one else ever had. Two people with tainted pasts in search of a foundation that could make them feel whole again.

Risking it all for a chance at love…