Tessa Young is a good young woman dedicated to her college education. She is encouraged by her college friends to attend a night party where she meets a notorious boy, Hardin Scott, and despite their warnings to stay away from him, he succeeds at making her heart fall in love with him.
As Tessa struggles to make her turbulent relationship with Hardin work, a shocking surprise from Hardin's past complicates things, and Tessa is left with a tough choice to make.
As secrets about Tessa's family and Hardin's come to light, it causes them to question everything they know and threatens to tear their relationship apart.
After discovering shocking facts about their families, the couple Tessa and Hardin realize that they are more alike than they thought and that they became different people.