It is about a girl named Calla and she lives in Maple Groves, Minnesota with her aunt Blythe since her mother has died in a car accident when she was 14. This story starts with Calla in California meeting her dad for the first time after her dad left her mother when she was just born. Calla is nervous when she gets there because she has never met him before and she struggles to decide whether she can do this or not.
When she has met her dad she found out that her dad has just been married for about a year now. His wife also has a son named Mase and he's the same age as Calla. She starts to like Mase she notices that he's trouble, but she just can't help not being near him because he has these eyes that just sees right through to her and when they touch, its like fire. After spending a few days with her dad Calla starts to feel safe and happy.
So then one night Mase takes her to a party at the beach. Calla starts with a few drinks, then ended with a lot more drinks and she got drunk. Mase wasn't with her when he caught another guy dancing with her. Which caused a fight, without even knowing Calla passes out and is sent to the hospital.
After Calla wakes up she found out that the guy that was with her put a pill in her drink. Calla was horrified at that and she had to recover from it for a few weeks. After the past month she has felt happy that Mase was with her throughout the whole situation because if he wasn't then she could've been badly injured and hurt. Calla never thought something like this can happen to her at all.
The story ends with Calla in the airport going back and her thinking about this whole situation, but in the end she finally realized that Mase made her felt at home.