Cordelia Hawkins is a lonesome and secluded young teenager battling both inner demons and the physical world. After a tiring divorce between her parents, she is forced to transfer to an all too terrifying boarding school in the sequestered parts Connecticut. When all hope is lost she befriends the last person she thought she would find trust in ... Evelyn Douglas has been through a whirlwind of her own. Accompanying her best friend though chemotherapy has been daunting enough, but throw having a young daughter and the responsibilities of being a boarding school educator into the mix and you have yourself a drama! Not to mention the growing admiration she has for her new exchange student, Cordelia. How will their lives intertwine? ------ I'm terrible at descriptions ... I know! Apologies my dear readers but I do hope will all my hopeful heart that you enjoy this novel as much as I enjoyed writing it. And this story was based loosely on a true story. Well, I had a crush on my teacher. But trust me I wish I was as lucky as Cordelia!