Cypress Tucker is ready to enter the real world, fleeing home from an abusive ex and unseeing parents goes to Colorado to finish her final year of college. She tries to stay focus until she stumbles upon upcoming author, Lucas Elledge. He's dark. He's handsome but more importantly he sees her like no one has ever seen her before. Lucas Elledge has a void that nothing can fill, on a journey to find himself before all is lost, meets Cypress a simple girl with a simple goal: Make it through college. Lucas' once dark one track mind now has other avenues. As she heals from a tattered past, she guides him into a place he has never been before: Love. Asher Wilson has never really known himself. It wasn't much to know according to him. He loves his studies, his most important being the supposed serial killer Lucas Elledge. For years he had devoted his life to everything until he gets too close for comfort. Their worlds collide. Will Cypress choose listen to what Asher has to say, or will she risk her life for the chance at happiness? Will this newfound love be the key to his salvation, or will his love for her drive them both down the road to damnation?