Olivia Moore is a typical 17-year-old girl with a promising future and a desire to become a successful artist. She has been blessed with what she views as a great, fulfilling existence and enjoys her small life in New York. Things alter when her father gets a new position and moves the family to lovely San Diego. During her senior year of high school, she intends to keep her head down and focus on her studies, but something draws her attention. Olivia's life is quickly turned upside down when Alessio Romano enters it. She can't help but fall head over heals for the gorgeous, dark-haired Italian youngster hiding in the hallways of the school. She is eager to learn the Romano family's secrets, but her new acquaintances quickly fill her in on the gossip.