But he had one final request—a letter I’ll never forget.Dear Dad,If you're reading this, it means I'm gone. I had one dream, growing old with Holland. Death won't stop me from providing for my wife. And because you're the best man I know, what I'm about to ask—my last request—I know you'll do. Please take care of Holland. Take her back to California with you. It's a lot—I know. But, I’m placing my most precious possession in your hands.Love, Scott But the thoughts swirling through my mind are certainly not what my late son had in mind. How do I resist this woman in front of me? After all, you can't choose love, it chooses you.

    Life is full of variables.We crave control, but in reality, we have very little.Hadley left home with a plan to get the full college experience.After losing her mother, she lost a part of herself and she doesn’t have room for attachments.Scarred from her past, Hadley just wants her life to be normal.She wants to have fun and forget the past that she’s leaving behind.But life doesn’t go as planned and when she meets Ander, everything changes.Ander lives his life going from one high to the next.He’s a bad boy with haunting blue eyes and a history of making terrible decisions.He was never part of her plan, but neither of them can deny what is happening between them.What starts out as fun begins to develop into something much darker and toxic.Their love is explosive, but Ander is an addict who is quickly spiraling out of control.And nothing will stop him from taking her down with him.Ander is the one variable in her life that she will never control.And they are destined for destruction.