Running away can be a good thing... From the outside, Darcy Donovan's life seems perfect. She's beautiful, intelligent, popular and dating a guy who is every girl's dream. But nothing that seems perfect ever really is. Darcy's confidence is shattered after her "perfect" boyfriend becomes increasingly possessive and hostile. A year abroad is her escape-a chance to put some distance between them and also a chance to leave behind the shaken, insecure girl she has become. Tom Farrell has been waiting in the wings, watching as his friend screws up a relationship with the one girl Tom considers out...

One strong-willed girl, struggling to make it on her own One good man who makes her believe in the possibility of happily ever after One choice that might leave them both broken... Letting someone in can be the hardest part... Life has never been the stuff of fairy tales for Rene Beaumont. On her own from a young age, Rene has struggled to stay on track, determined to make a better life for herself. Forget dating, boyfriends, any sort of love life-surviving day-to-day has been Rene's main objective. She has no time for men and no desire to be crushed by the disappointment that...