The idyllic, rural life on Heron Bay Road is about to change.
Devon Bennett, turning nineteen, caps his birthday celebration with a voluptuous stranger in a hotel room.
When the stranger turns out to be a friend of his family, the wonder and excitement of this new adult role soon wither as the consequences of his actions unfold.
Laura James, a wheelchair-bound lawyer, and Cole Rossi, her bad-boy neighbour, feel an immediate attraction while Cole's clandestine activities pose an overarching threat to their happiness.
Twelve-year-old Tyler Harris, facing escalating bullying, carries a contraband gun in the bottom of his backpack.
School is hellish and his 'Fortress of Solitude' offers respite from the unrelenting attacks until events collide on one explosive spring afternoon.