Summary
Seventeen year old Callie Stevens has had a hard life so far. She has a mother who doesn't give a flying crap about her, a father who is a drunk, and, of course, her mother's not so secret boyfriend that hurts her. The only person Callie has is her thirteen year old sister, Isabella (Izzy). Even though her mother's affair-boyfriend threatens to hurt her little sister, Callie does everything she can to prevent it from happening, and there's only one way to do it: take the pain herself.
After an accident that took their brother's life, and nearly Isabella and Callie's life, their father tries to be a better person and decides to move the family from sunny South Africa, to cold, rainy Forks, Washington. Looking for a new start, the girls eagerly agree to go with their parents. All goes well, but life isn't that simple, now is it? As the saying says, 'old habits die hard'. So why should it be any different for the Stevens' family?
What happens behind the closed doors of the Stevens' household? Nobody knows, except them.