After losing her mother to cancer, sixteen-year-old Ruby Everhart had no choice but to pick up her life in Los Angeles and move it to the tiny, snow-banked town of North Swallow. Adjusting to life in Montana with her Uncle Harvey and Aunt Emeline wasn't going to be easy...or so she thought. Ruby was surprised to find that North Swallow, and all of the people in it, felt more like home than any other place she had ever lived. She quickly found herself with a best friend, a great job, a loving and supportive family, and a boyfriend who just so happened to be the most gorgeous boy in school. On the surface, North Swallow appeared to be a quaint little town, nestled in the mountains of Montana-a town where the coolest place to hang out was the local diner. But, Ruby isn't the only one trying to hide a tragic past. North Swallow seems to have quite a few secrets of its own and Ruby is determined to unravel the truth.