Tim has no life.

DadKong and Momzilla keep a close watch, always ready to yank him back into their stifling embrace before anything interesting can happen, just as they have for the entire thirteen years of his existence.

Then—with a little help from his wild best friend, Jason—Tim figures out how to be sneaky.

Soon Jason makes an unsettling confession and Tim sees no choice but to distance himself from their friendship. Increasingly, he relies on his new online friend, Mudd, for company and validation.

At fourteen, Kate had only one prayer: "Please let him fall in love with me. I'll never ask for anything else. Just... please... help me make him love me."

In the years that followed, she broke that promise and quite a few more.

Now Kate’s a twenty-nine-year-old exotic dancer haunted by the specter of the woman she was supposed to be and by memories of rock drummer Falcon Black, the boy whose love fulfilled her prayer and whose betrayal shattered her heart.