Pure Pain, Excruciating Love

Life for Samantha Hale seems to always find a way to break her. At the age of 17, she attends high school, aces her grades, and works two jobs in order to save as much money as possible. Her life changed dramatically 2 years ago when she lost the one person who loved her and truly cared about her. Now she's stuck with her drunken mother and her mother's abusive boyfriend. Samantha knew this was it, she was meant to live the pain.

Until Ashton Weston comes into her life. Ashton takes it upon him to protect Sam and make her live a life of a teen ager her age. But it's not easy when enemies, people from the past, and a huge surprise step in the way.

Will Sam and Ashton survive all that is to come? Will life finally give Sam a chance?