Myra Waugh is a 24 year old high school teacher. She was, she thought, an ordinary girl who fell in love at 18, got married at 19 and divorced at 22. Now living alone, picking up the pieces of a broken relationship she tries to seek comfort in her job, which is teaching English literature to sophomores at River Valley High School. Everything seems dull and comfortable until she meets Marc Hollander,16, drop dead gorgeous, and extremely dangerous . He could have any girl he wanted in River Valley High. But he has his eyes set on her. As Myra tries her best to fight what she knows to be a forbidden liaison, she begins to realize to her discomfort that Marc, despite his age is a ruthless hunter. He is that rare breed who know even at a tender age what they are capable of and the effect they have have on members of the opposite sex. Caught between her solitude and Marc's irresistible charm, Myra struggles to walk the line between romance and scandal.