The idyllic, rural life on Heron Bay Road is about to change. Devon Bennett, turning nineteen, caps his birthday celebration with a voluptuous stranger in a hotel room. When the stranger turns out to be a friend of his family, the wonder and excitement of this new adult role soon wither as the consequences of his actions unfold. Laura James, a wheelchair-bound lawyer, and Cole Rossi, her bad-boy neighbour, feel an immediate attraction while Cole's clandestine activities pose an overarching threat to their happiness. Twelve-year-old Tyler Harris, facing escalating bullying, carries a contraband gun in the bottom of his backpack. School is hellish and his 'Fortress of Solitude' offers respite from the unrelenting attacks … until events collide on one explosive spring afternoon.