Winter Haven is a coming-of-age story.
In the small, isolated town of Winter Haven, Tyler and her best friends are high school graduates pondering what to do with the rest of their lives.
Cordelia decides to become an actress, while Jennifer struggles with her family's penury. And Tyler falls in love for the first time.
Tyler Martin falls hard for Devon Lecusken when he saves her from drowning; but, she does not realize that love is a two way street, and Devon, for all his promise, is troubled.
Devon Lecusken, Winter Haven's prodigal son, has returned home with all his problems. News of his return spreads quickly. Winter Haven's residents aren't happy to know he's back, considering the tragic circumstances surrounding his last stay in the town.
Tyler Martin, on the cusp of adulthood, and in love for the first time, feels she's the only one who truly knows him, and maybe she's right, but that doesn't mean anything to anyone, not even Devon, a young man who's so tragic he destroyed his own family.
What happens with the good girl falls for the bad boy?