All Cassia Foster wants is a hope for the future. A hope with a college outside of Missouri and without an alcoholic mother. But a life like that comes with a price.

When Trenton Hayes moves to her small town of Amelia, the world around Cassia changes. People become... Happy. Some recieve scholarships, others' lives are made better with shocking promotions for their parents. A lot of people get exactly what they could ever wish for. But for others, their only luck is bad–"accidents" happen. One person is injured in a car crash, another is hurt in a football game. Could cunning and alluring Trenton be behind all of it?

Cassia's heart is pulled between the new boy in town–who just might be the reason her mother sobered up and found a job–and her best friend, Brice. Sure Trenton is charming, even magical in his appeal, but when the wishing spirals out of control, when things turn deadly, Cassia must decide if the price of her happiness, and the price of her heart, is worth it.