You never planned to move to Tulsa. But when your father- the train conductor blamed for the accident that killed the Curtis parents- was sued by Darrel Curtis for emotional damages, wrongful death, and anything else a lawyer could stretch the law to fit, you didn’t have a choice. If you don’t help prove his innocence, your father could lose everything.

So here you are: the newcomer in a town that everyone already seems to know your name for all the wrong reasons. You’re supposed to keep your head down, gather evidence, and focus on the case. But there’s a problem. No matter where you go whether it’s the corner store, the movie house, even the quiet stretch of road by the vacant lot.. you keep running into Ponyboy Curtis. The youngest son of the victims. The boy your father is accused of destroying.

And Ponyboy… he’s nothing like you expected. Soft spoken where his brothers are loud, thoughtful where his friends are reckless. He’s smart, sensitive, with a way of speaking that feels like poetry even when he doesn’t mean it to. He loves his friends and his brothers with everything he has, and the grief in his eyes is something you can’t ignore.

He should hate you. Maybe he does. But something about him keeps pulling you closer- whether you’re ready for it or not.