At age fifteen Jenni Ann had always thought she was sturdy, strong and stable. Until the horrific night her family was ripped away from her she could never have imagined life without them. The secret she holds torments her. She even stops talking to her best friend. But she finds new friends when she meets Rickie and Kiara in the alley. They show her another way to feel better, rolled up and lit with a lighter. But even feeling good has a way of ruining you when you're with the wrong crowd. She has to get help Through her painting and visiting the old homeplace her Pappy built in the North Georgia Mountains peace might become hers. Then, the handsome Ashton Holt Parker, Jr. enters her life and she knows that love and happiness could be hers if he doesn't discover her secret and her lies from her dark past. Is the secret she is hiding really the reason for The Night or is there still danger out there waiting, waiting for her? Waiting for them? A crisp autumn breeze shakes the leaves as they twirl and twist, some staying firmly on their graceful oak limbs while others are spun lazily to the ground that is their destiny. Jenni Ann had always thought she was the sturdy leaf holding on strong. But like the leaf that doesn't stay on the limb will she ultimately spin in the twisting wind out of control to her fate?