Charley Redford was just an ordinary lady until Jake Caplin moved to her little city in Indiana and convinced her she was extraordinary. Almost from day one Jake pulled Charley in to the deep and guaranteed he was right there with her. But when a tragic incident darkened Jake’s existence, he waded out into the shallows and still left Charley behind.

Almost four years later Charley thinks she’s moved on. That’s until she takes a study year abroad in Edinburgh and bumps into non-e apart from Jake Caplin at a about In to the Deep party with his brand-new girlfriend. The bad-boy-turned-good attempts to convince Charley to forgive him, so that as her best friend starts hanging out with Jake’s, Charley phone calls a truce, and then find herself tumbling back to a camaraderie with him.

As they grow better, the spark between them flares and begins performing havoc with their lives and relationships. When jealousy and longing rear their destructive minds, Charley and Jake battle to arrive to grips with what they indicate to one another.

And even if they function it out, there is no guarantee Charley will ever trust Jake to lead her back into the deep .