On the evening of her eighteenth birthday a day that have marked her transition into adulthood under the watchful, controlling eyes of her wealthy parents Tessa Reidenstet has done something unthinkable: she has run away. Leaving behind the gilded cage of her Nappa Valley estate, she arrives in Los Angeles with nothing but the expensive designer clothes on her back and a heart full of terror.

Tessa is a girl built of privilege and politeness, utterly unprepared for the raw reality of the world outside her bubble. She has no money, no resources, and almost no understanding of how to survive without servants to anticipate her every need. Her innocence is both her shield and her greatest vulnerability.