Alyssa is a young girl who finds herself dealing with the death of her mother who had overdosed on the drugs that she was addicted to. Her father Mitchell suddenly becomes rather abusive toward Alyssa leading her to turn to her friends and teachers at school because of everything that she has been dealing with when she is at home. Even after her father is arrested and sent to jail for abusing her Alyssa still tries to find a way to help others that had been going through the same things that she did when she was growing up.

Heidi K. Smith is a young girl who has been writing several different books over the past few years. She has mainly been writing a series known as The Arranged Marriage Chronicles. When Heidi is not writing she spends her time reading, watching a variety of television shows, and spending time with her family and friends. Her best friend and sister has helped her in many cases by coming up with the cover for each of these books. Heidi currently resides with her dog Treasure in the city of Rome, New York.