Silence is deceptive. Nineteen-year-old Daniel Colton is the guy every girl wants to go on a date with, and the person every guy wants to be like. Dark, withdrawn, handsome, with a short temper, with tattoos in various places, a pierced eyebrow and spiky black hair. Rumor has it that he has piercings in other places....Is he really that crazy, bad and dangerous? Daniel lives with his older brother Zef. Their home is a party center. Do you want to have a good time with drugs and alcohol, no questions asked? The Coltons are where you can find it all. When Daniel and good girl Lisa McClain work together on homework, Lisa finds a lot more in him than just his bad boy reputation. He's smart and funny and a good conversationalist. And then she finds out his secret: why he is so secretive to others and prefers to keep people at a distance. But keeping his secret turns out to be much more difficult than she could have imagined.