Sixteen-year-old Tess has spent her entire life on her grandfather's ranch. But when she and her sister Ivy move to D.C., Tess finds herself thrust into a world obsessed with politics and power. Plus, she enrolls in Hardwick Academy, a school for the children of the rich and powerful, where she inadvertently becomes a fixer on the lives of the high school students, solving teenagers' problems the same way her sister solves their parents' problems. Tess's life becomes much more interesting - and complicated - when she Secrets come to light related to a family member of one of Tess's classmates, love triangles and incredible family secrets.