Riley is so confident and kind, and she and Valerie bond quickly over existing as multiracial teens in a very white Christian community. As Valerie explores her feelings for Riley, she begins to see that the world she knows is a carefully crafted narrative.
Publicly, the girls are close friends-holding hands in prayer, rooming together at a conference. Privately, they grasp at any chance to continue their forbidden romance-until they are found out. Now Valerie must choose between staying with a family she fears will never accept her, or running away with the girl she loves.