Zachary Lockhart isn't exactly your normal teenager. From the age of four, his life changed dramatically when he began suffering from painful blackouts. Home-schooled from the age of eight, Zach has rarely come into contact with other people since his mother discovered that the blackouts happened when he had skin-to-skin contact with others. No specialist or doctor could help, leaving Zach with no choice but to stay hidden from the rest of the world. However, as his seventeenth birthday approaches, Zach craves to join the world again. With his mother's consent, he is allowed to enroll in the local high school - just as long as he remembers one simple rule ... no human contact. After many years of practise, Zach believes obeying this one rule will be easy ... but what he didn't bank on was meeting Layla Kensington. Zach finds himself drawn to Layla but he knows that he must keep a safe distance for his own protection. However, as always, it is easier said than done. When Layla starts to pry into Zach's mysterious life, the harder he must fight to keep his secret safe. However, when dramatic events occur that threaten to reveal the real reason behind Zach's blackouts, he must fight to protect his secret from the rest of the world - not just his mother and Layla. Only Zach knows what happens during the blackouts and if it becomes public knowledge, it could change his life forever ...