Rachel was a beautiful surprise to me.  You know that Dylan song, “Just Like a Woman”?  Well, that’s Rachel, completely.

To an outsider, she appears unapproachable and tough.  It is a persona she’s cultivated from an early age…a necessary shield that has enabled her to participate in life, albeit reluctantly.  Her three best friends are the only ones who know the real Rachel, the girl who is dying inside.  Their acceptance of her without pity is a sanctuary she regularly seeks out.

Yet a chain of events is going to change everything she’s known, starting with the day Corey LaSalle enters her life.