Hayden Risley—Harvard drop-out-turned-hairstylist, and estranged from her father and two sisters—has found a satisfactory life among women at Pizzazz, the Hoboken hair salon where she works. Her life is turned upside down when Emory Bellew is hired. After a rocky beginning the two forge a friendship, but neither is prepared for what will happen when they venture to a Costa Rican eco-resort to rescue Hayden's injured father.
As children, Hayden and her sisters ran carefree through the wilds of rural Connecticut when their father was away writing novels. But when he eventually returned, the spontaneous nature of their female household gave way to oppressive regulation.
Years later, Hayden has moved south to Hoboken, NJ, where she works as a hair stylist in a salon filled with the easy laughter and unfettered joy that colored the best days of her childhood. But into this edenic community arrives a stranger—much like Hayden—who also struggles with a dark secret and a troubled past. Together these two misfits will form a tentative bond that will help them overcome personal crises and pain, discover who they really are, and give them the strength to move on.
