Joey and Hunter have been best friends since they were little. Now that they're in their teens, their relationship is starting to change. Despite their openness, they each have something in common the other never knew. They've been hiding a secret, and neither is brave enough to tell the other. At least not yet.

Henry Whitman isn't anyone special, just another boy coming of age in rural America. That is until his mom gets a job in Salem, Massachusetts. However, he's having trouble fitting into his new town that is shrouded in history and scandal. Everything in Salem is about witches and history. Especially in October.

Nikolas Stone is a monster. He's the epitome of toxic masculinity. When a cardiac event sends him to the hospital, he forgets who he was for a short time. Monty is your typical boy. He plays the tuba in band and volunteers after school at his local hospital. But when he learns he has to sit with his bully and nemesis, Nikolas, he's not happy about it at all. However, to his surprise, the Nikolas he knew is not the Nikolas he finds. Could a simple twist of fate change someone's heart?

Walt Ridgeway is a poet at heart. He's not like other boys. He likes to think, write, and dream of life beyond his tiny Appalachian town. When he has to go help his aunts clean out his grandma's house, he's not expecting anything exciting. Until he becomes reacquainted with a local hillbilly boy, he knows from summer's past.

When Cheyanne Tate moves to the Blue Ridge Mountains with his mom, he's not very excited about starting life in a strange new town. However, when he meets a cute and mysterious farm boy named Jackson at a barn sale, things are finally beginning to look up. What they find out about each other creates a spark that ignites something special, but will it last? Unfortunately, in their world, it's not so easy to be different. Can they overcome the challenges surrounding them and live happily ever after, or will their love only last until summer's end?