Every November, the people in Wolf Ridge are overwhelmed with a hunger for violence—at least that’s the town rumor. Last fall Wyatt Green’s mother was brutally murdered, adding another name to a long list of November deaths, and convincing Wyatt that this yearning is a palpable force infecting her neighbors. This year, Wyatt fears the call of violence has spread to her best friend Cash. At the same time, she's drawn to Cash's nemesis, Porter. When Wyatt pulls away from Cash and spends more time with Porter, she learns secrets about both of them she can't forget. And as the truth about her mother's death begins to emerge, Wyatt is faced with a series of hard realities about the people she trusts the most, rethinking everything she believes about what makes people hurt each other.