Ruby's mother has abandoned her, and her plan to remain, alone, in her house until she turns 18 and can legally be on her own has just come to an end thanks to a nosy landlord. If that isn't the makings of the perfect Cinderella story, what is? Ruby, it turns out, has an older sister who left home 10 years earlier and is now happily married to a very wealthy man. They take Ruby in an offer her everything she could ever want – nice secure home, great school, new clothes and the promise of college. So why is she not embracing her new fairy tale life? Maybe because she's had to depend on herself for so long that it's hard to let go and let herself believe she can finally count on someone else to be there for her …