Arden has a plane ticket to Sardinia to say goodbye to her familyβs beloved vacation home after her fatherβs sudden death and her motherβs deployment to Iraq as an army nurse. Lonely for her father and petrified for her motherβs safety, Arden dreads her trip to the house in Sardiniaβthe only place that has truly felt like home to her. So when she meets a group of fun, carefree, and careless friends on their summer break, she decides to put off her trip and join them to sample the sights and culinary delights of Europe. Soon they are climbing the Eiffel Tower, taking in the French countryside on a train chugging toward the Alps, and gazing at Michelangeloβs David in Florence, all the while eating gelato and sipping cappuccino. Arden tries to forget about the danger her mom faces every day, to pretend sheβs just like the rest of the girls, flirting with cute European guys and worried only about where to party next.
But the house in Sardinia beckons and she has to make a choice. Is Arden ready to jump off the high dive?