Renew

Adelaide has spent nearly her whole life secluded in a house deep in the woods, far from the rest of society. She was raised to believe that the outside world held only suffering, and that it had no place for someone like her, with no room for hope, ambition or affection. She has been told a great deal that turns out to be false.

Maddox narrates the other side of the story. He has never met anyone as untouched by the world as Adelaide, a shy, curious and naive young woman. He knows he should keep his distance, since his own darkness could easily harm her, yet he finds himself drawn to her innocence. Seeing life through her eyes makes him want to be a better man, and he is painfully aware that he is not one.