Everyone in the United States knows the Arkendells, but no one outside the family knows of their odd tradition. Each member of the family is permitted to start their family branch at the entering of adulthood. It's tradition to receive the first member on one's 18th birthday, as a gift. Someone with the last name Arkendell could have their family vary from only a few persons to more than a dozen. It all depends on what the Arkendell wants. And what any Arkendell wants, they get. No exceptions. But Evan reaches a problem when someone she wants in the family refuses. It's the first refusal in five decades, and Evan refuses to be the embarrassment of the Arkendells. Evan will do anything it takes to have her family whole. Anything.