Nicolet Bless had reddish-brown curly hair, large emerald green eyes, and skin the colour of budding pink roses. As a teenager many guys fell head-over-heals for her, and she was renowned as a 'genius'.

Although, as a matter of fact, she never skipped a grade - rather, failed grade five twice before the adults realized she was too smart for the material and Nicolet was swapped into the gifted program at the right grade level.

She had gone through numerous nicknames - Nikki, Nic, Let, Nico, - but had eventually settled on Cole.

She wanted to write scripts for films. Everyone told her she was wasting time, money, and not to mention her brains doing something so lowly. Everyone was always pushing for her to discover a new continent or invent some new mathematical concept.

At nineteen, Nicolet had had enough. She'd gone off to do her own thing, breaking contact with all her family except her youngest sister Hannah, who was thirteen.

It was by utter default that she came across the man who was to become the love of her life.