Seventeen-year-old Frankie Gallo only lives 37 miles from Hope, but it might as well be thirty-seven thousand. With her mother dead and her father in prison for driving the car that killed her, Frankie is doing everything she can to hold on to what little she has left. But nothing matters more than her younger sister Toni, who hasn’t spoken a word since the night of the the fatal accident. Broke and desperately trying to balance school, work, and caring for her sister, Frankie wakes up every morning knowing she’s on the verge of losing everything. And then she does. When Social Services places Toni in a group foster home and her father’s criminal past comes back to haunt her, Frankie must rely on sheer grit to piece her life back together. Quitting never was and never will be an option.

With all of this weighing on her, it's no wonder that Frankie's grades begin to slip, and her advisor insists that she work with a tutor. Frankie initially resents the idea of becoming the charity case of a rich kid from Hope College, but Sawyer Hicks isn’t anything like what she expected. Then there’s Nick, who until recently has been like a brother to Frankie. But now, the air between them feels charged with something new. Unsure of her feelings for Nick and unable to see a future for a girl like her and a boy like Sawyer, Frankie struggles to make sense of her own heart.

Told through a combination of Frankie’s first person narrative and flashbacks, 37 Miles from Hope is a story about love, loss and, ultimately, hope.