An infamous music school. Cute teachers. A delinquent. And rich bitches. What exactly has Allie Heywood gotten herself into? Allie Heywood loves to play piano. Ever since she was a child, she's dreamed of being a pianist. In order to go the best music school in her state, she moves in with a family friend-- a young man who also happens to teach at the school.

Sixteen year old Ariel Thomas was happy living in her Quarterback older brother's shadow. That is until her brother and his best friend are in a car accident that kills her brother and leaves his best friend with brain damage. Andrew McLaughlin; Lake Field High's Linebacker and completely oblivious to the fact that his best friends little sister is head over heels in love with him. In the aftermath of the accident that took her brother's life, the two teens realize that the only way to move on. But how hard is that going to be for a former linebacker with brain damage and a sixteen year old girl that knows nothing about experiencing the world without a constant shadow over her?

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]