Laney Herman is living the life of a typical teenager in her small town in Minnesota, when she's discovered by a big-time agent who whisks her off to L.A., and thrusts her into the crazy world of young Hollywood. Within weeks, she's starring in a film, getting her first onscreen kiss, dating her hunky co-star and being stalked by the paparazzi. Will this town chew her up and spit her out, or is Laney a star in the making?

Melanie Ann Sanders is turning thirteen. She seems like an average girl, and she was, until the night of her thirteenth birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders, Melanie and her older sister Mallory’s parents, are Gemologists whose work takes them around the world. Every year, for their birthdays, they are sent gifts. This year, Melanie gets a magical emerald, and that’s when her life gets above average. This is an adventure you won’t want to miss as Melanie learns how to become a leader when life takes its own turn.

They married for the wrong reasons. He married her for the money and status, while she married him to start over again. It doesn’t really matter why exactly they married, but what happens when he starts to feel something towards his own wife. And what happens when the trouble she left behind catches up with her?