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Last published Thu, Jun 4, 2020
"We can't change the way the world is but when we start to look at the world in a different light is when the real change begins"
Carter Harrison is a certified ice queen, moving from city to city because of her mother's job tends to loose it's flair when you can't be in one place long enough to have friends-at least real ones.
After settling down in California with her mom she thinks it's permanent this time until suddenly she's moving again and this time its to the city where dreams are made and hopes are crushed. New York. She thinks she's seen what people have to offer and she's definitely not impressed but she hasn't met the students of Chrysalis High.
Carter is definitely not ready for the whole new wave of drama that is coming her way.
Carter thinks she's seen what life has to offer so far and the majority of the people she meets are either deceitful or distrustful, she believes that people have become far too predictable of chrysalis High School a private school for the elites and geniuses of America.
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Nicky Peters sets out on an emotional roller coaster when she creates a melody from an old high school journal entry which develops into her debut song for her second album. Her personal and professional life become quickly complicated when she finds herself standing in front of the one person she thought she'd never see again, the same person who unfortunately understands all too well who Nicky's hit song is really about...him. ******** Nicky Peters' rise to fame in country music was fast, being plucked out of obscurity at seventeen after her YouTube videos went viral. After she pens a very personal song from one of her old high school journals called, "Honestly," for her much-anticipated second album, she realizes her feelings will be under a microscope for the whole world to see, including Nate Stanton, her ex-best friend from childhood. He also just happens to be the one person who truly understands the meaning behind her heart-wrenching song. What happens when fate brings her face-to-face with the boy she thought she'd never see again? Nicky quickly realizes airing her emotions out in public via a number-one, hit song can make things complicated fast. As Nate and Nicky reconnect and navigate through their past, truths are revealed, assumptions are at an all-time high, and a publicity nightmare looms which jeopardizes all she's worked so hard for. While Nicky's misfortunes add up, she realizes fame comes with a price. She begins to understand the cold, hard facts, keeping her career intact as country's "it" girl and maintaining a personal life may be more difficult than it sounds, especially when you're living through a public scandal.
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