"Jack Derek Gay was quite the character. He cared about his friends, sure, but he also paid equal attention to himself and his well being. He was very determined to lead a happy, successful life. So when something bad happened to him, he was completely unprepared, so to say. He had everything about his future planned out: college, work, marriage, kids. But then it all came crashing down around him. All he had left of his old life were his friends. Harley, Sevan, and me. He relied on us to help him through his heartbreak. And we did. But that came at a cost to us.
Sandy Paige Jones was obsessed with Jack. We had to help dissuade her from attaching herself to him. This task came with a new load of emotional baggage and stress. But we took it on without hesitation, because, in all honesty, we were Jack's friends, and that's what friends do for friends.
Where to begin?..."
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Clingy girls, tired teens, and a long string of lies are a recipe for disaster. This short memoir details the events of a high school relationship that changed an entire friend group.
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.
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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.