Riley Thompson, a seventeen year old girl who tries to find her way into the music career, is hiding a huge secret that only her parents and best friends, Hannah and Sonya, know. With a mother that doesn't believe her and a father that tries desperately to make her feel somewhat better, Riley begins to think that maybe her mother will come around. When her father dies, however, things take a turn for the worst, leading Riley to wonder if it's even worth putting up the fight. She then meets Chase, a boy that makes her start to realize that maybe there is light at the end of her tunnel. Afraid to take the step, Chase helps her see that it's okay to take the leap, things happen for a reason. Follow rachael_lindsay as she takes you on a journey of learning to be you from what you've encountered in her novel Beautiful Mess