Archie Spencer, brother of world famous musician Heath Spencer, has been living with Heath, his wife MJ, MJ's dad, and their twin daughters Kiki and Lulu in Los Angeles while attending UCLA, and having a pretty good time. After all, he's handsome, smart, rich, and living in the land of blondes and bikinis; could life get any better? Then Clio Santangelo wanders into his music theory class and he's smitten, badly. Clio is sort of famous herself, as she's the daughter of Pete Santangelo, one of the most sought after musicians in the world. She's winsome and willowy, dark and dreamy, a pixie with long dark hair and beautiful brown eyes, who plays the piano like an angel. She smiles at him and he's done for.
When Clio moves back to New York, Archie follows her, throwing caution to the wind, not minding that she's only seventeen, four years than him, and that she comes with a lifelong admirer, one Zeke Steiner, who's been in love with her since kindergarten.
But problems come up almost immediately. Zeke has an admirer of his own, named Joyce, who is envious of Clio, and waits for the day Zeke will notice her. And Archie, who enrolls at Columbia, soon has an admirer too, a beautiful girl named Willow, who can't believe Archie would want to be with a child like Clio. Willow is used to getting what she wants, and she wants Archie, badly.
How can such a convoluted mess resolve itself?
MJ has always been ashamed of how she looks. She's strong, sturdy, swarthy, all those adjectives that begin with S and are very large, you know? She's spent her life trying to hide in the background, scribbling in her journal and playing her guitar. She finished college and has gotten a job as a PA, or personal assistant, to Meredith Renner, a very beautiful and popular singer. Think Taylor Swift meets Ariana Grande and you'll be close. She's currently touring with Heath Spencer, an English pop singer who was part of a boy band who branched out as a solo act and has taken the world by storm. He's got a beautiful face, gorgeous voice, and an eye for the ladies. MJ has been in love with Heath for most of her life, long with most of the young girls in the whole world. And now she's on tour with him.
But hold on. He seems to enjoy MJ's company an awful lot. And he doesn't even seem to mind that she's bigger than he is. How strange. And how nice. The only person not happy about this situation is the glamorous and beautiful Meredith Renner, who used to be involved with Heath, and maybe still has some feelings for him herself.
Yikes, what a mess.
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