Brooklyn Kelly, Jack Kelly's little sister, is a performer at Medda's theater. She is dating Ezra Landon, a fellow performer, and has been for about a year. She believes that things are steady between them, and even thinks they will be married within the next few years, until she discovers her boyfriends terrible secret. Filled with grief and sadness, she stops performing for a while, wanting desperately to get away from Ezra. Instead, she busies herself helping her brother and friends prepare for the newsies strike. And that's when she meets the life-changing Spot Conlon. At first, she fears falling in love with him, not wanting to go through the same thing with him that she did with Ezra. But she soon realizes that not every boy is like that, and begins to fall in love with the boy with red suspenders.
As Dallas and Drayton navigate life in the spotlight, Spencer is navigating intense feelings for Nathan - her best friend's brother.
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Dallas and Drayton are planning their wedding, talking babies and learning how to navigate life in LA now that Drayton is a hotshot football player in the big leagues. Meanwhile, Spencer and Nathan are back at home in Colorado, coming to terms with their feelings for one another and learning how to co-parent with Grayson, the father of Spencer's daughter. Will the realities of adult life strengthen them - or will their relationships break?
[Sequel to The QB Bad Boy and Me]
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