Lexi Reid seemed to have it all from popularity to money to brains. But she also had a secret. What the students at Rosewood High didn't know was that Lexi was the author of the most socially damaging blog, the Dirty Rag. Every night she exposed secrets, destroyed lives, and ruined reputations. Why? Because she could. One of the many people she embarrassed was Jack Shamel. Only weeks later, Lexi is forced to move and once she's gone, it's obvious to everyone who the author of Dirty Laundry was.
TWO YEARS LATER, READY TO FACE THE PAST, A MORE MATURE LEXI MOVES BACK TO THE HOME SHE RAN FROM TO MAKE AMENDS. HOWEVER, THINGS ARE NOT AS SHE LEFT THEM: JACK HAS TURNED INTO RUDE, POPULAR, AND HOT HEARTBREAKER AND ONLY LEXI SEEMS TO SEE THE NERDY BOY SHE ONCE KNEW UNDER HIS NEW HARD EXTERIOR
Two years later, ready to face the past, a more mature Lexi moves back to Verdane to make amends. However, things are not as she left them: Jack has become a rude , popular heartbreaker. The more they hang out, the more Alex sees the pieces of his former self buried deep underneath. The closer she and Jack get, keeping her secret becomes harder and more important.
An unforgettable story of trust and betrayal, heartbreak and friendship, second chances and fresh starts...
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.