With a broken heart, Aubrey Wilson travels with her best friend to Santa Monica, CA to forget her life at home. But then a celebrity insists she be her publicity double. Sounds like a dream, right? She quickly learns she's bitten off more than she can chew with paparazzi, fans, kidnapping cabbies, and a studzy COO.
Xavier Silvestri-Noble is taken aback by the constant on again, off again attitude of sexy celebrity Celeste Haynes. One day, she acts like nothing more than one of his usual hook-ups, the next, she's distant, mysteriously alluring, and driving him crazy. All the while, he can't stop thinking about the beautiful, small-town girl that he seems to keep running into...
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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