A love story told in three different times.
The year is 1998, Toni Morales and his best friend, Tim, audition to be part of a boyband that guarantees worldwide fame. There, Toni meets Chris, a friendly and noisy boy who seems very interested in him for some reason.
Five years later, in 2003, Toni and Chris are fed up with hiding their relationship from the media. But they have no choice, being honest would ruin not only their career, but everything their peers have worked for so long.
Now in the year 2011, Morgan Vance, Toni's manager, doesn't know what to do with him. As a solo artist, all of his songs are a hit, but fame is destroying him. He hasn't spoken to Chris in years, and he spends days locked in his room playing the same old song, Times of War.
Will they ever find each other again? Are they even meant to be together, considering all the odds against them?
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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