Elaine Johnson was the perfect daughter. Smart, kind, and loving...innocent, shy, and gentle. She was pretty on top of that. She would have been what every parent would want but for one small flaw, as most God-fearing Georgians saw it: she was a lesbian, and made no attempts to hide it. In the small school, the bullies pried through her innocence and tore her to bits, and nobody tried to stop them. Not even her supposed friends.
She found comfort in a cigarette. Then another. Then the beer. The whiskey. The drugs.
Six years later, Elaine was a brand new woman, complete with alcoholism and a criminal record. A chain smoker and a high school dropout, she had taken up photography, and freelanced for parties and illicit photo shoots. Whatever paid for her gas and her cigarettes. And then, one day, an application for a wedding planner, Hannah Brilot, was answered, and she was called in for an interview.
A notorious fixer, being presented with a challenge like Elaine was something that Hannah couldn't turn away. But can a person be fixed so easily?
As Dallas and Drayton navigate life in the spotlight, Spencer is navigating intense feelings for Nathan - her best friend's brother.
*****
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]
[[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]