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At eighteen, Hallie Arnold is used to being known as the youngest Arnold sister. With Lindsay, Jensen, Brynley, and Rylee all having made names for themselves, Hallie has spent most of her life growing up around dance, competitions, and the ballroom. But this year, she finally gets her own chance to step into the spotlight when she becomes the newest-and youngest-professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars.
Being a first-year pro is already terrifying enough. Hallie has choreography to create, a celebrity partner depending on her, judges watching her every move, and an entire audience waiting to decide whether she earned her place in the ballroom or simply got there because of her last name.
The last thing she needs is another distraction.
Then she meets Paige Bueckers.
Paige's world couldn't be more different. Her life revolves around basketball, practices, games, teammates, and the constant attention that comes with being one of the most recognizable players in women's basketball. Dancing definitely isn't her specialty, and she has no reason to become invested in a ballroom competition-until meeting Hallie gives her one.
What begins as Paige showing up to support Hallie turns into late-night conversations after rehearsals, teasing over Paige's complete lack of ballroom skills, courtside seats for Hallie, and Paige somehow becoming Hallie's favorite person to find in the audience before every performance.
But Hallie's first season is supposed to be about proving she can stand on her own, while Paige knows better than anyone what it's like to have strangers turn your personal life into headlines. As their friendship slowly becomes something neither of them planned for, they have to figure out whether two people living completely different lives can find a rhythm that belongs to both of them.
Because Hallie Arnold has spent her entire life learning how to follow an eight count.
Falling for Paige Bueckers was never part of the choreography.