In this coming of age novel, it's the summer of 1992. Carter Storm is a precocious thirteen-year-old child actor awaiting his big break in the entertainment industry. Alexa Moore's just a regular teenager seeking acceptance from her peers. With heartbreak and humor, these two friends expose a world of secrets and learn to survive in the face of life's contradictions and tragedies. When Carter's dark life suddenly unveils before Alexa's eyes, she witnesses her best friend beaten down mercilessly by his stage mother's antics, but Alexa's strong will and determination helps Carter pull through his darkest hours. The two are bonded by a love that only deepens as they grow older. Carter's mother will do everything she can to keep them apart so that her prodigy is not distracted. In doing so, the two are forced to keep their childhood romance hidden from prying eyes.
Alexa world shatters the day she discovers Carter's family packed up and gone without so much as a chance for goodbyes. Alexa spends years trying to rid her mind of the dreams she has of Carter that increasingly haunt her life.
Over a decade later, Carter Storm resurfaces as a Grammy award winner with a new name, a new life, and an entourage of screaming girls and paparazzi following him everywhere he goes. When Alexa randomly comes face to face with Carter Storm, the encounter sets off a string of events that will have her torn between the man she loves and the man she once loved. One look at Carter is all it takes to know she can't live without him. Alexa puts up a good front but can't deny the love she still feels for him. Sometimes love isn't enough to heal the wounds of the past. There's no telling how far Alexa will she go when the man from her past suddenly walks into her future.
