Two teens want an opportunity to reinvent themselves and get some distance from their tumultuous families. They get just that when they're entered into a reality TV singing competition."A sexy, funny, and poetic book about reconciling your dreams of the future with the drama of your past. I loved it."-Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith, co-screenwriter of Legally Blonde and 10 Things I Hate About YouCould anything be better than being famous? Meet Magnolia.
Her father's dead, her boyfriend's ditched her to commit himself more fully to surfing, and her mother's depressed because she can't get cast on The Real Housewives of Orange County. All Magnolia wants is to reinvent herself. Meet Ford. Half his family is in jail, the other half probably should be, he shoplifted his way into a job at a record store, and his brother pawned his 1953 Telecaster for a quick buck.
All Ford wants is to reinvent himselfFord, meet Magnolia. When the two teens are cast in Spotlight, a reality TV singing competition, both see it as their chance to start anew. With each episode, as they live together in a Hollywood Hills mansion and sing their hearts out, Ford and Magnolia fall in love. But how can that love stand a chance when a television audience is watching their every move-and when their pasts are catching up to them so much faster than they can run?
Two teens want an opportunity to reinvent themselves and get some distance from their tumultuous families. They get just that when they're entered into a reality TV singing competition."A sexy, funny, and poetic book about reconciling your dreams of the future with the drama of your past. I loved it."-Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith, co-screenwriter of Legally Blonde and 10 Things I Hate About YouCould anything be better than being famous? Meet Magnolia.
Her father's dead, her boyfriend's ditched her to commit himself more fully to surfing, and her mother's depressed because she can't get cast on The Real Housewives of Orange County. All Magnolia wants is to reinvent herself. Meet Ford. Half his family is in jail, the other half probably should be, he shoplifted his way into a job at a record store, and his brother pawned his 1953 Telecaster for a quick buck.
All Ford wants is to reinvent himselfFord, meet Magnolia. When the two teens are cast in Spotlight, a reality TV singing competition, both see it as their chance to start anew. With each episode, as they live together in a Hollywood Hills mansion and sing their hearts out, Ford and Magnolia fall in love. But how can that love stand a chance when a television audience is watching their every move-and when their pasts are catching up to them so much faster than they can run?