I was being given the chance to do the one thing I wanted
most in the world. The chance was presented to me by a guy
so gorgeous, he turned my skin to fire when he touched me.
And joining a band was the one thing I was most forbidden to
do, the thing that would ruin my future forever.
There are too many secrets in eighteen-year-old Bailey’s
life. Not just the obvious one: that she told her
grandfather she was going on a date, and instead is playing
fiddle in a Nashville bar. There’s all the stuff that makes
it worse. Like how her younger sister, Julie, was offered a
recording contract, and her family is terrified that Bailey
is going to mess the deal up. Like the way that Bailey has
been acting out. Like the way they’re all mad at her, even
Julie.
Bailey’s parents don’t want her playing any gigs at all, but
when they leave her with her grandfather in Nashville for
the summer so they can tour with Julie, he lands her a music
job that’s beneath the radar, playing old country songs in
cheesy costumes at a local mall. That’s where she meets Sam.
. . .
Sam’s got big plans that don’t include playing backup while
his alcoholic dad scratches out a living as a Johnny Cash
soundalike. He intends to take his high school garage band
to the big time, and as soon as he hears Bailey play, he
knows she’s just what he wants. That really ticks off
Charlotte, the drummer for the band and Sam’s ex-girlfriend,
while bassist Ace just wants to keep everyone happy.
Bailey isn’t at all sure where she stands with this boy who
has a lust for music and life, and who may or may not have a
lust for her. Something tells her that with Sam, there could
always be a catch. And yet, suddenly, her life is no longer
about what might have been, and a whole lot about where she
will choose to go.