The only thing seventeen-year-old Claire Winslow wants more than to write a killer song is to hit her ex-boyfriend, Jared Steele, over the head with his own Grammy. Sure, two years ago she caved to her parents’ pressure and dumped his wannabe-rock star butt. She also regretted it, but Jared never gave her the chance to explain. Instead, he wrote a song about his evil ex that struck pop chart gold. Jerk.
So when her dad loses his job and Claire’s college fund vanishes, her band is the last dream she has left. And that’s when Jared waltzes into the grocer’s where she works. Claire’s more determined than ever to prove herself musically, but the more she runs into Jared, the harder it is to deny that he’s stuck in her head—and heart—like his catchiest break-up tune. By summer’s end, she’s either going to win him back or have enough angsty songs written to last a lifetime.
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