Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase is looking for a news story to launch her career and get her out of her sti­fling small town. When her country music idol Decklee Cassel dies leaving behind a trail of cross-country musical clues to her final album, Darren sees her opportunity for fame and freedom. All she needs is a car, though the only driver she knows is her annoying co-worker, Kendall . . .

As Darren and Kendall get closer to the prize – and each other – everything Darren thought she knew about the woman she idolized begins to unravel. What actually happened to Decklee’s songwriting partner? And who were all those soul-stirring love songs written for?