Een leven gevormd door zowel de idyllische eenvoud van een boerderij in Kentucky als het meedogenloze tempo van New York City informeert het unieke perspectief van deze auteur. Haar achtergrond heeft haar een sterke werkethiek en praktisch gezond verstand bijgebracht, die ze nu kanaliseert in haar creatieve ondernemingen. Na haar schrijven te hebben aangescherpt door middel van diverse onderscheidingen en optredens, vertaalt ze deze vormende ervaringen naar meeslepende verhalen die de wisselwerking tussen haar verleden en heden verkennen.
Fourteen-year-old Ricki Jo Winstead wants to leave her farmer's daughter image behind to fit in with the popular crowd at school. As she changes her style and priorities, she risks losing her true self. A pivotal incident on her friend Luke's farm helps her understand that true friendship outweighs popularity.
The best songs come from broken hearts. Bird Barrett has grown up on the road, singing backup in her family's bluegrass band and playing everywhere from Nashville, Tennessee, to Nowhere, Oklahoma. But one fateful night, when Bird fills in for her dad by singing lead, a scout in the audience offers her a spotlight all her own. Soon Bird is caught up in a whirlwind of songwriting meetings, recording sessions, and music-video shoots. Her first single hits the top twenty, and suddenly fans and paparazzi are around every corner. She's even caught the eye of her longtime crush, fellow roving musician Adam Dean. With Bird's star on the rise, though, the rest of her life falls into chaos as tradition and ambition collide. Can Bird break out while staying true to her roots? In a world of glamour and gold records, a young country music star finds her voice.