First published 2025
Chapin Buckingham arrives in Paris as one of the chosen few for La Danse des Débutantes, the world's most exclusive debutante ball. The daughter of two Hollywood legends, she has her own reasons for wanting to win Debutante of the Year. Her path seems clear until a scandal threatens to shut down the entire event. The organizers scramble to save their reputation by recruiting Piper Woo Collins, daughter of an EMT and International Science Fair Prize winner. Piper has zero interest in debutante culture until they dangle a college scholarship in front of her. The catch: she has to beat Chapin for the crown. What starts as a rivalry between the nepo baby and the scholarship hopeful becomes something more complicated. In a world where everyone has an agenda, Piper and Chapin discover they might need each other more than they need to win.
Genres: romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Paris
Period: 21st-century
368 pages · Hardcover · Margaret K. McElderry Books