K-pop Confidential

A Korean-American girl finds her voice and has to navigate the complex world of K-pop stardom in this contemporary rom-com about following your heart and staying true to yourself in the process for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Maurene Goo. Candace Parks life is all planned out. She takes all AP classes helps her parents at their dry cleaner and spends what little free time she has watching Rupauls Drag Race. Then theres graduation college and a "Real Job." What her parents and friends dont really know though is that she has a secret passion: singing. But whats the point? Shes never seen an Asian-American girl make it big as a singer-songwriter anyway.So when Candace enters a K-pop audition at the mall on a dare she doesnt expect to actually win. She definitely doesnt expect to plunge headfirst into the grueling world of a K-pop trainee. Especially when her parents dont approve of it...at all.But when they offer her the chance to travel to Seoul South Korea to train at the top Korean music company in the world how can she pass it up? The only problem is in addition to the round-the-clock singing lessons dance rehearsals and beauty treatments Candace has to agree to follow the uber-strict rules of a trainee. The most important of which is: NO DATING. But it becomes pretty much impossible to follow when Candace finds herself in the middle of a love triangle between a sweet boy trainee and a superstar member of the hottest boy band in the world.Will all of her hard work be wasted if she follows her heart? Or can she be the perfect hair-flipping idol and stay true to herself at the same time?