It is 1989 and Rachel Hill is faced with every 17-year-old s worst nightmare the most popular boy in school is coming to live with her family for a term.
The strain of looking good at the breakfast table and hiding her New Kids on the Block posters and embarrassing childhood photos is almost too much to bear. With the help of her best friend Zok, Rachel battens down the hatches in preparation for the best-looking boy in her class to move into her bedroom and into her life. But a mysterious secret from his past will make the year Nick McGowan came to stay one that Rachel will never forget.