on trend magazine spring issue | Page 113

"For a girl who'd spent Christmas ignored by everyone but my two friends, it hit hard."

Once a privileged NYU princess riding high on the amassed fortunes of her parents, Chloe Madison sees her utopia come crashing through literally when FBI agents burst into her apartment. Unbeknownst to her, her parents had been negotiating some shady dealings, something which upon being discovered had prompted the authorities to seize all the money, cars, and assets of the Madisons. Chloe now finds herself homeless, in massive student debt, and desperate for the first time in her life.

As Chloe is thrust from her upscale luxurious lifestyle into the mundane struggles of everyday New Yorkers, she experiences New York's polarized worlds. One society where central park views, Louboutin heels, and flying private conquers all. And another parallel universe, a place where Christmas is celebrated with Netflix, not skiing through Christmas fields. A place where a yellow tag means watching others eat at a charity function, and not allowed a morsel. A place where a TJ Maxx clearance sweater is as good as a Versace number. As new year resolutions transition from "pin more" to "get an apartment", who was Chloe Madison before and who is she now?

Originally an online serial for Cosmopolitan, Love, Chloe is a deliciously addictive read that will make you smile, laugh and swoon. Alessandra Torre's refreshing and easy going storyline is both sexy and entertaining. Readers cannot help but be hypnotized, eager to know Chloe's next adventure. Highly recommended for seekers of contemporary romance.

You know girls like me. You hate girls like me. The privileged blonde who skips her Ivy League classes when she's had too many martinis. The one draped on the asshole's arm because he drives a Bugati and screws like a champ.

I was that girl. I loved being that girl.

Then, my door was broken in. Literally.

And in that moment? Everything changed.