Russell Duncan is an introverted songwriter with a head full of music and dreams. Michelle Starling is a talented singer yearning for love and a family, who also seems to know what everyone else is thinking and feeling. Brought together by a chance encounter on the first day of middle school, they quickly become more important in each other's world, growing up and learning about life, love, and music, while forging a relationship they hope will stand the test of time. Will Russ be able to overcome his shyness and inability to communicate his feelings? Will Michelle's troubled childhood prevent her from finding true happiness? Set in the world of popular music of the 1970's and early 1980's, this story follows the ups and downs of these two young lovers as they try to help each other find the Paradise they both crave.