Twenty-three-year-old Abel Winston is a witty, extremely talented painter with a unique sense of humor and a troubled past. Just when things begin to look up, and his life is finally back on track, his older sister, Esther, shows up at his doorstep, seven months pregnant, black-eyed, with a busted lip, and a broken heart. Abel does the only thing a good sibling would do—he takes her in, temporarily putting his dreams on hold. After the baby is born, Abel marches forward with his plans to open his art gallery. Esther, a former child genius, helps him to become a household, bankable name. Once Abel receives a second chance at love with Hali, a former co-worker turned successful model, life is wonderful, until an unexpected meeting with superstar actress Johansson Stevens sends his stable world spiraling into flames. Suddenly thrust into Hollywood’s secret universe of fame, fortune, and the glory that comes with it, Abel finds himself caught in the midst of a relentlessly obsessed press, Stevens, an undying love for his fiancée, Hali, and his dream of sharing himself with the world. When the smoke clears, Abel Winston is forced to seek justice the only way he knows how—gun in hand, and vengeance in sight.