In Brandy Colbert's Little & Lion, Suzette returns from her New England boarding school to her home in LA, where her stepbrother and bestie, Lionel, is struggling with bipolar disorder and in love with a girl — who also happens to be the same girl Suzette happens to be falling for. Suzette finds herself torn between her crush back at school and her new crush, Rafaela, all while her loyalty to Lionel is challenged.