Dreamed about having a summer of fun in the big city? So has 17-year-old Emma Freeman, but when she lands a high-profile internship in the city, things don't turn out exactly as she hoped they would. In fact, as the title suggests, they turn into one hot mess, as Emma doesn't have a limitless supply of cash to keep herself clothed in designer duds, her best friend is obsessed with boys to the exclusion of everything else, her summer roomie makes Paris Hilton seem like a nice, shy girl and she tells a little fib to the hottest guy in the office. And, if that wasn't enough, her boss isn't exactly Mr. Warm and Fuzzy … can Emma turn it all around and make her summer a sizzler, not a fizzler? Only one way to find out …