Secrets... lies... murder. How far would you go for answers? Owen may be about to find out the answer to that question. At the tender age of five, his family and friends were torn from his life, murdered because they were thought to be part of a growing rebellion. Alec, one of the men ordered to kill them, instead chose to save him, and raised him as his own. Now, twelve years later, much has changed. Owen has chosen to lead the life of a thief, quietly opposing the leaders of the city. When a new thief enters the game, however, his life takes a sudden turn, and old questions unanswered arise. Who exactly had ordered his family, and others, killed? And why?

***PREVIOUSLY TEACH ME*** Rainah has never had an easy life. She lives with her two younger sisters, her emotional mother and her abusive father who killed her best friend and twin brother, Ash. She blames herself for his death and has terrible nightmares. On top of all of this, she cuts herself and has an eating disorder. There is a new music teacher at her school, Mr. Haynes. Will he be able to help her? Can he save her from her out of control life? Or is it to late?

(Teacher/Student relationship) Janice has a hard life with her father. Her dad and brother killed her mother and she is forced to stay with them. So when the trip to the Bahamas with her junior class comes, she is more than happy for a little freedom. Of course, Janice can't seem to catch a break. The plane crashs in the ocean. She along with Mr. Rush, her too perfect and curious teacher, are the only ones that survived. How will they live, on an island alone? If surviving wasn't enough, try having to deal with keeping secrets hidden, ones that could mean life or death for Janice if she ever makes it off the island. And what could be better than testing just how far will they go to do the right thing when feelings start to grow?

Adjusting to a new school is hard. Maxynn Chase would know about that better than anyone. When she first entered Corvus High School, everyone mispronounced her name and targeted her as the school's playboy's next victim. But a year later, things have changed. People could finally pronounce her name and were now convinced that she had caused her mother's supposed murder. Because of her mother's sudden death, Maxynn is forced to move in with the school's playboy, who is still determined to go out with her, even after a year of being rejected. She is just like his usual targets: she's a breathing female. Finally fed up, Maxynn suggests a game that they could play, a game she is determined to make him lose. Too bad she doesn't realize that she's already playing someone else's game.

It's her birthday. Alexis goes out for a little shopping spree and gets tangled with some masked men who came to rob the store. All because of her stupid mouth. It might probably change her life. And now she is taken away from everything she was familiar with...and also has to cope with four hot guys. Two who might be interested in her, and the other two just happened to be twins. Add a couple of ridiculous friends searching for the missing girl, step sisters, old girlfriends and new loves...well let's just say Alexis is going to have an interesting 18. Look forward to action, crime, romance and yeah, hilarious moments!

Francine has always had a gift. She has always been able to sense ghosts and she loved the paranormal. However when she went civil war ghost hunting she never expected for one to follow her home. She expected even less to have said ghost turn out to be the man she'd always dreamed of. She hadn't exptected him to fall in love with her or to fall in love with him. But that is exactly what happened. But surely this is crazy and nothing could make this relationship work.... could it?

[NOTE: This book was written in 2010, a time of long-distance phone cards, weight-loss obsessions, and searching for a man as a solution to life's problems-what a messy time to be alive! In other words, I hope you enjoy this throwback, and while this book does end on a cliffhanger of sorts, the sequel addresses any unanswered questions (which is hopefully fair, given that book 1 is free, ya know?] An awkward family homecoming at Christmas. A humiliating public weigh-in, with two judging parents as the audience. The announcement of a deadline for arranged marriage doom. And that's just the first two chapters. In "Year of the Chick," Romi Narindra must find love before her parents find her a husband. Easy to say, less easy to live through, as this book takes you deep inside "awkward Indian living in the West." To escape her fate, Romi wades through the waters of secret-dating, where self-consciousness is at an all-time high, and experience at an all-time low. It's the sort of thing that would turn almost anyone into a man-crazy freak with romance tunnel-vision, and that's exactly what ends up happening. All the while, a lack of inspiration in her corporate job leads Romi to her love of writing, in what quickly becomes a man-quest play-by-play. From whiskey-breath scum bags to uni-brow creeps and everything in between, Romi and her wingmen come up empty time after time. And that's when she meets a fellow writer. On the Internet. So will it be arranged marriage doom, or an Internet affair that's not as creepy as "To Catch a Predator"? Time will tell in the "year of the chick," a twelve-month quest to find love. Tick-tock. --------------------------------------------- "Year of the Chick" is book one of a series, and book two is available at Amazon! LENGTH: 75,000 words or 285 pages DISCLAIMER: this book contains profanities, blunt accounts of the dating scene, and many awkward family moments. Enjoy!

Destiny isn’t normal. She’s a psychic, born to stand out. However, it’s no secret that people hate anything that doesn’t fit in. So when Destiny’s mother is taken away by a top-secret CIA organization that specializes in ridding the world of Mutants, Destiny and her little sister, Fate, have to keep their identities secret. No one can know who or what they are, or they could, and would, be killed themselves. But when she meets a young man with a secret of his own, she has to decide if she can trust him. Derek may be all wrong for her, but he refuses to let her lose this game of life.

Kayla Johnson has lived a good high school life. She is relatively liked by everyone, and she tries to be nice and civil to everyone in return. Besides with Tyler Simmons, Kayla has never found true friendship though. When a certain green-eyed boy ruffled her feathers the first day he set foot on her school, the ice princess inside her surfaced. Colby Mariano is an arrogant, full-of-himself badass. That's what Kayla thought. Then they had to spend a considerable amount of time together, much to Kayla's dismay. What she didn't realize was Colby Mariano might be a person who can offer genuine friendship, maybe even more.