Girls. Eight of them. And I got to live with them. No, my parents weren't killed in a car crash. And no, they were not joining the army. The reason that I was going to stay with all these beautiful creatures was because my mother and father had nowhere to leave me during their summer "vacation." Vacation however, for my parents, means traveling the world... while working. Because the basic thing here is, is that my parents, Jessica and Edward Oliver are workaholics. Sure, I've always had nicer, more expensive things than other people, but what good is that when the relationship with my parents consists of one word conversations and nods of the head? And I was okay with that. Why? Because for the next three months, I was going to be surrounded by eight females who were not related to me. ***** This is a brand new story, inspired by Living With The Walker Boys, by knightsrachel. Enjoy :) All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

[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!

Kayda is your natural bad girl. But being bad can't bring her anything good now can it? She'll have to pay for it sometime so why not now? Her teachers agree she needs some shaping up to do, so why not get it from doing community service? Cecelia is assigned to help her with the community service act. But Cecelia wants to learn to be bad. She's always been stuck as the good girl. Will Kayda be able to use this for community service?

Kyle was a delinquet with uncaring parents. He took care of his younger sister that depended on him completely. When an "accidental fire happens he is forced to live with an aunt Janet he never heard of. He trys to keep his little sister Sam form harm but what happens when harm comes to find him? What happens when he meets a girl that will change his life forever? Read and find out.