[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!

(Also affectionately known as "Wolves in the Big City"). Meet George, twenty-eight year old university librarian who is a little awkward at best and downright anti-social at worst. She's also a lone wolf who lost her parents as a teenager and has been on her own ever since. She's worked hard to live as one person in two worlds - the Human World and the world of Wolves. While she has been blessed richly with the gifts of Gaia's children, she uses then at a minimum and only shifts when she needs to. Apart from her friend/voice of reason Dominic, she has no other links to her Wolfen nature, and has worked very hard to keep in check for the past fifteen years. The only thing that gives it away is her golden eyes, which most people mistake as being hazel. That all changes when she meets Julian, a twenty-one year old university student who lives with his roommates in an apartment nearby. He is everything she isn't - happy, relaxed, and carefree. She catches his scent one fateful Sunday, and against all odds, he manages to find his way into her life. He is the only human who has managed to bring the wolf right out of her. Once cool, calm, and collected, Julian manages to break the walls she's fought hard to put up and she finds herself falling for him. And while she's never believed in the idea of "mates", George is beginning to think that this happy-go-lucky Julian just might be hers... Oh crap.

Cursed with a last name as crappy as "the number two," Chastity knew her life would not be easy. Yet, with her two best friends and an amazing boyfriend she thought nothing could stand in her way. Calling herself Chase, she has lived a seemingly successful fourteen years with talents for both singing and guitar. However, one day, after finding her best friend and boyfriend macking on each other, things were never the same. Losing her popularity and all but one friend, Chase easily falls into depression and moves to London, where her dad lives. After undergoing massive changes, she decides to move back senior year for one last hurrah. What Chase finds are boys who grew surprisingly hot, an ex who stole her songs, and the life her best friend snatched from her three years ago. This time, instead of crying about it, Chase takes fate into her own hands and fights to beat her enemies at their own game. Becoming the lead singer of Chasing Conspiracy, Chase wants everyone to know that revenge is a dish best served cold. But most importantly, Chastity Schitz is making a comeback.

The human world isn't of any concern to Mallory anymore. High school dramas and Algebra tests are nothing compared to the mess she's been snatched into now. The Knight in shinning armor that she wasn't looking for came crashing into her life, kidnapped her, and forced the supernatural onto her. Now, as much as she'd love to hate her kidnapper, she has to depend on him to protect her from the rest of the supernatural world.

"I was smoking on Shellfish Bridge, thinking about how I had completely screwed up my life, when an idea occurred to me; what if I jumped?" What happens when you make a suicidal jump off a bridge and everything goes completely wrong? Ask Tarabelle Johansson, an 18 year old girl that wanted to end her life, even though it had barely begun. Despite having to leave behind her older brother Ridge, Tara saw no good reason to stay alive much longer. Her mother has been deceased since she was nine and her father was a jobless drunk that had fun abusing Tara in every single way. The day Tara finally "quits" her job, she also decides to quit her life the easy way, by jumping off a bridge. But when she jumps off, nothing happens. She was supposed to die...only she didn't. The young woman was saved by the most unlikely creature possible, a mermaid. Instead of swimming Tara back to the surface to live on her life, the sea-girl decides to turn Tarabelle into a mermaid. Now, not only is Tara forced to live in an underwater kingdom full of human fish and has no idea how to adapt, but she also falls for the prince (soon to be king) Taiven. But the mermen is already engaged, and Tara finds out that his bride to be Adara is not what she appears. While all of this happens under sea, back on land Tarabelle's older brother Ridge, attempts to find out what exactly happened to her. He is convinced that his little sister would not commit suicide...or would she? This is the dazzling story about a girl who's life got turned upside down the day she wanted to die. This is the beginning of A Mermaid Tale.

About a mermaid named Rylee who, after years of coping with the fact that she's a mermaid, is taken to the King of Mermaids to be married to his son, Titus. It's fair to say that Rylee really does feel she's been "swept out to sea"

Allison McBride was your typical small town girl. After the death of her entire family she was all alone. Until she was kidnapped by the Betas to an Alpha werewolf named Damien. She at first wanted nothing to do with him, but when she finally accepts him for who he is and who she is to him the war between vampires and werewolves rages on. There are many temptations that Ali will face but everyone has a choice in their fate and Ali will have to make her own personal choice.

Athena Celeste just moved into a new town and is still living out of her car. Looking for a job she lands the perfect job for her... Cleaning. What she doesn't know is that the seven boys she will be taking care of are more than human. Will the Alpha be happy with the Beta's choice of bringing a human into their world?

[This book will be published by Random House in September 2013 in paperback and ebook format. This is a sample of the first fifteen unedited chapters.] They say that the higher you climb, the harder you fall - and Madison Clarke will do anything to keep her new life from crumbling to pieces. Moving from a small town in Maine to Florida, Madison Clarke grasps the opportunity to reinvent herself. Because that's what people do, right? Madison just wants to forget about those days of being a lonely, loser outcast, and jumps at the chance when the popular kids decide to take her under their wing. A hot boyfriend, parties, friends... If only there wasn't the slight problem by the name of Dwight, a cute, funny and totally nerdy guy in Madison's physics class who she can't help but enjoy spending time with. Running from her past and stumbling through the present, who knows what lies ahead in this new life in Florida?

|I WROTE THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND STUPID. IT IS NOT EDITED, THEREFORE THERE ARE MANY MISTAKES/PLOT HOLES/THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.| Royalty, what is it? Having superiority over others? Having some special blood in you that magically makes you better than everyone else? What is it? To me, it's where I used to come from, where I was born, where I was kicked out from...where I felt unwanted and helpless. You could say I'm glad I'm no longer accounted for as Royalty. I'm no longer welcomed...but my new life is much worse...as I was Royally Sold. Luna has had a hard life just because she was different, sold away to slavery because she didn't fit the perfect family image. Will Luna's life finally take a turn for the better or for worse when she meets a regular charmer who see's himself as a Casanova? Not only will she have to battle for his love but she will have to overcome the darkness that is slowly consuming her and decide who is truly on her side and if she will allow herself to succumb to the darkness and forever lose herself and what's left of her sanity. This is Royally Sold *Sequel- Finding Angels Wings. New time, era, characters but still the rebellious attitude and a new found Angel*