Brooklyn is an almost-sixteen-year-old girl with normal teenage wants: to be pretty, to be popular, to be adored by a cute guy. Luckily for her, she's a witch about to come of age--so she's only a few spells away from making it all happen. On her milestone birthday, Brooklyn's parents finally unbind her powers, and she discovers her true gift: the ability to cast love spells. Pretty soon, Brooklyn has worked her magic to gain access to the elite crowd, and if she jump-starts her relationship with gorgeous Asher using a matchmaking spell, it's harmless, right? But Brooklyn's life isn't as enchanted as it seems. As the clique escalates its initiation tests, she's forced to use magic to complete the tasks. And if anyone finds out who she really is and what she can do, her life is over, just like her ancestors in Salem. If she can't use magic, what does Brooklyn have left--now that she has everything to lose?

Nightingale is human - or would be, had it not been for the manner of her creation. Genetically engineered and grown to adulthood in a lab, she was created, not born. Why? For the sole purpose of the entertainment of rich men as one of the many Inamoratas in the bordello business . Beautiful, elegant, a superb dancer and an even better singer, she is the perfect lover for any man. Perfect, that is, except for her personality - the one thing you can't engineer.

"What was I suppose to do? He left me right when I was going to tell him. Now he's back and still doesn't know that he's my baby's daddy! But what can I do? He can back with the one person that makes a difference. He came back with HER. I'm not going to tell him even though he's suspicious. He's going to find out eventually. I mean our baby looks EXACTLY like him except that he has my complexion and light hair. I don't know what to do. I don't know how long I can hide it. I'm weak against him and he knows it too. It'll be a matter of time before he confronts me. But for the mean time I'll try to avoid him and her too. I'll keep my baby away from his daddy. But God knows that's easier said than done. Especially when he's in most my classes..."

Ella Peterson, was hopelessly in love with her best friend, Nathan Browning. To her, he was everything. He was her rock, no matter how much of a man-whore he was. He's killing her from the inside, starting with her heart. Every new name is driving a wedge between them, and every moan from his apartment sends another wave of pain her way. Can Ella move past Nathan and find a man who isn't completely oblivious to her love, or will Nathan kill her, before he can save her?

After an unexpected breakup that left her shattered, Harmony Adams learns the hard way that if you don’t want to be broken-hearted, you have to be the one breaking the hearts. So Julie Auburn was born. Putting an impenetrable mask of disguise over her secrets, feelings, and the raw truth and leaving her old damaged life behind, Julie turns from a small town nobody into the popular player who has everything: every guy wanted her and every girl wanted to be her. But a certain boy comes along that leaves Harmony to question everything Julie is. Tall, mysterious, and beautiful, Ryan Haven’s life seems perfect, but looks can be deceiving as Ryan has his own haunting secrets as well, secrets yet to come. When the two cross paths, Julie thought he was just an ordinary guy, but as sparks begin to ignite, she finds herself becoming more real because with Ryan, it’s never felt so right. Will she be able to open up for the first time and finally be Harmony again? Or will the white lies continue to control her? Will Ryan be able to unravel his secrets as well? And with the exes resurfacing in the future, the struggles grow harder and harder to overcome. Will their relationship just be another perfect lie that Julie is so used to or will the love of two troubled teens be enough to cross the line of what’s real and what’s not? * completed :) *

[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!