[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!

THIS IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE LOVE STORY. COME ON PEOPLE IT'S 2012. WHO WANTS AN AVERAGE LOVE STORY?! IT'S AN INTERRACIAL KIND OF THING ;) Meet Paige Parker- an insecure Caribbean girl from New York, with an over bearing racist mother and a 'condition' known as mild cerebral palsy which made her walk differently from others. Of course, human beings being cruel and judgmental creatures she has never had a friend or boyfriend in her life. Meet Hunter Ricci- A badass italian loner who's still trying to find himself as a person, so he moves away from Ohio to the sunny state of California to go to college. When you have a racist mother and an on-again off-again psychotic ex girlfriend, what else can you do? So when the two end up at the same college, and due to an odd number of students -as roommates. The attraction is obviously there, and as they start to find themselves as people, and they start to form a friendship; but when they both start dating other people and tempers flare...well what would stop them from being together.? There insecurities? Or their families? But when you fall inlove with someone could you really let that stop you? Or would you take a chance?

Alexis is a normal girl in high school who happens to be a lesbian. She is getting her books out of her locker when she happens to see a gorgeous girl that she has never seen before, Her name is Jessica. Will the two girls fall in love?

This is a story of two friends and how they affect each other's lives. It is a girlxgirl story so no haters, please.

Kera was just your regular Shoe addicted teenager when Crystal moved to town. The feelings she is experienceing is nothing like she has ever felt before...towards a girl.

Dan has always hated Robin. His parents treat her like the sun. He tries everything to beat her at everything but always fails, because even if he does it right, his parents don't see it, they just feel bad for Robin. Robin's parents have always treated Dan like the sun. She tries everything to get her parent's attention but if she wins they go comfort Dan and if she looses they celebrate for Dan. Their lives are more connected then they thought but what will happen if their past and present will break apart something that hasn't even started yet?

Kaye, is what some people would call, a player. To her, all she was doing was giving cheerleaders a piece of the humble pie they all needed. Everywhere she goes, there's a trail of emotionally unstable cheerleaders, all thanks to her irresistible charms and her mission to break every single cheerleader she encountered. When she moved from London to the sunny California, where more prospects were bound to arise, she saw it as a test, to do more damage to cheerleaders than she has ever done before, to make them feel just even inkling of what she had to go through. Little did she know, her mission would come to a halt, for an even bigger mission she could not ignore. A mission she would have never seen herself doing, or even thinking about, until she met 'her'. Ashley, despite being popular, rich and the head of the state champions cheer-leading team 'cherries', is probably the most humble and level headed person you will ever meet in San Antonio high school. But someone has started to get under her skin, and she finds herself doing and saying things she might have never done if they hadn't met in the first place. Follow Kaye and Ashley in their journey of finding hate for each other. However, there is a fine line between love and hate, so who's to say it's a journey of hate, and not love.

Jasmine Carter is a confused young girl, looking for love in all the wrong places. Follow her story as she learns who to love and who to let go. © 2012 by Lakeyta Lewis

Keeley Graymyre is a loner. Koren Vespertine is a social icon. Both are complete and total opposites. Though what happens when they both get paired up for an assignment where they have to spend loads of time together? Will they crash and burn on the Island of I hate you or find refuge in the town of Te Amo. Read and find out. I suck at descriptions, so just check it out, you'll like it i promise!

Danny always thought she was straight, until she met Ash. As they get closer, Danny realizes she's developing feelings for Ash. But girls aren't supposed to like girls, right? Danny is getting more and more confused each day. Will she accept what she is, or will she push it away?