Untouched by the world outside the serene valley, a girl is laid to rest upon a bed of once-red flowers. Her name is Rosalia Rossellini. She sleeps forever…but she is very much alive. Monarch butterflies pay their final respects to the sleeping, dead-but-alive girl. Today they will flutter among the blue blossoms, her final resting place, but tomorrow they leave on their migration for America. Today they find peace and refuge among her cerulean blankets, blissfully unaware of the deadly virus they hold within the golden pollen that dusts them as they fly by, touching their wings to the golden flowers. Rosalia will never wake again. She deserves that much, for even the dead deserve a last, undisturbed peace. But one part of Rosalia, hidden deep inside of her, will never be content. The Rosalia Virus, a deadly pathogen that lies within her blood, still seeks revenge on a world Rosalia herself experienced so little of. Hidden away in the meadow, Rosalia has no idea of the pain and destruction that she will unknowingly cause. Tomorrow…death will strike our world. Only a select few, brave people have the ability to defeat this deadly virus. The Trauma Team. Six doctors. CR-S01, Maria Torres, Hank Freebird, Gabriel Cunningham, Tomoe Tachibana, and Naomi Kimishima. Six specialties. Surgery, First Response, Orthopedics, Diagnostics, Endoscopy, and Forensics. One goal. To save lives.

[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!