[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!

THEN: At age thirteen Logan Stanfield already knew about bad timing-- his parents got divorced, he moved to a new town, and was forced to start his life over again from scratch. But when he walked into the classroom that first day and laid eyes on Maisy Jacobs, he immediately fell under her spell. But their's was a story of missed opportunities and bad timing, that is until... NOW: Maisy Jacobs never thought she'd be stepping foot back in her old home town, she left it all behind for a reason, and she certainly never expected to see Logan Stanfield again. She still remembered that night that they kissed; it was the night that changed everything forever. But that was then...

Lucas Walters has a beautiful girlfriend that he loves and cherishes who he is sure is his mate. So what happens when she isn't his mate? And what happens when his mate, Teagan Landers, is his long-time childhood enemy? But how do you choose between the one you are meant to be with, yet hate and the one you have always loved? Will he tell anyone or leave it as his dirty little secret...Or will jealousy end up winning? Teagan Landers is a girl who just went with the flow of things, until they involve Lucas Walters. No she doesn't hate him, she loathes him. If different things in the past hadn't happened then maybe, just maybe...They could be friends. But what happens when she finds out that she is his mate? Can she and Luke fight the attraction? Can they ignore the passion of a mate? And what happens when her plan to make everything normal, doesn't work? I guess it sucks being the Alpha's dirty little secret... Background Cover Art by: https://www.pinterest.com/meanimalpenguin/