Allison McHartey is engaged. Not to the man she loves, but to a guy her parents picked out for her. To avoid the arranged engagement and unfolding disaster, she makes a deal: If she falls in love by Christmas Eve, she doesn't have to marry Connor Danielson, the high school jock and annoying flirt. But what she doesn't realize is love can be found in the most unexpected places...

Everyone dies, someday and somehow. Sixteen year old Allie is dying of cancer. More than anything, she wants to be a normal teenager. But pretending is exhausting and the lies pile up. With a chance at first love and true friends, Allie must choose between maintaining the pretence or risking everything with the truth. Can Allie open her heart and embrace love? If you liked 'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green or 'A Walk to Remember' by Nicholas Sparks, you'll love Awakening to Life.

Phoebe West had always been extremely close to her sister Jodie. But when tragedy strikes, and Jodie and her husband Luke are killed in a house fire, Phoebe gets the shock of her life. Because Jodie and Luke have a daughter, Addison. And they both named Phoebe and her fiance Marcus as Addison's guardians in the event that they both died. It will be a long road for the couple, learning to raise a two year old who doesn't understand what's happening. And how do you raise someone else's baby when you're only nineteen, and your life is just getting started?