For Ari Blakewell, life has revolved around certain things: loss, death, and numerous cancer treatments. When the pain of dealing with her illness becomes too much, she makes the devastating decision to terminate her life after embarking on a one year adventure to complete a list of never seen before experiences. Teaming up with her loveable, goofball best friend and her insanely hot next door neighbor, Ari's bucket list trip soon becomes something she might not be entirely ready for. Who will she meet along the way that will change the course of her adventure and possibly her decision to die? Will she finally fall in love with herself and someone else? Or has what she's always wanted simply been in front of her all along? Heart will melt, pulses will race, and love will save them all. *2017 Winner, 1st place, Romance/General Fiction/Historical Fiction. The Lucent Awards *2017 Winner 1st Place, Romance, The Vibrant Awards ©AminaLeeds, 2017. All Rights Reserved Cover Design: A.LEEDS Pictures not owned by me

Children shouldn't have to play with IV lines attached to the back of their hands. But they do. Cancer made it so. Here are some stories of some of those brave kids I have met in some of those playrooms. To be honest I never wanted to able to tell these stories. I didn't want to have a reason to go into those rooms. But, as bad luck would have it, I will visit these rooms on and off for a while with my grandson Andre. There is sadness here, but there is also so much hope.

My daughter, as smart as she is, sometimes says the craziest things. This is a collection of actual quotes that came directly from her. You can't make this stuff up. I blame it on her hair.

This is a series of stories based on observations I have made while drinking coffee at Starbucks. Years of training as an investigator gives me little choice but to accidentally look into the lives of people I see. I don't do this so I can have something to write about. I do this because this is what I do. It just comes natural now. You would be surprised at the stories that are sitting right in front of you if you just knew what to look for. Cover by @Setalmage

"It's your last few months before college, do you really expect to leave here without living?" Olivia and Oliver Scott, as opposite as twins can get. Oliver is a "Bad Boy" with a reputation to prove it's more then just a label. Olivia is quiet, always trying to keep her head down and get through high school as a drifter. That was until Oliver talked her into going to a post-graduation party at his friends house, a party that ends in a really strange game of Never Have I Ever. What Olivia never expected is Abel, her brother's best friend, to talk her into doing a list of crazy things before she heads off to college in a few months. One crazy list, two teens, and a long road trip filled with Shawn Mendes songs. Nothing could possibly go wrong, right?

A collection of 'life lessons' for those reaching a certain age and scratching their heads. " What do I do now?" Dredged from eighteen years of conversations with my two sons...

These are the stories of the people I have met during my over 20 year career in law-enforcement. They are all true. Some of them are ugly, others sad, but some are hopeful. Some of these people are on paths you can predict, others will surprise you. Whatever the case you will see that we all are a bit closer to each other than you think. We are all human and fall. Some of us get up. Some of us don't. There is something to learn from all of it.

Home is where the heart is. That's what they say. But when you revisit your old school, memories you thought long buried can be a killer. Your friends. Your teachers. The melting man...

Balancing a career and parenthood is never an easy task, but Lily Adams has handled it better than most. That is, until she discovers her husband's affair and begins to rethink her entire world. With work piling up, a brand new, handsome intern to take under her wing, and the struggle of continuing her life like nothing happened for the sake of her children, it takes all that she has not to crack. But like she'd been told as a little girl, April showers brought May flowers, and perhaps the better days had yet to come.

SOON TO BE PUBLISHED BY W BY WATTPAD BOOKS! Danny's life gets turned upside down when she receives a mysterious sext from the school's notorious bad boy. ***** Danny Ashmore never imagined starting her senior year off with a broken heart and a pregnant sixteen-year-old sister. As her sister's stomach grows and the possibility of Danny going to college shrinks, she struggles to stay positive. That is, until she accidentally receives a dirty text message from an unknown number and is thrown head first into bad boy Sawyer Armstrong's life. Arrogant and drop-dead gorgeous, Sawyer is the last thing Danny expected, but as an unlikely friendship forms, she realizes he may be the best thing that's happened to her all year. [[Word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Cil Ojumo Content warning: this story contains themes of teen pregnancy