Dalya Moon

Maddie Bird is out of high school. Whoopee. This summer is turning out to be, in blogger Chloe's words, "hashtag, the worst." The weather's cold, the economy sucks, and the city is overrun with hockey playoff bandwagoners.At least Maddie has a bakery job she loves. She's never had much money, but she is a hard worker. There's just one problem: her flirty co-worker, Drew. All it takes is one of his sly winks, and she's incinerating the cookies.Maddie's best friend keeps pushing her cousin Hudson as a potential love-puppy. He's clever and has nice brown eyes, but he's so arrogant. Which is ironic, since the guy's hobby is making origami. Come on. Origami?Maddie tries to focus on her career and stay away from bad-boy Drew, but fate, in the form of a reality show, keeps pushing them together. They spend an evening at his house, working on re-branding for the bakery, and one hot makeout session changes everything. That's right. Everything's about to get way worse.Chock full of imperfect people behaving badly, Practice Cake is light-hearted and brimming with humor.

Practice Cake

Perry makes a strong first impression, from her white-girl dreadlocks to her uncensored opinions.When she combs out her dreads on a whim, she catches the eye of a cute guy who's a regular at The Whistle, the diner where she works as a waitress. He mistakes Perry for someone completely different: the girl of his dreams.Perry tries to become that girl.But it's so hard to be normal.And eyebrow piercings are so cute.With her mother down in LA recording her comeback album, Perry's in charge of the family household, and things are going to change. She starts with paint colors and moves on to doling out retributive punishments for her fifteen-year-old brother.What Perry really wants, though, is her first boyfriend. She's eighteen, and it's about time!Boyfriend candidates include: the cute but quiet restaurant regular, the all-too-willing coworker, or the outgoing artist who's eager to whip off his clothes and model. One of these guys loves Perry exactly how she is, but how can she tell which one?

Smart Mouth Waitress

It's 1988, and Charlie Woodchuck is the most minor of niners. At thirteen, she's the youngest girl at Snowy Cove High School, and so clueless, she wore leg warmers and acid-wash jeans on her first day. Big mistake! Almost as big a mistake as signing up for a boys-only shop class. Doy. Just when she thinks the first week of high school can't get any more weird, Charlie discovers she may be adopted. According to her Science textbook, her eyes should be blue, not brown. Now the girl with the boy's name will have to use her detective skills to uncover the mystery of her identity. She'll need the help of best friend Stacy, expert blackmailer, and new friend Ross, expert class clown. Before the year ends, Charlie will face down the biggest bullies of all: the all-powerful members of Snowy Cove's School Board. The Board doesn't like what Charlie's been up to, and they're all out of doughnuts.

Charlie Woodchuck Is a Minor Niner

Kate Danley

Elle Casey

Dee Ernst

David Adams

Deanna Chase

Rachel Schurig

Deanna Roy

Jason Brant

Christine Pope

Becca Mills

Amber Sweetapple

Ashley Mackler-Paternostro

Jack Sheppard

Holiday Wishes, a short story collection to raise money for children's charity.Fourteen bestselling indie authors have come together to write a holiday short story collection to benefit a children's charity this holiday season. These authors, who write in genres ranging from contemporary romance to science fiction, have joined in the holiday spirit to write all new stories for this anthology.The collection includes contributions from the following authors: David Adams, Jason Brant, Elle Casey, Deanna Chase, Kate Danley, Dee Ernst, Ashley Mackler-Paternostro, Becca Mills, Dalya Moon, Christine Pope, Deanna Roy, Rachel Schurig, Jack Sheppard and Amber Sweetapple, with cover art donated by Claudia McKinney of Phat Puppy Artwork.

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