Meet Natalie Benson, a dedicated and loving nurse working and living in Chicago with everything lined up in life-everything, that is, except the love of her life. Still single and approaching her mid-thirties, a string of mortifying dates finally forces Natalie to her last resort: creating a profile on an online dating service. When she's matched with a dashing physician who seems to have everything in common with her, she soon finds out her virtual Mr. Right has more than she bargained for. In fact, he's the ex-fiance of her best friend Jordan. With every intention of walking away and...

Hooray It's Friday Night That is what Penelope thinks until she learns that all of her friends have something else to do. Alone in the house and with nobody to play with, Penelope mopes around her bedroom when up pops Marguerite, who "claims" to be an excellent French chef. Ignoring her mother's rules, Penelope joins Marguerite in the kitchen and with the ring of a mysterious bell and a sprinkle of magical spices; Penelope's world is flipped upside down As strange and funny things begin to happen, somewhere along the way the "secret" cooking club is formed. And you know what they say about...

What can possibly go wrong when Penelope's mother hosts her very first book club? Do the caterers mix up the days and are fifteen starving guests left with nothing to eat...BINGO With the night starting off on the wrong foot, Penelope must save the day. As her cooking skills are put to the test, she and the "secret" cooking club try to whip up delicious appetizers to feed the hungry readers. But as the mac 'n' cheese burns to a crisp, potatoes look like little black logs, and a mysterious ingredient accidentally gets added to the peanut butter bears, can this story possibly have a happy...

Being a creative person, the author did "time" in a corporation, dreading working in a small cubicle. The author wanted to share her corporate stories and insights from being on the inside. She wanted to inspire other corporate creatives, to encourage them that their is light at the end of the tunnel, to not give up their dreams, and to encourage them to appreciate the employment that they have; it's better than not having a job and starving Read on and enjoy. The author would love to hear from those who have had the corporate experience or who are still doing the day job, hoping one day to...