Any other night, Ryan Mills would have driven his best friend, Michael, to Emily's sweet sixteen party at the Breakers Club. Instead, determined to win over the birthday girl, he goes to the party early and alone, setting off a chain of events that ends with Michael's death in a car accident. Ryan blames himself for what happened to Michael. As far as he's concerned, he doesn't deserve to have love or ever be happy again. Then he learns Michael left a secret behind. Ryan feels compelled to take on his friend's unfinished business and, in the process, changes his life forever and becomes a...

Seventeen-year-old Alexandra spends so much time helping others realize their dreams that she never has time for her own. An expert ocean diver and reluctant maker of wedding cakes, she longs to leave roses and frosting behind to study oceanography. Alex's mother won't have it-needy and dependent, Mom can't run the family wedding cake business on her own. No matter what Alex does, things only get worse for her. When she saves a man's life while scuba diving and becomes the local hero, Mom's angry with Alex for going diving at all. Mom discourages Alex's new friendship with Jeremy, a fun and...

To nineteen-year-old high school dropout Travis Walker, women are like snowflakes--each one different, but beautiful in her own way. He can charm any girl he meets, and yet down deep he fears he'll always be a loser like his jailbird father. As the landlady threatens to evict him and his sick mother, Travis takes a job he hates and spends his evenings picking up girls at a nearby night spot. When he enlists in a teen program at the local fire station, he finds out he's amazing at it. Then he meets the smoking hot Kat Summers, enlists Kat's friend Zoey to help him woo her, and falls in love...

WINNER 2015 National Indie Excellence Awards in the categories of Chick Lit and Contemporary Fiction "I fell in love with this gem of a contemporary novel." Whimsical Nature "From the very first page, Just Pru ....completely pulled me in.... I know I'll be thinking of it for a long, long time." Maureen's Book Notes ..".A wonderfully told and humorous coming of age story with characters you can't help but fall in love with." Gin's Book Notes When twenty-five-year-old Pru Anderson-braless, pajama-clad, and clutching her cat, Chuck-is rescued from her burning Los Angeles apartment, the thing...