Psst. I did it y'all. I, Sammy Bradford, have a boyfriend. Well, you can imagine how elated I'm feeling-I mean, come on...it's been a long road to get here. I'm ever the optimist but even I had my doubts for a minute there. Now if I can only get him to put a ring on it...

Hi, I'm Zara...warrior princess. I don't usually tell that last bit to strangers, but I say it in my head all the time. It's one of the many mantras that have helped me to get to where I am today. And believe me when I say that I've come a long way.
Besides, if you're a woman and you happen to have ever struggled with issues of self-esteem, we're probably gonna be fast friends anyway, so I won't hold anything (much) back.
Oh, and Zara wasn't the name I was born with-but you'll find out more about that in the book.
I don't know about you, but my own struggle with my weight has...

I'm the Queen of Best Intention, but I think I'm the Empress of Self-Delusion too. There was no one happier in the world than me when I lost seventy-pounds and I decided that I was going to show the world what the new me could do.
So I did, and the world laughed. A lot.
Oh, well - I suppose I have found my place in this life and I think it's destined to be one step behind the beat. The good news is, it's my beat, and I love it. So come join me and discover what happened when the Empress of Self-Delusion took on the world. Try not too laugh too much, though, eh?
This bundle...

That Isaac Newton guy was quite bright. He said that "what goes up, must come down." This may sound right to you, but there's been far too many times I've looked at the scales and disagreed. Then I proved him right and dropped seventy pounds Excellent.
But then I came across another law - "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction." I don't know about opposite reaction, but so far every time I've tried something new on my bucket list it's started a hare running, which reminds me of another law - the law of unintended consequences.
I didn't mean to get entwined with that...

A million things to do and only one lifetime to fit them all in. Decisions, decisions-what deserves to be on my bucket list at all? And am I missing something?
I will say that I've learned a lot from my first few challenges-mainly areas where I lack self-control, activities at which I'm woeful at and the occasional success. I'll just concentrate on the successes if you don't mind.
And now? A new series of challenges coming up. I'm dubious about a couple, but my pal Max has been a great support and very encouraging. And when I waver? Max just shoulder charges me into facing up to my...

I certainly have come a long way, haven't I? I bet you're as surprised as I am to see a full two dozen items ticked off my bucket list.
I can now swim, meditate and salsa without falling on my face-much. I may or may not have had success with love, but never fear-you know me well-I shall not give up. Ever.
This bundle collection includes the following:
#19 Walk Across Hot Coals
#20 Learn to Swim
#21 Learn to Meditate
#22 Quit My Job
#23 Learn to Salsa
#24 Fall in Love

I'm putting all of my cards on the table with Blue.
And yes, I do realize that I can't seem to stop these irrational (and slightly impure ) thoughts about Max-Max, my best friend.
And I know it's a risk. You're right And I'll probably never make a move but I so wish that I could get just one kiss from those lips...maybe that would stop the madness once and for all.
Anyway, that's not likely so...
Regardless, I'm gonna meet THE one. If Blue never shows up, I'm on a mission to find my Mr. Right and this time I won't stop until I do.
Cross your fingers and say a prayer...

Summer has kicked into high gear in the beach community of Diamond Bay. Nanny Blu Parker has already spent countless hours on the beach with the two kids she looks after, and they're starting to complain of boredom.
When a chance to enter the local sandcastle competition presents itself, the three are fully onboard-especially when Blu finds out that it's being hosted by the Beach Bum and her favorite resident bartender.
But before the contest can even begin, one of the expert-and more than slightly awful contestants-ends up six feet under...the sand, that is.
The ever skeptical...

Blu Parker, nanny extraordinaire, is on a mission to make this the best summer ever for her and the two kids she cares for-something that's not difficult to do in the sweet little beach community of Diamond Bay.
Unlike many of the other younger nannies, twenty-eight-year-old Blu hardly notices Mr. Hottie lifeguard...until she gets news of his death one morning-and then, what's described as an accidental drowning, is all she can think about.
The local police chief is about to meet one determined young woman, who isn't only interested in getting her summer tan. Nanny Blu's curiosity...

Summer in Diamond Bay means many things to Nanny Blu and the kids she cares for-long days at the beach, picnic lunches in the park and ice cream-lots of ice cream
Peddles's Ice Cream Shop, their favorite place to indulge, can always be counted on for fun new flavors and the kind faces of its owners, until one day everything comes to a grinding halt.
One body found by a dumpster, one wrong man in jail and one relentless nanny on a quest to find a killer will leave the residents of Diamond Bay shaken and confused about what has happened to one of their own.
If it's true what...