It's All About You is a story about a young woman who has everything she wants and it is soon taken away by tragedy.  Against her better judgment she struggles with the courage to find love again, but it comes with a few obstacles that force her to either fight or flight for love.   The story that birthed the series Love Bears All.

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Sequel to It's All About You. The second installment of the series Love Bears All

Baby of Mine is the story of a young man (Brian Keith Santi) and a young woman (Nicole America Mendes) growing preciously in love and looking towards the future of building a life together. Every thing seems to be going well until tragedy strikes the young family. Brian finds himself standing alone in the face of fear and uncertainty but rises to the challenge of fatherhood and dares anyone to doubt the woman he loves and the family few believe is even worth it.

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This is a prequel to It's All about You, a third installment to the series Love Bears All

Two local teens meet, as strangers and discover love ashore, thousands of miles away from home.  Their love was young, tender, and holding no expectations, but simply being.  A hidden truth denied them, anger delayed them, but fate intervenes and finds them nearly thirty years later.  Will they accept the pain of their past and forge a future or have time and change washed away the love they once knew?

Oh when I look back now
The summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life...

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Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life...

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Back in the summer of '69

Lyrics by Bryan Adams, from "Summer of ‘69"

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"No one to talk with
All by myself
No one to walk with
But I'm happy on the shelf
Ain't misbehavin'
I'm savin' my love for you"

A contribution to the challenge "My Number One"

Nicole America Mendes

a one-hit addition to the series Love Bears All

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What started out as a night on the town all by herself turned into an event she never could have planned!

"...My hair cut is short, sassy, and fierce just like me. I have a fresh pedi and mani, all cause I'm going out for a night on the town. Sure am. I bought myself a $115 ticket to see 'Dreamgirls Live' at the fabulous Fox Theatre...I'm worth it. In a dazzling red dress, some kick *ss stiletto sandals, and showing all the *ssholes just what they won't be getting. Dinner before, then cocktails at intermission, I'm going all out tonight because...I have a date with myself."

...and then, what did my wondering eyes see appear...

"I should have counted up the costs but instead I got lost in the seconds in the minutes in the hours...as we lay"

THIS IS A ONE SHOT for the SERIES Love Bears All

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A one-shot addition to the series Love Bears All

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 September Chamber Challenge

Somewhere in Time...

She was made perfectly, his queen.

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Another sexy tale from the series Love Bears All

Nicole's best bud Peyton Defrance Frasard since they sucked pacifiers in nursery school is nursing a broken heart and a busted ego. Nicole's life is full of bliss, a new hubby, two beautiful babies and her girl Peyton's life is in shambles. She needs a special brand of medicine that only the doctor can prescribe.

Will she let her heart be healed or settle for the thin bandages over the deep open wounds?

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A post-Thanksgiving one-shot addition to Love Bears All

Nicole wants her best friend Peyton to wear the smile she finds in her mirror each day.  Who's the guy she's eyeing for Peyton?  None other than Jonathan Charles, Brian's newly discovered half brother.  Will she ask for her husband's intervention or is she set to handle the duties of 'cupid' all on her own?

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From My Favorite Things tribute to the readers.

It's the month of December, 2000 and rightfully the first Christmas to be celebrated as a family for Nicole, Brian, and their nine month old twins.   Brian's half-brother Jonathan and Nicole's best friend Peyton are the subject of Nicole's love-arrows.  Can this meddling cupid get her couple together by Christmas?

A special holiday story for the fans to honor my appreciation for your continued support!

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a short addition to the Series Love Bears All

It was an hour to show time.  With the trunk full of chafing pans lined with her love's labor lost inside each one, a fifteen minute drive to her destination seemed now like a hike across the Great Plains-impossible to meet in the time she was now allowed.

"What seems to be the problem ma'am?"  His blue eyes sparkled as he spoke.

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