Baldwin Hills, known as the City in the Clouds, The Black Beverly Hills, lives of the privileged sons and daughters of doctors, lawyers, actors, and athletes, as well as those less privileged teenagers who live in a devalued neighborhood nearby, the mean streets of Baldwin Village AKA The Jungles, South Central, and Crenshaw District. Whether glitz and glamour or guns and gangs, the young people spotlighted in this novel all find themselves coping with issues ranging from parental conflicts to personal drama trying to survive as young, black adolescents in the streets of LA. This is Cali Love ❤ Quick updates Weekly #1 in south central #9 in Nipsey Hussle ( 7•18•19 ) . Copyright © 2019 by Shayylondon ** All Rights Reserved to "Shayylondon" ©2019. Cali Love is under direct ownership of the author. For copyright purposes, I don't own any photos; images, or music that are apart of this novel. Content has been retrieved Via the Internet

𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒. 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴- #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗜𝗣𝗦𝗘𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗟𝗘

•A Wattpad Twice-Featured Story. *Previously named Elle's Saviour* At 25 years old, Elle Barrett resorted to escorting to provide for her son and unwell Grandmother. Struggling to pay bills and keep food on the table, she met Dean Wallace at the lowest point in her life. Little did she know that he would change her life completely. After attending an event with her client Dean, in which the two find themselves stuck in a lift, Elle's life takes a sudden and unexpected turn when he offers her a job. But will Dean be her saviour, or her undoing? Featured by Wattpad: 14th Dec 2017. Completed on: 17th Dec 2017. Highest Rank: #3 in Romance on March 2018. 1 million reads as of 5th Jan '18 2 million reads as of 25th Feb '18 5 million reads as of 3rd June '18 10 million reads as of 23rd Feb '19

Works #1: Ahmad Hassan Sinclair, 25, was taught to always fight and work hard for what he wanted. In the life he was given nothing was ever handed to him. He grew up in the hoods of Houston, witnessing things no child should ever see in their life. His mom and pop worked hard just tryna make ends meet, to keep food on the table and clothes on their kids back. But it was far from easy .. Seeing his parents struggle the way they did for years, motivated him to work ten times harder. He made it a mission to not end up like his folks, he wanted more in life. He knew there was more to life than what he grew up seeing. But he also knew in order to be somebody in this world as a black man he had to fight and strive for it and also dodge the bullshit that came along with it. He set goals, he had dreams, he had a vision and nothing could stop him from achieving them. Now that he's at the top of his game, making money, living the live he always wanted, seeing the things he never seen and moving up the success path .. he figured life would eventually turn out to be great but sadly he still isn't happy or content with how things are.. there's this one missing piece in his life that will fully complete him. But let's see how determined Ahmad will be to find what that missing piece is or what he will do to get it.

D'Anthony Carlos has skated through life always being protected. When you're related to the biggest drug cartel in the DMV you gotta be protected. When all of your uncles are the most feared and respected you automatically garner the same attention. With his head held high he maneuvered through life not giving a damn. Not about the stares, whispers and rumors that surrounded his last name. People think they know him, but they have no idea. More detailed description in story...

Odell is living the good life. He's young, successful, smart, handsome and single. He's embodiment of the Migos song Too Playa. Nothing can rain on the parade that his life. That is until his past shows up with an unexpected surprise.

"How? Rorrey is-" "Not gon' find out." She finished. "No, he's g-" "Ssh....It's our little secret." She whispered then giggled. I know that I'm digging myself more into this but I can't stop.

Closed off from love, Kairo Young wasn't expecting to come across someone who would make him want to give love a try. Seeming to only attract women looking for a come up, comes to an end when he sets his eyes on one beauty and being a guy that goes after what he wants he makes no exception when he sees Asia Jennings. Asia Jennings was not looking for love, all she wanted was to graduate college, she never knew coming across Kairo Young would turn her world upside down. Follow these two are they try to see if their love can prevail the haters, lies, and jealousy, or will they crumble under the pressure and be each others best mistake.

(PREVIOUSLY TITLED SIX INCH HEELS) Remi Simmons has always been a go-getter: independent and thirsty for success. After a dysfunctional family home leaves her to fend for her self, she is adamant that she cannot depend on anyone and will make a way for herself, by herself. Everything seems to be tunnel vision for her until she starts an unusual relationship with her professor, Omari Beckham-a chill person within the classroom, with his own secrets lurking outside of it. As their relationship begins to evolve seriously, Omari teaches Remi not only the basics of psychology, but how to put her pride aside and become someone's equal.

"I'm not here to change your mind" --- Growing up, Kolina 'Kodie' Woods didn't have it necessarily easy, especially after her father's short battle with drugs. With drugs winning him over, and a mother ultimately falling victim to the same, in addition to the love of her life dealing with various issues, Kodie finds herself sunken, completely removed from most fun things in life. It takes a good friend of hers to invite her out to an album release party, where she finds herself saving someone who becomes annoyingly gracious of her, leading her to the likes of Rane. Dealing with personal issues all his own, Rane 'Rocky' Mayers surrounds himself with both music and women to thrive. When his best friends life is saved from yet another overdose by a familiar face, he finds a himself biting off more than he can chew, when their 'situation' grows beyond what either of them wanted. Short story Mature 11-1-18 1-18-19