Here's a lesson from your dear friend Rory, kiddos: Tetanus booster shots are, like, REALLY important. *** Rory's life is hectic. She's a sophomore in college with two jobs to try to pay the bills, so she doesn't have time to eat regularly, much less deal with routine medical care. Until she cuts her hand on a spinning wheel and winds up in intensive care. And there, floating unconscious somewhere between life and death, she just may find the thing that makes it all worthwhile. If she can wake back up and claim it, that is. ************* ~This is my entry for the Once Upon Now contest. I really appreciate everyone reading and voting (especially on chapter one)! ~ ************** Title from Hamlet, Act III, Scene I: To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil...

|| Highest Rank - #1 in Teen Fiction || Coral Stewart is a nerdy seventeen year old girl who is way too smart for her own good. She has already graduated and has been hired at St Martin's, an all boys school. The only problem with this is that she has to attempt to teach four boys History - and trust me when I say they are not going to make it easy for her. One nerdy girl. Four perverted boys. One History lesson every Friday. What could possibly go wrong? *=*=*=* Warning: There's gonna be dramaaaaa [Completed] Copyright © by Laylaa Khan

Samuel Brandt woke up with his thoughts written all over his body. His brother woke up with his head missing. His sister woke up to find that her skin would crack open unless she stayed in water. All of the other children in the secluded Iowa town of Oak Knoll woke up having undergone strange transformations. Now, they are all forced to live at 407 West Marshall Street, the mysterious house outside of town. With the new name of The Boy with Words for Skin, Samuel wants nothing more than to hide from his new life. He painfully and unpredictably sheds his skin, there is a Voice in the entryway closet that is often cruel, and-perhaps worst of all for a naturally shy boy-the other children look to him as a leader. As his seven-year-old brother struggles with their new life, as terrifying growls start to come from the pitch black basement, and as his feelings for a girl begin to grow, The Boy with Words for Skin realizes that he wants to change. He wants to put others first, learn from his peers, and let himself hope that things will get better. The Boy with Words for Skin is the first book in the 407 West Marshall Street series. Each book will advance the story but be told from a different character. Book 2 will be The Girl without Eyes.

Now published on Amazon Kindle in E-book & Paperback! After a whirlwind journey to be together, Emily Wentworth and Jake Melvin find out their expecting a baby... At the tender age of seventeen. When Jake is wrongfully accused of murder, a pregnant Emily has no choice but to take the law into her own hands and prove his innocence. With Jake out of the picture, can Emily step up and save him before it's too late? Their unborn child, Jake's future and Emily's dream of having a family is at stake. The two lovebirds thought their drama was left behind in the past... Turns out, it's only just getting started! The second novel in the 'HIS' series.

NOW PUBLISHED IN PAPERBACK ON AMAZON! Since the death of her father, Emily Wentworth has been living a home life full of abuse. She's managed to remain under the radar until she meets Jake Melvin, the local troublemaker. He's drawn to danger and he senses it surrounding Emily... It doesn't take long for Jake Melvin to discover Emily's secret. Emily is suddenly thrown from one world of danger and uncertainty into another. The two teens embark on a wild journey of love, unbelievable betrayal and heartache. Will their connection remain despite all that stands in their way? This book is the first novel that belongs to a three part series. [Highest Ranking - #1 In Teen Fiction]

For Jessalyn and her mom, moving to the small town of Avondale, California seemed like the perfect decision; they wanted the new scenery but what they really needed was a new start. Jessalyn Hartley had always been shy and one to keep to herself, but now, as she enters her final year of high school at Crestview High, she's more determined than ever to stay hidden in the shadows. However, all of that may change when she crosses paths with the supposed bad boy; Cason Michaels, and figures out that maybe she just had to meet the right person to break her out of her shell.

"Maybe instead of focusing on getting girl's numbers, you should focus on getting A's." People automatically think "nerd" when they hear the name Jade Clarke. She excels in all of her classes and is expected to be awarded as Valedictorian at the end of high school. The only guy she trusts in her life is her twin brother, Shane, who has stuck by her side through thick and thin. When football captain, Raysen Pierce is struggling in Trigonometry, Jade is called in to tutor him. Without the help of her, Raysen is most likely going to fail which means he can kiss all his football dreams, goodbye. During their tutoring sessions, secrets get revealed and she soon learns that there is more to Raysen than she expected. A side that only Jade gets to see is revealed and makes her question her opinions on boys. Raysen isn't the only one learning new things, though. Can he teach Jade to trust again? Will she finally be able to see that not all boys are the same? --- Highest Ranking: #25 in Teen Fiction (6/11/18)

16 year old Kylie Sterling is moving from her home in New York to Dallas, Texas to live with her mother and fathers long time friends. This is the last thing on Kylie's list of things she was to to happen, well besides her mother and sister dying in a car accident, drug addict for a father. When Kylie's father pulls a gun on her older brother Cory and kills him, Kylie is sent away to live with the Benson's. It didn't seem terrible. But then she found out there were 9 boys and no girls.

Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist, and brother. Tony was 6 when his little sister Loral Stark was born. 10 years later Loral grew up, and started to follow in her brothers footsteps. Things started to take a down hill turn when Howard and Maria Stark were killed in a car accident. Tony Stark, watched as his parents were buried next to each other in the family lot, and knew that he had to grow up. If not for himself then for Loral. Life was about to get a hell of a lot harder, and the sad thing is Tony never saw it coming.