**COMPLETED** Olivia is homeless and is doing her best to survive on the cruel streets of New York City. She has managed to surround herself with some really great friends but what she can't control is fate. Fate led her to Ethan Grant, a ruthless crime boss who's very presence put her in harm's way. He gets her off the streets but what are his true intentions? Will he truly protect her or does he have other plans for Olivia? This is a sampling of the first twenty chapters of Ethan's Empire - Laying Down the Rules. The full length book can be purchased on Amazon in either Ebook or Paperback format.

(COMPLETE) Amelia Carson: Normal girl Normal grades Great friends Not so great home life. Tyler Carter: Trouble maker boy Loves fights Loves girls Supportive family Getting the opportunity to go from living in the U.K to studying in America is an amazing chance don't get me wrong. But what's life going to be like when you find out you're staying with the schools bad boy.

Elizabeth Bell can't escape her past. No matter what she does: changing her name or her looks. It's her handsome ex-husbands face on a magazine that haunts her every day. The nightmares of her past continue to torment her, and it gets worse when she comes face to face with the devil himself. -------------------- "You don't have a girlfriend right now." "That's right," Blake said sounding bored. "Everyone is wondering if that's because you aren't over your ex-wife, Elizabeth Bell." When he said that I froze. The last thing I wanted from this interview was for him to bring up my past life. Although I changed my name to Rose Matthews, I still freeze every time someone mentions that name. I try so hard to forget my past before I was Rose but when you have so many people constantly bringing it up you can't escape it. Blake's answer brought me back to the present. "No! Honestly, I was glad to be out of that marriage. It was a burden, constantly having to be married to her. I don't have a girlfriend because I want to be able to enjoy the single life for a while. Since I was tied to someone for so long, I just want to have some freedom in my life." He said honestly. I felt France and Jay each grab my hand. I felt my heart break again. I didn't think that was possible. My heart is already broken into a million pieces and somehow he was able to break it even more... ---------------------- Can Elizabeth and Blake learn to love each other again? Or will their past catch up to them?

❝They say all good boys go to Heaven, but bad boys bring Heaven to you.❞ Max Holland is infamous for the horrible game he plays with girls, known as Hump and Dump. Julia Johnson doesn't know about this game, but luckily for her, the teams at the school they attended are extreme rivals, and Julia is forced to stay far away from Max. Unfortunately, Julia always wants what she can't have, and Max has his eye on Julia for a reason he can't figure out yet. It's too bad that pain is inevitable in this love story.

|| Highest Rank - #1 in Humor || Aria Daniels has one of the most vivacious personalities ever. She is a crazy teenage girl that is impossibly hard to drag down. So what happens when she finds a letter telling her that her brother has been kidnapped and won't be returned unless she pays sixty thousand dollars? She doesn't follow the rules of the letter and get the money. Oh no, in fact, she breaks into the kidnappers base with a bobby pin, steals their cupcakes, paints their abs with white paint and somehow ends up in London with a room full of gang members and a bright pink gun. This is one hell of a crazy story. ~~~~~ WARNING: This book is weird as fuck. It's no joke, I am telling you now that all the characters might as well be high on drugs the whole time because some of the shit they do makes no sense but I promise it will make you laugh (if not I'll give you a cookie). [COMPLETED] Copyright © by Laylaa Khan

CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REWRITTEN!

Danielle and Nate haven't gotten along in years, but when Nate discovers Danielle was sexually assaulted the year before, he's determined to fight for her and for love. ***** A week-long power outage can do a lot of things, but mending a decade long broken friendship didn't seem like one of them. However, when Danielle's childhood ex-best friend and current neighbor, Nate, comes knocking on her door every two seconds, she's quickly proven wrong. As Nate uncovers the secret that his best friend sexually assaulted Danielle at a party the year before, he realizes the bitterness of reality and blames himself. While Danielle fights the nightmares that come both night and day, Nate does everything in his power to better things for her, whether she agrees with them or not. Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains sexual content and deals explicitly with sexual assault and violence. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

" I can't believe you cheated on me!" I yelled, causing more people to stare. "You should have seen it coming, Kylie! You know girls find me irresistible!" Austen smirked. Austen and Kylie were the perfect couple. At first, Kylie was reluctant to date Austen because he was known as the school's biggest playboy, but he finally convinced her. Six months later, she caught him in the janitors closet with her biggest nemesis, Britney. The next day, Kylie's dad received a huge job offer he couldn't refuse. She was forced to move to Miami, Florida but kind of liked the idea of starting over. Little did she know, just two months later, the company was going to be moved to Los Angeles, California, her home town. Kylie had already made new friends and was finally starting to enjoy life. On her first day back, she meets a jerk who she presumes is just another one of Austen's friends. As time goes on, does this guy prove to be the newest playboy or the biggest sweetheart?

He takes his other hand putting my hair behind my ear. Why is he doing this? He slowly brings his lips to my ear. I can feel his lips barely touching the top of my ear making me suck in a sharp breath. "I like knowing you're scared of me" He whispers. His breath hits my ear and fans out to my neck. I shiver at his words. He stays that way for a moment before sliding his hand down my forearm and slowly pulling his head away. Our bodies still touching, he looks down at me with a smirk on his lips before he lets me go and walks away without another word. ~~~~ He is not the same person anymore. He has secrets. With him in her life, it is just a bittersweet tragedy.

Michelle Adams is nowhere near popular, and she prefers it that way. She has her best friend Isaac, her burning desire to get into a good college, and a drama-free life just the way she likes it. Until she is inconveniently persuaded by Isaac to go to a dumb high school party before they graduate, where she is instantly thrown into a classic game of spin the bottle with some of her school's most elite. Except there's no kissing involved in this version - not yet at least. Instead, when she spins the bottle and it lands on Cactus Valley High School's biggest heartthrob, she has to agree to date him for one month. So Michelle is tossed into the spotlight and forced to adapt to a new lifestyle, and it all starts with her new fake boyfriend, Chase Matthews. * REWRITTEN * [Written & Completed - July 2018] [Fully Rewritten - 2023] awards & recognition: - #1 in drama - 05/19/2021 - #1 in lose - 08/20/2021 - #1 in kissing - 03/14/2022 - #2 in game - 11/07/2021 - #4 in teen - 05/23/2021