She had the perfect life, until everything she cared about was lost in one day. Laila Hart, a ghost in her own life, traded college dreams and a vibrant future for the quiet anonymity of a waitress, each day a struggle against the suffocating weight of grief. She believed her story was over, a tragedy etched in stone, until a chance encounter on a sun-drenched trail offered a glimpse of something more.

Now, Laila faces a choice: succumb to despair or embrace a destiny she never imagined.

"Laila"

by K.R. Martelle