"Strength isn't about how much you can handle before you break; it's about how much you can endure after you've been broken" *** Astria Belle Crawford hasn't had the best of childhood. The separation from her brothers and father had affected her in ways even she couldn't understand. Her mother's manipulative nature wasn't exactly the comfort she needed but she worked with it and went on with life. But when her mother decides that she needs a break from everything, including her daughter, Astria is sent off to live with her elder brothers whom she hadn't met in at least nine years. With understandable reluctance, she agrees to live with them. But dark truth comes forward as Astria realizes that her whole life was just a web of lies and she may never be the same again. On top of this, it just turns out that life with her brothers may not be as easy as she had assumed, it might as well be worse than one with her mother. And when her brothers persuade her to live with them, unknown to what's happening with their little sister, life just gets ten times worse for Astria. *** #1 in brothers - 19/11/2021 #1 in support - 1/10/2021 #1 in annoying - 31/10/2021 #1 in studies -1/2/2022 #1 in abused -13/3/2022 #1 in siblings -15/3/2022 #1 in manipulation -24/4/2022

Sloan. 17 years old. Billionaire. Mafia Queen. At the age of 2 Sloan was kidnapped from her family by her father's second in command and taken to Spain. He was psychotic and was obsessed with Sloan from birth. Till the age of 10 she experienced constant physical and verbal abuse. Sloan knew he was never her father, she never believed him even when he punished her for saying so. He died a slow death, killed by his enemies, leaving Sloan in foster care. Where she is immediately adopted by a man and woman, who have no real good intentions. They thought they could be push overs to the 10-year-old, but after 8 years of abuse she has had enough. She learns to fight, meeting people that become her first ever family, building her empire from the ground up. Becoming a name that people are afraid to mention. The D'Aboville's, left shattered after their daughter and sister is kidnapped from their home by a trusted mafia member. They've looked for years always coming up empty handed, until they get an anonymous call saying that the said trusted member was killed, but they heard nothing about their daughter. Thinking she died with him or long before, they call off their search. Only to get a call 7 years later saying that their long lost daughter was in fact very much alive. NOT EDITED and in dire need of it. DISCLAIMER: Strong language, sexual content and violence.

If there's anything Evie Barrett has learned in her sixteen years of living, it's that there's a lot more to family than blood. She's stuck by that fact since the day her mother turned her back on her so many years ago, suddenly sharing nothing more than the same green eyes and a last name. While Evie didn't have her biological relatives, she filled the gap her mother left with people that she'd die for in a heartbeat. It was far from conventional but perfect to her ⎯ she wouldn't have had it any other way. That is, until she gets told that her mother is dead, and that she's going to be sent to live with her seven long lost brothers. Evie's definition of family is about to be turned upside down. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ highest rankings: #1 in recovering, 12/3/22 #1 in innerdemons, 3/17/25 #3 in brokenfamily, 3/4/22 #5 in hurt, 10/4/23 #5 in rebel, 4/7/24 #11 in foundfamily, 9/9/24 #14 in trauma, 10/23/23 #31 in mental health, 3/4/23 tysm for all the support, hope you enjoy! - elle.

When an intruder breaks into her house, Tarryn's life is flipped upside down. Soon, she discovers her parents aren't the people she thought she knew and that their dark past that has caught up with her family, including a killer determined to cause chaos for her and her siblings.

Brynn Kingslee has spent a third of her life protecting herself from her stepfather as fiercely as a twelve year old can. Only to find, after his death, she has seven fiercely protective older brothers who didn't realise that not only would they be protecting her from their work, but also protecting her from her past, too.

* C U R R E N T L Y E D I T I N G & R E W R I T I N G * BOOK 1 - THE LOMBARDI SERIES L I L Y At the tender age of twelve, Lily has never seen the world beyond the tiny window of her bedroom. She's never known love, or comfort, or care. Growing up with abusive parents and an older brother who seemingly could care less if she lives or dies, she's only ever had herself to rely on in order to keep her from breaking. At least, that was the case. When her family decides to move from California to New York, Lily finds everything she's only ever dreamt of. Friends, happiness... family? What happens when Lily meets the Lombardi brothers and finds out her entire life has been a lie? - T R I G G E R W A R N I N G this story contains; abuse, self-harm, anxiety, drugs, mental illness, mature scenes (SA), forbidden romance and panic attacks. there will be trigger warnings at the top of each chapter. - BOOK ONE OF THE LOMBARDI SERIES. • Book 2 - IF I STAY - Leo (complete) • Book 3 - BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME - Jack (ongoing) - 1 in #Care 1 in #Help 1 in #Bambino 1 in #LongLostSiblings 1 in #BabySister 1 in #Reunited 1 in #Saving 1 in #Friends 1 in #Childhood 1 in #Anxiety 2 in #Secrets 2 in #LittleSister 2 in #Abused 3 in #OlderBrothers 3 in #Family 6 in #Brothers 6 in #Twins - S T A R T E D - 2O|12|2O21 C O M P L E T E D - 4|O4|2O22 - C O P Y R I G H T ALL RIGHTS RESERVED @shanlivx

*Rewriting offline and finishing the sequel offline* 18 years ago she was taken. No one knew who took her. Was she alive, most didn't know and many didn't believe so. Alora Cattaneo, she's a girl who doesn't talk much because of the trauma she's experienced. She lost both of her best friends before she was teenager. Cold hearted yet hopeless. Not knowing if her life would ever change. How wrong was she after finding out her "father" was not actually her father and that he died in a tragic accident. Automatically she thinks she is going into was orphanage only a few hours later she meets her father and older brothers. Will she trust them, trust, something she hasn't has in a long time. Will they accept her with all her faults and trauma. Let's find out. Read to more to find out!! FYI - The sequel is included in this book so you dont have to go look for the sequel after you finish this half of the book. 50 000+ words Rankings: #28 - girl #17 - lost #15 - trust #41 - broken #28 - past #6 - big #55 - lies #47 -nightmares #63 - torture #894 - mafia Cover idea & pins - @eroticdesires

At the age of 15 Isabella is struck with the loss of her mother, when her brothers are to take her in will she ever trust them? Will she find her happiness? Will she survive? What happens when her time is running out? Read to find out the life of Isabella Accradi and how she will try and survive living with 6 over protective annoying brothers and an illness that could kill her. I would like to thank REI-NAA for the amazing cover <3

Leonardo Giovanni became a father at the age of twenty. The new mafia Don was a closed off cold man that left people shaking in fear. He loved his daughter Maggie so much. He changed his ways for her. Leo wanted the best for his little girl. But one morning all of that changed. When he went to wake her up his bright bubbly baby was not in her crib. Her window was wide open and all of her baby stuff, including her little elephant stuffy was gone. Fourteen years later little baby Maggie is running from the cops for the third time that month. The cops are sick of her and even more sick of trying to locate this girls mother. Finding no luck they dig through the system hoping that someone can claim this mischievous teenager. One day at work Leo gets an unexpected call from a police station on the other side of the country. When he finds out it's his daughter he jumps right on to the opportunity of seeing her. Maggie has a lot of secrets and a bounty on her back. How can the friendly, bubbly, talkative girl escape her demons? How can Leo a cold mafia Don raise an energetic fifteen year old? How will Leo get Maggie's trust? Will their fiery attitudes clash? What happens when Leo finds out about his daughters past? TW - Abuse, Drugs, SA, Alcohol, Fighting Not edited. Started: 01/15/2022 Finished: 05/03/2022

The whole underground world knows of the infamously lost mafia princess Ariana Romano, the only girl born into the most ruthless and coldest mafia family the world has ever seen, who at four years old kidnapped by her own mother. The day where the Romano family became even colder and heartless, their only light in their darkness stolen. No one knows the fate of Ariana Romano since that fateful day. Ten years later, two of the Don of the Italian Mafia's sons were ambushed and captured by one of their enemies. Imagine the brothers' surprise when thrown into a cell only to find their baby sister down there struggling to survive. STARTED: March 2, 2022 FINISHED: ongoing