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

•Sequel to Contrasting Similarities. Cannot be read as a standalone• 'And if I'm not around, put your hand on your chest and feel the beat. My heart will be there, beating inside you, providing comfort in the form of a heartbeat.' The big heart left, but its love lingered. Basking in the warmth of its memories, the little hearts have survived each cruel day hoping to find some sort of hope and a source of happiness. Amira Levi Verlice was not very fond of the turn life took nor was she prepared for getting all the control she had on her life, ripped off from her. Suffering from Schizophrenia and dealing with the memories of her haunting past, she tries to hold onto that little thread of hope that seems too close yet so unreachable. The happiness she was looking for came in the form of five more siblings. Desperate to snatch back all she was ripped of, she starts finding the love, comfort and care in her new family. Little does she know, the hearts she was leaning on for support had a wounded side to them; a side they were trying hard to hide from the little hearts. As the curtain hiding their hearts is unveiled, the secrets from their past come forth into the light, bringing with them the buried trauma that the siblings were desperately trying to forget. Follow along the journey of the Mazzanti siblings as they go through each day desperate to make it better for each other, accepting the changes and dealing with the revealed secrets. Warning: Mentions of Schizophrenia, Physical and Sexual abuse, Self-harm and Violence.

Entangled Book #4 Amara Knight is bold, badass and a prankster, who is undeniably sweet and has a heart of gold. But she's an annoyance, or rather deliberately being one for Ryan Peterson, a sweet, loving, obedient boy every parent wishes to have. They both have known each other ever since they were kids because their parents are best of friends. These two grew together, have played together, but could hardly tolerate each other. He schools her. She annoys him. The more he pushes her away, the more she pokes his buttons. They argue, they quarrel, but won't ever declare the soft spot they have for each other. Having never found themselves entangled in anything other than disagreements, let's see how love gradually embraces them in its mystical possession. **I do not allow my work to be used or adapted in any way without my permission.**

"And selfishly, it still wasn't enough to make me stay." ~~~ Three months ago, Cassidy Rhodes hit her breaking point. After a childhood of tragedy and turmoil, raising herself and her little brother, Cassie fell into the depths of depression and made a decision that would change her life forever. After spending the last three months in a children's psych ward, Cassie expects to go back to the dingy apartment she's lived in all her life with her Mom and little brother. But what she doesn't expect is for a strange man, who claims to be her long-lost brother, to be the one to bring her to an unfamiliar home with not one, but seven strangers who claim to be her unknown family, she's never met in 12 years of being on her own. Cassie has always thought her future would be nothing a but premedicted teenage-tragedy. An inevitability. But with new, unforeseen changes rattling her self admittedly meritless life, the future has never seemed less set in stone for Cassie Rhodes. Started: July 5th 2021 Finished:

How can people be so similar yet so different? How can situations be strange yet so familiar? Twins Amira and Aurora were put under the custody of their mother when they were five. So much has happened since then. But what was the worst was the loss they've experienced. The sadness one of them has felt and the pain she has endured. They live for each other. They have their contrasts and their similarities. But one thing for sure is common. Priorities. The first priority is their other half. Their twin. But what happens when the situation leads them back to their brothers who were left in their biological father's custody? What happens when they finally receive the sibling love they couldn't give each other yet they both craved? What happens when they are forced to escape their own bubbles and experience what true care and affection is? And along the way, they discover the contrasting similarities, that help them heal and discover a different kind of love yet so similar. TW: Mentions of Abuse, Death and Schizophrenia.

Alessa Rossi: She knows the true meaning of 'Elegance with Expense.' The consequences, the abandonment, the pain, and suffering, she had been through it all. Within her weakness, she found courage, persistently offering a brilliant bright light, pushing aside her wounded frame to help others. It was a favoured belief that the young teenager would deteriorate at such a young age, but that only strengthened her, the doubts, lies and abuse only made her stronger. Her fear was never apparent, with the exception of her brothers, her family scouting into her dark past...

Life is a funny thing one moment can change your life. But the thing is you can always point to something that causes that change and then something that cause that and so on. It all depends on the cards you've been dealt and what you make and do with them. So what cards have been dealt to the Cortelli family? Especially in regards to the youngest two. Well to keep things short and sweet let's just say that they haven't been dealt the best cards in life. Now one may wonder: what happened to this family. The answer if you want to know is that the Cortelli family wasn't just any family they were mafia. Being involved in the mafia has you being dealt a whole new deck of cards and the lowest cards in the deck happened to fall to the two youngest who were kidnapped when they were a year and a half old. Read to find out what the twins, Lilliana and Lucas, experienced in their fourteen years away from their eight brothers and how they will be reunited. What cards will they hide, show and what new cards will they be dealt? After all life is a gamble. © All Rights Reserved Not an incest story Started in Late September First post date: 12/18/20 Final post date: High Rankings: #1 Anxiety Attacks #1 Big Brothers #1 Reunion #1 Lilliana #1 Long Lost Siblings #1 Long Lost Brother #1 Only Sister #1 Reunited #3 Mafia Brothers #4 Big Family #4 Siblings #6 Long Lost Sister #7 Family #8 Older Brothers #8 Panic Attacks #9 Mafia #9 Abuse #9Twin #11 Brothers #16 Little Sister #16 Abused #26 Overprotective #26 Lucas #40 Sister #43 Love

Is blood really thicker than water?

"What makes you think we can trust this Agent 1 guy?" "I-uh, I knew him before he was an agent...he's trustworthy...to an extent." "And I already told you I corrupted him. It's all good." "We're all going to die." *** Devin's hurt. Jason's missing. Lily's alive. The team finally has what they need to take down Garrett...but now they're short one agent. Lily can fill in for Jason but they still can't count on Devin till he's completely healed. So they decide to rely on a new ally...or maybe just an old enemy. When they need help who better to turn to than a new agent? As Lily's pointed out before, new agents are always easy to corrupt... But Agent 1 never really needed to be corrupted to begin with...this isn't going to end well. ***Book 3***

"She was my best friend. Someone I trusted far more than anyone else." "What was she like?" "She was worse than Devin if you can believe that." *** When the team goes on the hunt for Agent 77, aka Garrett, they discover some key information in finding him...Only one problem, the last person who had it was Agent 57. While they retrace her last steps, they run into Eliane, a civilian who gets caught in the cross fire. When they are put in charge of protecting her till the mission's over, they learn exactly how much Thirteen hates other girls. But when Eliane starts getting closer and closer to Cody, Thirteen begins to revert back to her cold self. While Chase and Devin blame it on jealousy, Jason tries to look at it more closely, coming to the conclusion that while Thirteen seems to not be able to stand this Eliane girl, there is something more to it that's fueling her anger. While Thirteen struggles to prove that there's more to Elaine than they can see, she gets a blast from the past. Thirteen's a closed off and secretive person, so how will the team react when they find out exactly how open she can be around the right people? And what will they do when they have some questions that only she can answer? Thirteen's always known more about the case than she's let on. But when she refuses to answer their questions they need find someone who can. Unfortunately the only other person with answers, is Garrett... ***Book 2*** Highest Ranking: #1 in Action