Saudade- a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or has been loved, then lost; "the love that remains" Marlowe Wanless, just 11-years-old has spent the better part of her life that she can remember in the house of her abusive and drug addicted stepfather. After he has been arrested for possession of illicit substances, Marlowe's custody has been shifted to her 7 terrifying older brothers who are surrounded by rumors regarding their line of work. The Valente's now juggle healing a mentally destroyed child while simultaneously sheltering her from lurking rival business' that will stop at nothing to harm the littlest Valente. Have the rival businesses just brought more danger then her stepfather? Who can be trusted? Or the bigger question, who can't?

Benjamin or Ben is a 8 year old little boy with Albinism and Type 1 diabetes. his entire life he has been pushed away, ignored, forgotten, and neglected. His parents never spoke a word about him to anyone, not their friends, coworkers, or even his own brothers. He lives a life of mediocracy, full of schedules, bland but nutritious food, and nobody that shows a care in the world about him out of actual care just paid to make sure he stays out of the way. What will happen when Benjamin snaps? When he gets tired of nobody showing they care. What will his brothers do when they find out they have another brother that their parents never told them about. Read and find out ;)

Dean Valentino grew up different from his brothers. Harsher. Angrier. Scarier. Ever since his parents passed and he found out the secrets of his family, Dean no longer remained the silly little boy he was in his childhood. His life stayed the same, murder, drink, one night stands, sleep, repeat. He's all over the tabloids, known as the city's greatest party boy, his reputation tainting the business name. His siblings think he's a lost cause, his only interest lying in his underground boxing ring. That is until one fiesty little ball of sunshine enters his life and changes everything. Spin off to my first book "Family Issues" can be read as stand alone too.

"You left me for her. Now you want to remember how to breathe without me?" Two years abandoned. Two years silent. On their anniversary, he walks in with the woman he left her for. Papers signed, heart sealed, she walks away. But the past has claws-and soon, the truth unravels. When the mistress turns out to be a nightmare in lace, and the wife-his wife-emerges stronger, crueler, and so heartbreakingly beautiful... he regrets everything. But regret isn't enough. He wants her back. This time, he'll burn the world to do it.

Ethan used to be the awkward boy nobody noticed. Layla loved him before the money, attention, and new crowd changed him. But over the last three months, something feels different. Late nights. Cancelled plans. Quiet lies. And one girl who suddenly seems to be everywhere he is. After a humiliating night forces Layla to question everything, she begins to wonder if the version of Ethan the world admires is slowly replacing the man she fell in love with. And Ethan is left to face a truth he never wanted to admit.

Seven years ago, Mafia Don Antonio Duarte's wife left their home in Italy with their baby daughter, leaving Antonio alone with his four sons. Antonio was heartbroken to lose his baby daughter and spared no expense in trying to find his ex-wife and his baby girl. Anastasia has grown up with her mother and her mother's husband, Gerald. She's been the victim of their abuse for as long as she can remember and doesn't understand why her Mommy would make her come and live with this man. But her Mommy also says that Ana's daddy doesn't love her. Because she's a girl. Because he is an evil and dangerous man. Ana hasn't spoken a word since meeting and moving in with Mommy's new husband when she was three years old. Gerald doesn't want to hear from her at all, so she doesn't speak. Anywhere. To anyone. Ana just hopes to make it through each day. When a social worker and two police officers come to collect Ana from school, she learns that both her mommy and Gerald have been killed. Across the ocean, Antonio Duarte learns of the death of his ex-wife at the hands of his associates. He learns that his baby daughter is in the care of Social Services until a more permanent solution can be found. Antonio is going to get his daughter back. However, he has no idea how broken his daughter is. His sons don't know how to treat or communicate with their baby sister when she returns home. And poor Ana doesn't know who she can trust anymore.

Hollywood Series Book #1 For two years, the world watched us fall in love. Our romantasy series became a global obsession and suddenly everyone was interested in us. Interviews went viral. Edits got millions of views. Fans called our chemistry once in a generation and swore no one could fake the way he looked at me. I believed it too, the spark in his eyes, the passion in his touch, the care in his words. While we dated secretly for a year. Until a grainy image of his lip locked with an Ex went viral and I overheard him in a private meeting telling the producers he couldn't do this anymore. That he couldn't keep pretending to be interested in me. And suddenly I didn't know which moments belonged to the show and which ones never existed at all. But one thing was clear, I was just a part of his performance.

*Sequel to The Moretti Heiress* Everyone knows the names Moretti and Martinez. The families behind billion-dollar companies. The families whispered about in boardrooms and feared in darker places. The families powerful enough to make headlines with a single move. And then there's Livia Martinez. The daughter of Serena Moretti and Kayden Martinez. Quiet. Reserved. More likely to be found reading a book than attending one of her family's extravagant events. Most people overlook her. Livia prefers it that way. Because being invisible is easier when you're hiding secrets. But when a school trip to France takes a deadly turn, Livia is dragged into a mystery she was never supposed to uncover. Someone is watching. Someone knows far more about her than they should. And the answers she's searching for may be buried within her own family's past. The problem? The quiet girl everyone ignores might be the most dangerous person in the room. Because the silent heiress is done staying silent. #1 out of 10.5k : spanish #1 out of 11k : hack #2 out of 3.77k : dramaromance #2 out of 14.3k : france #14 out of 16.1k : rivalry #18 out of 164k : mafia

I stayed when I shouldn't have. I stayed through half-listened conversations and promises that disappeared the moment someone else needed him more. I told myself I was overthinking. That things would change eventually. So I learned how to swallow my discomfort. My loneliness. My doubts. Until everything fell apart. Now I can't stop wondering why it took almost losing my life to finally understand what I already knew all along: I should've left him long ago. ............. Warning: This story uses mature language and scenes. © IcecreamSundae5. All rights reserved.

I was the woman he loved. She was the woman he could never refuse. I stopped competing with Veronica the day I understood the truth: Adrian hadn't just let her into our lives, he'd built her a home inside the spaces meant for me. For two years, I was Claire Monroe. The safe and steady one. The woman Adrian Cole never had to worry about because she never made a scene, raised her voice, or asked for more than he was willing to give. Understanding. Patient. Reliable. I wore those words like armor, never realizing they were the very reasons he felt free to look away. And while I stayed quiet, Veronica Steele, the grieving family friend, the woman who wielded her sorrow like a blade, quietly took everything that should have been mine. Not his heart. No. Something worse. His presence. His attention. Every late-night conversation, every cancelled dinner, every moment he chose to be somewhere I wasn't. I learned the cost of that choice on the kitchen floor of our apartment, my body folding in on itself, my appendix rupturing as I whispered his name into a voicemail he wouldn't hear until it was too late. Adrian. Please. I need you. He was with her. Of course he was with her. I survived the surgery. But lying in that hospital bed, staring at the empty chair beside me, I finally understood something I should have known all along: There was no reason left to stay. So I stopped waiting. And only then, only when the door had already closed, did Adrian finally see the truth. But seeing and losing never happen in the right order. "Unfaithful Promise" is the story of a man who realized what he had only after he had nothing left to hold, and a woman who finally decided she would never again be someone's second choice. Some people don't recognize love until they're standing in the ruins of it.