McKenzie Anosova is a seventeen-year-old high school student trying to survive in her house with her abusive father and trying to keep her three year old daughter safe. Ever since McKenzie was six, her father has been abusing her in horrible ways because her mother left them and her father blames McKenzie. As the years go on, things are only getting worse and now she has a child of her own to protect from her father's wicked ways, and she will do anything to keep her daughter safe. McKenzie meets Julian Reed, the new boy at school. He is the definition of a bad boy, showing up late to class and getting into fights. McKenzie has to focus on graduating so she can leave her father and never look back. She tries to stay away from the sarcastic, caring, bad boy, but he keeps drawing her attention in. Julian is captivated by McKenzie and wants to be apart of her life, but will McKenzie accept his help? Will she ever be able to get out from under her father's grasp and give her daughter a normal life? Or will she and her daughter live in constant fear for the rest of their lives. *** Warning: Slow updates. This book deals with abuse and emotional abuse, sexual assault, language, and dark themes. Recommended for readers at least 15 and up if you're younger than 15 then read at your own risk. You have been warned. The making of this book is all my ideas and please don't steal any of them. This is my very first book so please give me lots of feedback. I want to hear your thoughts.

"The rules for a Mafia wife were endless and strict. Once she entered into this life she would never be free. Women in the Mafia were first daughters, then wives, and then mothers; always under the control of a man, always expected to live up to their expectations." A woman who yields to no man, who cannot be obedient, is not made to be a Mafia wife. Liliana Fiorenza, the headstrong granddaughter of a Sicilian Mafia Don, was not made to be a Mafia wife. Yet, she is forced to return to America and marry the infamous and secretive D'Onofrio heir. Marcello D'Onofrio, the heir to the D'Onofrio legacy, has gained himself a reputation for being far more ruthless than his father ever was. He now sits at the head of one of the most powerful American Mafia families in New York, consumed entirely by his work. Until, that is, he is forced to take on a wife - one who fights him at every turn. TW: Contains violence, assault, depression, and covers the topic of suicide. COMPLETED / BEING EDITED

A teenage girl runs away from home to escape her mother. She starts a new life but what she doesn't expect is to run into a gang leader along the way. Kiara Stone is 17 and in High school. She lives with her mom who despises Kiara and thinks everything she does is wrong, and her dad, she never met. Her mom claims that he took off because Kiara was born and that he was a selfish bastard that only cared about himself. For some reason though, Kiara never believed her mother. She always felt that deep down he was a good person and that he wouldn't have left if her mom wasn't such a bitch. Her mom is a business woman who seems to care more about work than anything else. Kiara has 2 best friends that she considers family. Everyone at school doesn't like Kiara or doesn't care to notice her. They think she is a shy nobody who they can walk all over, but one day at school she gets caught in a fight and when she has to face her mom, everything changes, leading Kiara to her New life. Aiden Craigen is the leader of a small gang in New York that is well connected. He is 18 and has a sister who is 16. Aiden had to take care of her after their parents died when he was 13 in a shooting, leaving him the gang. Aiden's uncle John helped him through it. Before his dad died he always told Aiden to never show weakness because their rivals would use it against him. So Aiden did just that. He never showed weakness to anyone except for Chelsie, until he met her. These 2 kids have completely different back stories, but when they meet, they can't stop themselves from becoming friends, but will they find out that Kiara has secrets of her own that she doesn't even know about? Read to find out more. : ) THIS STORY IS UNDER MAJOR CONSTRUCTION. I AM REDOING AND REWRITING IT. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.