Haven = a poetic note to finding safety and love amid chaos Valentina Romano was the first girl born in the Romano family since decades. Everybody was over the moon when they heard about the little girl, that was the light in their dark world. Valentina lived carefree with her family until one day when she was four everything changed. Kidnapped by a someone she doesn't remember and left at an orphanage, she was now alone and left to take care for herself. Still remembering her family, she tried to stay positiv every day and keep hoping that they will find her. Unluckily she gets adopted by some couple, that later turn out as drug addicts and only adopted her for the extra money they get, not caring about the girl, Valentina was yet left alone to take for herself. Meanwhile the Romanos lost their light. The once so happy family lost all their happiness with the disappearance of their little girl. They are determined to find Valentina and bring her back home. What sounded easy at the beginning, turned into 12 years of not knowing the whereabouts of their bambina. Will Valentina ever get the chance to go back to her family? And will the Romano's finally get their light back? What happens when she finds out about the mafia?

Valeria Black-Moretti was born into power. The first daughter of the legendary Moretti family in generations, she was loved by her seven older brothers and protected by the most feared Italian mafia dynasty in the world. As a child, Valeria was sunshine-fearless, mischievous, and impossible to resist. Until, at four years old, she was kidnapped by her family's enemies. Taken by the Russian mafia, she lost her childhood and was forced into a world of darkness. Years of pain and brutal training transformed her into something no one expected. At thirteen, she escaped. She destroyed the empire that tried to control her and built her own from the ashes. The world learned a new name: Diavola. Now seventeen, Valeria Black is the deadliest assassin alive, an undefeated street racer, a genius hacker, and the queen of the underworld. With her piercing green eyes, cold expression, and unstoppable ambition, she rules through fear and loyalty. She owns Valentiano Weapons, Valentiano Jewelry, and Valentiano Motors, three of the most powerful companies in the world. To everyone else, she is a mystery. To the underworld, she is a queen. But to the Moretti family, she is the daughter they lost. For thirteen years, Carlos Moretti and his seven sons searched for their missing princess. They never knew she survived. They never knew the little girl they lost became the woman the world fears. Until one day, they meet a girl named Valeria Black. A girl with their blood. A girl with their eyes. A girl who doesn't know she is a Moretti. Because Valeria Black-Moretti is not a victim. She is Diavola. And she is the storm.

She is the forgotten heir of an old Italian Mafia dynasty-whispered about in locked rooms and erased from family records the moment she disappeared. Once known as the only daughter of a powerful Sicilian don, she was taken away as a child during a violent betrayal meant to wipe out her bloodline. While the rest of her family vanished into prison walls, graves, and silence, she survived under a different name in a completely different world, growing up unaware of the empire that once belonged to her. Now in her late teens, she carries herself with an unexplainable kind of authority that never matches her age. There's a quiet intensity in the way she looks at people-like she's always calculating, always listening for something others can't hear. She doesn't know she comes from power, but power recognizes her anyway. Her beauty is understated but unforgettable: dark lashes, warm olive skin, and eyes that seem too old for her years, as if they've already witnessed loss she can't remember. She prefers simplicity in how she dresses, yet even that can't hide the natural elegance in her posture or the confidence in her stillness. Strange things begin to follow her as she gets older-men who bow their heads when she passes without knowing why, names she's never heard spoken with fear, and a symbol that keeps appearing in places tied to her past. The truth is closing in slowly: she is not just a lost girl. She is the last living heir to a Mafia throne that never stopped waiting for her return.

"𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐲." ~ Marriage was never for love-it was for legacy. A strategy. A performance. And for the Lombardis and the Morettis, it was the most calculated, showstopping alliance of the century. Roman Moretti, Don of the La Cosa Nostra, and Angeline Lombardi, only daughter of the French-Italian Mafia Capo, had been betrothed since her birth --matched to unite two empires under one crown. Hidden from the world, Angeline was raised to be the perfect wife. Groomed. Silenced. Controlled. She learned early that one misstep would strip her of everything-including her name. Everyone's first mistake? They underestimated her. Though no one had ever seen her, the world assumed the Lombardi Princess was a polished doll. Quiet. Disposable. Roman saw the marriage as a formality-another calculated step toward total dominance. He had no plans to love her. No plans to live with her. Just a wife on paper, tucked away from him elsewhere, summoned when needed for appearances. But everything changed the moment he saw her walking down the aisle. She was perfection. Untouchable. She would be his ruin, his weakness, his obsession, his motivation. His everything. But what if that had been her plan all along? Not everything buried stays dead. Not every identity is what it seems. In a world where saints become monsters and monsters are worshipped like gods, Angeline must decide what's worth saving: her bloodline, her love, or herself. ~ -HEA -18+ -Romance/mystery/thriller -No Cheating/OWD -DARK ROMANCE "OMYGOSH. This book was immaculate. I could NOT put it down at all. Every chapter was AMAZING, the writing is shakespears work and each chapter made me laugh, smile, cry so much and this whole thing was a rollercoaster of emotions." -@Sunfloweraate8

🖤 𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 ✧ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 ✧ She was never meant to be found. But some bloodlines refuse to stay buried. Some daughters are protected. Some are forgotten. And some are turned into weapons. When a missing mafia princess is finally found after years in enemy hands, she isn't the girl they lost. She doesn't remember them. She doesn't trust them. And she definitely doesn't belong to them. Raised by their enemies. Trained to survive. Built to destroy. Now she's back where she was born... surrounded by a family that claims her and a past she doesn't recognize. But blood doesn't lie. And sooner or later- she'll have to choose: the life that made her... or the family that could break her all over again.

At five, Clara Artese gets kidnapped from her family. At seventeen, she returns as a weapon. After twelve years in The Foundry, a secret organization that turns children into elite assassins, Clara has learned how to read every heartbeat, use her body to kill and her voice to manipulate. When her family finally finds her, Clara has only one non-negotiable condition: she won't go home without Silas and Vane, the two boys who survived the Foundry by her side. They are the only family she knows and she's ready to kill everyone who tries to separate them. The Arteses will do anything to have her back, even if it means taking two lethal strangers into their family. As a new mafia war looms and their past hunts them, Clara, Silas and Vane will learn that a family's love can be a lot more stubborn than whatever demon is chasing them. IMPORTANT NOTE: The Deadly Trio (Clara, Silas and Vane) share a strictly platonic bond. They are family, not lovers. Each of them will have their own separate love interest as the story progresses.

Valentina Falcone was born into a powerful mafia family-one built on loyalty, legacy, and blood. The youngest daughter, protected by her father and six older brothers, she was surrounded by a world she was never meant to leave. But she was never meant to remember it. At just two years old, her mother fled Italy in the dead of night, tearing Valentina away from the only family she had ever known-her father, her six older brothers-and disappearing across borders to Spain. Desperate to escape a life of violence and secrets, her mother erased their past, raising Valentina far from the empire she was born into. For years, Valentina believed she was just another ordinary girl... until everything fell apart. Now sixteen, her mother is gone-taken by cancer-and Valentina is left trapped in a cold, suffocating home with a stepfather who makes every day feel like something to survive, not live. The truth about her past was buried with her mother... or so she thought. Because some secrets don't stay hidden. When dangerous men begin watching her, and whispers of a name she doesn't recognize follow her everywhere, Valentina is pulled into a world she doesn't understand-but somehow belongs to. A world of power, betrayal, and blood ties that can't be broken. And then there's him. The enemy. Cold. Ruthless. Loyal to the very empire her mother ran from. He's everything she should fear... and the one person she can't seem to stay away from. In a world where trust is deadly and love is even more dangerous, Valentina must uncover the truth about who she really is- Before it destroys her.

{mafia} {mafia princess} {protective older brothers} ******************************************** Seventeen year old Nevaeh is in for a whirlwind. She spent seventeen not so great years in foster care until one day, in a crazy turn of events, she discovered that her real family was alive and had been searching for her. Not only is she shocked to find that she has two loving parents that are overjoyed to have found her, but she also has 5 older brothers who secretly adore her more than anything in the world. Little does Nevaeh know, her new family, the Carbone's, are hiding a big secret from her. Her new family is actually the head of the most powerful mafia in America. Let's just say, the Carbone family have quite a few skeletons in the closet. Every member of the family was hiding something, including Nevaeh. ******************************************** {mature//contains violence&sexual content} "Don't do that darling" he ground out through clenched teeth. I loved the effect I had on him. I knew I shouldn't, but I did. Grinning, I innocently said, "Why not River?" He studied me intensely for a long moment before accepting my challenge. "Because if you keep squirming like that, rubbing yourself against me, my restraint is going to break" River said. "What? Like this?" I asked, shifting my hips back and forth in his lap. I could feel him start to harden underneath me and my core began to flutter. "Stop it Nevaeh" River ground out. I was quite enjoying this and I didn't really want it to stop, so I said, "Make me." ********************************************** Hope you guys love the story, I have so much fun writing it :) On going story- I try to post weekly updates Love all of you who read it <3

Redress (n.) remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance. In the heart of New York, where the underground world thrives in the shadows, Margaery Alvarez Morozov reigns the dark. "And if I burn, they burn with me." She's only twenty-four, but her mind is well beyond her years. She holds many titles. Head of the Annihilators. Assassin. Billionaire. CEO. She's the scandalous adopted daughter of Alexei, former Pakhan of the New York Bratva, and Alexandra, former head of the Annihilators. She rescues trafficking victims. Dismantles trafficking groups. And is syndicated to the Camaraderie-the brotherhood of the mafia. Her life was perfect, even with the jagged edges. She finally had a loving sister. Doting parents. And all the power she had ever yearned for. But, Margaery Alvarez Morozov is a liar. She's not who she claims to be. She's not even Margaery. She's Ariella Romano. "They scorched me, yet I soothed them with my ashes." Ariella, who was the hated daughter of her family. Despised by her father. Bullied or silenced by her four brothers. Ignored by her twin sister. All because her mother died giving birth to her. After years of neglect, she was abandoned in hell by those she called kin for pushing her twin down the stairs, a crime she never committed. Now, Margaery has built a life far away from the people who destroyed her, but what happens when a mistake by her soldiers leads her straight back to her family who are part of the Cosa Nostra? They're not sure if Margaery is Ariella. If they do discover the truth, they want her forgiveness. Margaery has plans, forgiveness isn't one of them. But with the resurfacing of someone from her wretched past and with her heart at stake, Margaery is forced to fight all over again. This time she isn't sure she'll leave unscathed.

Seventeen-year-old Aria Castellano thought she knew who she was - a scholarship student, a good daughter, a girl with simple dreams and a mother who made the world feel safe. But when her mother dies in a car accident, the life Aria knew unravels overnight. A letter. A name. A father she's never met. Now she's flying across the country to New York - to a mansion with guards at every gate, brothers who don't know what to make of her, and a father still struggling to accept the daughter he didn't know existed. Her stepmother is kind, her new home beautiful... but nothing about it feels right. At St. Augustine's Academy, power hums beneath every smile and secret. The students there were born into legacies - families bound by alliances older than the school itself, until betrayal tore them apart. Those old rivalries still live on in the halls she walks now, and Aria's arrival is stirring them all back to life. One boy in particular seems to hate her most. He's untouchable, cruel in that effortless way only someone raised in power can be. But behind the sharp words and colder eyes is something else - something that pulls her closer even when she knows she shouldn't look twice. As Aria begins to uncover the truth her mother died protecting, she learns that some secrets were buried for a reason... and that even in a world built on bloodlines and betrayal, the most dangerous thing of all might be the way he looks at her. "Some secrets don't stay buried forever. And Aria Castellano's name might be the one that brings them all back to the light"