#1 in mysterious! ___________________ Facade: /fəˈsɑːd/ (noun):a deceptive outward appearance. ____________________ The world's most dangerous organisation and one of the most gentle and kind hearted girl should have no intersection, right? _____________________ The Cavanaughs have recently found out about the existence of their youngest family members, just as one of the most dangerous mafia wars in history is about to commence. The family is having second thoughts about bringing them back, lest they are caught in the crossfire. But the twins aren't so simple, are they? They have more secrets than money in their wallets, and that is saying something as centuries worth of wealth has been passed down to them. ______________________ They aren't what they seem to be. And it doesn't really matter, Because at the end of the day, It's all just a facade, Or, is it? _______________________ Welcome to The Council of the White Knights. -Rei (King). ________________________ Highest Ranking: #1 in crimefiction. #22 in beautiful. #14 in badass. #39 in revenge. _______________________ (None of the pictures in the book are mine. Credits to their original owners.)

"During your stay here, these are the rules you'll be following." He took a piece of paper from his desk drawer and handed it to me. House Rules 1. No backtalk or disrespect towards your brothers and elders. 2. No swearing. 3. No smoke, drinking, vaping, or drugs of any kind. 4. No lying. 5. No boys, dating, or sex. 6. No going to the 4th floor. 7. No going in the basement. 8. No leaving the grounds without an escort. 9. All clothing must be approved before leaving the house. 10. Be in bed asleep by 10:00 pm on weekdays, 12:00 on weekends. I nodded my head as I read the list. I reached his desk and grabbed a pen. "What are you doing?" Dario asked. "Oh, yeah." I chuckled "These are going to need some revision." I began, crossing and marking the paper. Imogen Almeria (all-mer-ee-uh) just lost her mom in the most traumatic way possible, but she'll ugly cry in the dark about that later. She's just discovered she has brothers, some shady ones at that. But don't worry guys, she'll figure it out like eventually.

The light in their darkness. The light that guides them through their dark world. But what happens when that light is snatched away from them? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amara Rose Delilah Bianchi The most beautiful baby girl. Being the first and only girl in 7 generations born into the Bianchi family made everyone protective of her. But what happens when she's kidnapped by her fathers enemy at the age of 6 and returns years later? What happens to the family? How do they cope without knowing if there princess is safe? How do they cope without knowing if their princess is alive? Is Amara the same innocent,funny and carefree little girl she used to be? Or has she changed? But most importantly what happened to Amara and where is she now? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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.

❝Who we are and who we are to survive are two very different things.❞ Adeline Esmeralda Hale-Kingston is a 16-year-old girl with a rough past. Overcoming the things that life threw at her, she made her own name. Adeline, now known as Esme Hale is the youngest fashion influencer and the youngest multi-millionaire in the world. She is also the youngest and one of the best assassins in the underworld. Esme has been through hell and back. When her life finally starts getting better, life throws another problem for her, the person who was her rock is gone... dead. What does she do? She survives because that's the only thing she knows how to do. After the tragedy, Esme decides to go back to the orphanage, to get away and heal. Little does she knows, she is adopted by the last person she thought would adopt her. Now she has to go back and live with her 6 brothers who she so desperately tried to forget. Will her brothers be able to break down her walls and heal her? Will she heal her brothers who were lost without her? Will their secrets bring them closer or further apart? Because they are just not the same. 🚨WARNING: violence, swearing, killing, abuse, flashbacks/ thought of suicide and self-harm, rape.🚨 Cover by @devilsbean Highest ranking #3 in teen fiction (24/2/21) #1 in brother #12 in family #1 in Americanmafia #2 in assassin #1 in twins #1 in twin #1 in familysecrets #6 in littlesister

Astrid Knight was the definition of cold. Preferring to stay in shadows, she had managed to successfully avoid any life-threatening incidents. Fending for herself was hard when she was a minor, forcing her to work on the other side of the law. After an Arson gone wrong, she ended up in the home of the Italian Mafia- her supposed family. Men wanting to build their stolen relationships, a boy getting under her skin and a ghost from the past wanting to team up with her, Astrid didn't have any other choice but to go with the flow. Watch Astrid navigate her way through a mission of taking down a ghost of her past as she juggles love, family and betrayal. Not an incest . More of a romance-adventure TW: violence, swearing, mature scenes. Rewriting [29]

Josephine 'Fin' Rosio Arcane. Fin is the kindest and most cheerful girl anyone can meet. Though she has her dark moments. Despite the fact that she is only seventeen, Fin makes a lot of money. She owns many businesses and food chains. She donates to charity and provides help to anyone who needs it. Fin loves to spend time at children's hospitals, caring for them and teaching them new things. When her mother suddenly passes away from drug overdose, Fin is forced to move in with her father and brothers she knew nothing about. She agrees as she saw an opportunity to help more people. Warning: The love interest has an eight years age gap with the main character. She is 17 and he is 25, so if you aren't comfortable with that, please move on to another book or you can imagine a different age. Also, the relationship in this story is fast paced.

Used to be 'never underestimate the broken' Isabella is a independent, intelligent, food loving fifteen year old with a rocky past. When she's finally free of her demons she's send off to her five brothers she didn't even know she had. Isabella can hide a lot, but there isn't enough room for her secret when her anxienty, trust issues, nightmares and flash backs takes all the space. Little did she know she wasn't the only one with secrets. _______________________________ "Your mother and stepfather have been arrested for drug trafficking and driving around while being toxicated. Usually we need to find you a foster home, but your older brother already took custody." "Woah, hold on- I have an older brother?! Since when?!" "Actually, you have five older brothers, miss" Deep breaths Bella, breath in and out. Just keep your front up and they won't suspect a thing. After a week you'll be back here and then everything will be normal again. Don't open up, just keep running. But no matter how fast you run, the past always runs faster.