Athena Marchetti has survived the silence, the secrets, and the steel walls of her family's legacy. Now seventeen, she's stepping into a world that's both familiar and new - a prestigious private academy where the weight of her name follows her like a shadow. By her side are Lulu and Jules, her fierce and loyal best friends, sisters in all but blood. Together, they navigate the highs and lows of teenage life, carving out space for laughter, dreams, and unbreakable bonds. But when Matteo Ricci, the brooding and notorious heir of a rival family, crosses her path, Athena's carefully guarded world begins to shift. Surrounded by her fiercely protective brothers and caught between loyalty and desire, Athena must learn what it means to stand tall, trust in love, and bloom in the harshest steel. Book 2

Elowyn "Winnie" Smith met Ben when she was 4 years old. They've been best friends since they were 6. After her dad died when she was 13, he was the only person she wanted to talk to. He should know everything about her, shouldn't he? But he doesn't, and Elowyn is slowly drowning in the weight of her secrets. He doesn't know about the creepy guy who won't leave her alone or how bad her home life and her mother have gotten. And he definitely doesn't know that she's slowly falling in love with him. But he would never want her, he's captain of the soccer team and could have any girl he wants. She's the girl he sees as a sister, he's even known her since before she went to speech therapy for her stutter. So why can't she shake this feeling, even though she knows it's so wrong? ✦ ─ ˗ˋ ୨୧ ˊ˗ ─ ✦ He draws me back in, our lips connecting again and I feel like I'm melting. Like I can't think at all. Like there's no such thing as any of my problems. There's no depressed mom, there's no jealousy, there's no secrets. There's only his calloused hand rubbing my cheek and his hair beneath my fingers. I'm hot and I'm cold and I'm melting. I'm gone, disappearing into the sand beneath us. ✦ ─ ˗ˋ ୨୧ ˊ˗ ─ ✦ Tropes: friends to lovers, childhood friends, golden boy, shy girl x popular boy, only one bed, secret crush Triggers: mental illness, depression, sa

**WATTPAD & INKITT ARE MY ONLY PUBLISHING PLATFORMS. IF YOU SEE MY BOOKS ANYWHERE ELSE, PLEASE REPORT THEM!!** A 19 year old woman went through her teen years not in the easiest way. A few days after her 18th birthday, she found out she was pregnant, not to mention the father had no longer been in the picture. She finds herself on her own as her family disagreed with her choices of keeping the baby and disowned her, leaving her on the streets to fend for herself. She gets by the next 9 months with the last of her cash she built up over the past few years in motels, shelters and food banks up until the day she gave birth to her beautiful baby girl. Knowing she wasn't able to provide for her child, she tried multiple adoption centres, baby units, care centres but found herself refusing every one. A 20 year old man lived his life care free, drinking with his friends, providing for himself with a well paid job and strolling through life like a walk in the park. But one thing he didn't plan for is opening his door in the morning to wails and screams coming from a carrier with a simple note saying "She's yours." DISCLAIMER: There is some key information missing that could lead to a lot of confusion for some parts of the story and the timeline is a little chopped up, but I thank you for your patience when reading the book and hope you enjoy! :) Word Count: 38,000+ No.1 in #fatherhood from 2020-22. No.1 in #ex from 2021-March 2022. No.1 in #problematic in January 2023. 100K Views - April 2022.

~book 1 of The Fragile Hearts series~ a story in which a girl discovers her family again. Charlotte is a girl whose faced so many hardships at her young age. At 15, she's lost the only family she's known. After reading a letter her grandma left, she discovers something that could change her life. Who will charlotte end up with? Will they have a relationship and be a family? only one way to find out :)

Angelo Lesca. The young Capo, as they called him. He was powerful in his line of work. He kept some friends, but more girls. He wouldn't admit that his high school sweetheart, the love his life, was the reason of his cold hearted power. But then, a young girl named Mercury shows up at his apartment, during a storm, claiming to need his help. She was the girl at his door.

Kun is just a normal hard-working Psychology student. He has always had an interest in mental disorders, and he has studied hard to get to know more about them. This results in a rather unfortunate opportunity. His teacher gives him an internship at one of the most notorious mental institutions. Kun first thinks it will be his last internship ever, as the rumours about the place are dark and scary. But are the rumours based on facts, or are they just myths? Yangyang has been locked into a mental institution ever since he can remember. The nurses have never been nice to him, and Yangyang kept failing to communicate with them. It was as if he was an alien on the wrong planet. He threw tantrums, the nurses sedated him, and when he woke up he was wearing a straightjacket, lying in a padded room. When he was let back into his own room, soon the miscommunication started again. This circle repeated itself over and over, and Yangyang was slowly getting tired of everything. They had diagnosed him with being 'possessed by a demon' but in reality, he was just a simple boy with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ✎﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏ WARNING! This story will contain mention of mental disorders, a creepy asylum, abuse, fights, cursing and ableist/anti-autism people. I have done my research on ASD, and from my own personal experience, I will include the most correct view of ASD that I can.

Grace is a single mother her son is 1 years old with autism what happens when daycare calls and says Oliver can't come back she has no choice but to bring him to work she works as an assistant her boss walks in her office see her son read and find out what happens next.

"I am not going to marry a crippled!".He spat. Melanie,in a car accident that killed her family,was left crippled.Her uncle who was her only relative decided to marry her off.She was told that her life would be different and she would be happy. But.... Then again that's what she was told.

Aria Lane is your typical shy girl next door; she always completes her homework on time and almost never receives a F on her report card. But what she considers to be a F in her life is her type 1 diabetes. Even though she has been diagnosed with it, she still struggles to keep it under control. What she doesn't have control over is her older sister Hailey, who one night asks Aria to drive her to a party and pick her up later; Aria has no idea that she will run into Dylan, the most popular guy at school, who may or may not have his eye on her.

Julia Hawkins is a teenage girl who just wants to be treated like everyone else. She is a young girl with autism, and because of this, people think she's odd. Her classmates don't understand why she is so fixated on one subject, is antisocial, and stims when she gets excited. Julia doesn't know why people find her so weird, and she also wants her parents to not get so frustrated with her because she really is trying in all she does. Her special interest is performing, singing, and anything that has to do with the fantasy world. Julia one day hopes to be the lead in her school play. She will show people that she can do things on her own, and not let her disability define her. Some events in the story are loosely based on my own life experiences as a woman with autism.