𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡 ⚜⚜⚜ The minute she turns around, my eyes lock onto her. Her striking features catch my attention, and I notice the exhaustion in her amber eyes. Then it hits me. She's the girl who tried to escape earlier outside. I've seen her before. Where have I seen her before? I've seen her where-suddenly, realization strikes me. She was the one who served us at the club. "Y-You," my son stares at her in disbelief. "Yeah, I know I'm hot as fuck," she smirks. ⚜⚜⚜ Valentina isn't just a teenager- she's Medusa, a ruthless assassin and the Donna of the American Mafia. Beneath her normal life lies a world of danger, secrets, and a painful past filled with heartbreak and abuse. After her cruel stepfather dies in a fire, the police uncover a link to her father and brother she never knew about. As Valentina moves in with her family, deadly threats and the truth about her mother emerge, forcing her to question everything. Can she trust her family with her secrets? Will they accept her for who she truly is? And what is her mother hiding?

Briella,17, never had a stable family set up. She was left alone by the age of 7, to fend for herself. Her father hated her, abused her for her whole life. Briella usually got into trouble with the law. She has never trusted anyone before in her life... that was until her father passed away. Marco Enzo, 28, a caregiver to his 7 brothers, gets a phone call from the Illinois Police department informing him that they have his sister in custody. The sister that he has tried to find for 17 years. A whole new family that she didn't know about. A "secret" business. Trauma and heartbreak. Built up anger and more..

She hated them. They loved her with everything in them. The universe truly has a sick way of telling you it's there, doesn't it? From being kidnapped to being abused, that was all Arabella saw in life. It was all she ever knew. They tell you to keep fighting but sometimes you realize... you were just a child. Now she's built herself up using her pain as the next step to her strength. She's learnt how to strive forward even as her past haunts her mind crawling up her back every passing second. That is until the first 7 people who only ever brought her pain find their way back into her life. She has no way to let go of her past when they come right back to her. The world showed her no mercy in it's ways so why should she. ~~~ I let out a small sigh wanting more of this. I wanted to be held like this whenever I felt broken. Feel the way he puts me back together in his arms. It ate at my heart and I could have sworn I felt a feathery kiss on my head. It was as if he could hear my thoughts and was kissing them away for me. Slowly he lets one hand go, the other staying around me as he brings my chin up to him gently wiping my last tears as more fill my eyes. He sees this and his eyes look... crumbled. If you feel this way then why can't you choose me, Dominic. I shake my head from his hands wishing to step back but he pulls me back to him a pain filled groan leaving him. "Just one more minute. Please." His body shook and I brought him closer, feeling our pain become one. Our hurricanes of minds pull away even for the smallest time letting us stand together as one in each other's embrace. He was it for me. But I wasn't his.

This is a sequel for The Ones Who Failed Us. If you have not read that book, do not read this book description because it contains spoilers. Almost a year has passed since Avalee Russo killed Demetri. Since then, Ava has played the part of the perfect sister and daughter, pretending that she had healed well when really she was hurting more than anyone knew. Her brothers believed her, but her father was another story. Not a day passes when nightmares reminding him of those seven torturous years interrupt his sleep. But everything changes with one phone call. Realizing how truly broken their sister and father are, the Russo brothers attempt to break down their walls, and unlock the key to one secret that Ava has kept for months. A secret that will break her family and make them realize how much they failed their sister. Will the Russos be able to help Ava and Antonio before it's too late?

Ten years ago, Avalee was sent away from her brothers and father with her pregnant mother, Alessia, for their safety. After the sudden death of Alessia, Avalee and Teddy are left in the care of their abusive stepfather, Damon, until his death. The siblings are shipped to New York to live with the brothers who abandoned them. Avalee and Teddy have lost all trust in adults, and Avalee is angry at her brothers for not taking them in after their mother's death. Will they learn to trust their brothers? Will they learn to live with their past?

Alexa is a 15-year-old who only felt loved by her grandmother. with parents who don't want her, she ends up in the streets when the only person she loves dies. One day when she is resting in her spot she meets the man that changes her life. The man she saves that day gives her the only thing she wished for since she was a toddler. A family. What happens when you go from a homeless girl to saving one of the most powerful men. follow Alexa on her adventure #1 Mafia 2021 04 04 #4 Adopted 2021 04 11 #5 gangs 2021 04 13 #sad 2021 04 13 The pictures are not mine only the story

Lana has been living in an orphanage for as long as she can remember. It's been a rough life for her. Especially with her fear of men. She didn't have any living family. Or so she thought. Dean, Vincent, Axel, and Damon Vinati first heard that they had a sister two years ago. They've been searching for her nonstop since then. What happens when they finally find her? Will their own secrets be unraveled? But most importantly... Will they get Lana to trust them?

Liviana Vitale has spent her life surrounded by trauma. But these past two years have been the hardest ones yet. She always thought the only brother she has is Theo, who is currently in juvie. But what happens when a DNA test and a phone call finally lands Liv with her Biological Family. After years of thinking the man she called dad was really her stepfather, Liv has a lot of shocks coming her way. She must learn to live with her new father, four older brothers, and older sister, while trying to move forward in life and accept the past. All the while, secrets are uncovered and threats are made. But that's what happens when your family leads the Italian Mafia. And all the while, she is writing a book of her own. ...... There are many triggers throughout this book, please be careful.

After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister. For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives. For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind. Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn. As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.

Aria Moretti has been through tragedies that no teenager should have to suffer through in their childhood. When her abusive foster parents are arrested, Aria finds her father and 7 brothers who have been searching for her since she was kidnapped at the age of 3. Also, they live in Italy. And did I mention they are the Italian Mafia. Aria's past holds secrets that affect the entire Moretti family. Secrets that not even Aria knows about herself that will be uncovered.