BROKEN PRODIGY I Following the passing of their mother, the now orphaned Di Genova siblings found themselves slowly unravelling. With a distrusting mafia empire to run and personal heartbreak to mend, all attention to the youngest Di Genova disappeared leaving the distraught six-year-old to fend for herself. After two long years of unexplained cold shoulders, cruel dismissals and general abandonment from her siblings, child prodigy Dakoda Reese Di Genova finally reached her breaking point. At the tender age of eight, she made the difficult decision to leave behind her family and Italian roots, embarking on a new journey not as the Dakoda her family knew but as the Reese they did not. Fast forward a decade, Reese had cemented her place in history. As the anonymous CEO of the biggest technology company in the world and sole Heir to the American mafia empire, she had buried the past in the same grave she had buried her heartbreak. She had moved on. Her four brothers hadn't. And it was going to take a lot more than them spewing out the same apologies she too had once offered, in order for her to forgive their everlasting betrayal.

Josephine Jennings was one of those heads screwed on tightly, smart, kind, beautiful, all encompassing types of people. The types of people who knew what they were after, and would stop at nothing to get there. The types of people who rarely, if ever, derailed their plans. But plans, like people, were fortuitous. And for her, it was one night, one storm, one decision, and suddenly she was completely, and utterly, off-kilter. Ϟ a cowboy, a doctor, and a short(ish) story about fear, love, making mistakes, and learning to heal

"You are our sister, Ana! Our little girl and our world. You may not be ours by blood but you are ours by heart and choice, baby. We love you." - Anastasia Miller. A little girl whose life has never been treated fairly. A girl who spent her entire life cleaning and cooking, serving her abusive parents, hoping they would stop their torture and finally love her. She can't seem to remember the last time love and affection were shown to her or the last time she smiled or laughed. She went from seeing loving parents to now gazing at monsters who abuse her at every given chance. Now, in the aftermath of living a pain-riddled life, she's left scarred for life, utterly vulnerable to a harsh world with a tainted mind, expecting nothing but the worst from everyone she meets. Sick and tired of the constant torture, she escapes and leaves the hell she's lived in her whole life. But having no one to rely on, she has no idea what to do now. That's until she ran into a tall stranger who calls her Darlin' and regards her with a soft look of affection and longing that makes her feel safe and... loved? Ana wasn't sure, but she knew that the moment she met the rest of the Romano family, that was the first time in her life that she felt truly at home. - Please check TWs. *The book towards the beginning is relatively tame in terms of darkness, but after a certain chapter, the themes I'll explore are extremely dark and triggering. Please read the author's note and proceed with caution.*