Mason was once a rising star, a record-breaking swimmer with college scouts watching and medals around his neck. But after tragedy cracks his family apart, the boy who once felt at home in the water now flinches at its touch. Haunted by memories he can't outrun and guilt he can't outswim, He spirals into silence, secrets, and self-destruction. Then he meets Ethan - warm, patient, annoyingly perceptive. Ethan sees through Mason's rehearsed smiles and razor-edged charm. He challenges him. He stays. And for the first time in forever, Mason wonders if he might be worth saving. But healing isn't linear. And grief has a way of pulling you under just when you think you've learned to float. CHECK TW'S This book contains mature themes related to mental health, grief, substance use, and suicidal ideation. #1 in LGBT #1 in alcholism

Joey didn't mean to catch them killing someone. He was just going for a walk in the park. He didn't know he'd get caught. He was just going to turn around and leave. He didn't know they'd heard him until he felt something go into his leg. - Joey Walker is 19, quiet, a little awkward, and seriously afraid of his parents. Every day was the same process of waking up only to be hit and screamed at until he left just to get away. During one of his walks at the park he frequently visited, two men caught his attention and what happened next... Joey couldn't believe it. - ⚠️ Trigger Warning⚠️ This book is 18+ and handles mature themes. I can't tell you not to read it but if you do, that is on you. This story has the following: Abuse Torture Assault Pregnancy from Sexual Assault Sexual Activities Harsh Language If there is anything here that triggers you, please don't read. Anyways, have a fun day and enjoy your reading:) *My Boys is currently going through minor editing so if something seems a little off like headings and stuff, that is why* - #1 in #MentalHealth from April 2023 - February 2025 #1 in #MentalHealth - April 14, 2023 #6 in #Assault - April 21, 2023 #5 in #BxBxB - May 7, 2023 #3 in #bxblove - May 7, 2023 #1 in #MentalHealth - March 28, 2024 #7 in #BxBxB - March 28, 2024 #6 in #Fear - April 6, 2024 #5 in #BxBxB - April 25, 2024 #9 in #Foundfamily - May 8, 2024 #1 in #Money - May 21, 2024 #4 in #Mentalhealthawareness - July 27, 2024 #4 in #Queer - January 7, 2025 #3 in #MentalHealthAwareness - January 14, 2025 #3 in #FoundFamily - March 20, 2025 #7 in #Fight - April 4, 2025 #8 in #Money - April 16, 2025 #4 in #MentalIllness - May 4, 2025 #2 in #MentalHealthAwareness - May 25, 2025 #5 in #Queer - September 18, 2025 #6 in #Queer - January 6, 2026

Desmond Crenshaw doesn't have much going for him. He street races for cash, deals drugs to get by, and drags himself through each day with only one goal: survival. He's a reckless high school dropout with very few talents that won't get him arrested-definitely not someone you'd want around your child. Vaughn Torres agrees, he's been seeking a solid reason to cut off the friendship between the troublemaker and his daughter since the day they met. He gets one, too, when Des's vices begin to bleed into their lives and Winter is officially in danger. Des is given an ultimatum: he can only be around Winter if he distances himself from the crime. There's only one way to do that. A change of employment, specifically to Vaughn's mechanic shop, though that balance is a lot easier said than done. No, things for Des are never that simple. Not when he's working under the watchful eye of a man who hates him. Not when he starts genuinely wanting to be better, and is faced with the rocky road of leaving a life of crime entirely. And especially not when he's been in love with Winter's dad for years.

Marcella's life has been anything but fun, her half-siblings hated her from her point of existence and everything she represented. She was the outcome of a one-night stand that never happened again, she has faint memories of her 'dad' and 'half-brothers', all of which scared her. Her family wasn't nice to her, not even her mother, who had moved her across the country at a young age and gave her a stepdad, Kyle. He wasn't nice either nor were his 'friends'. What happens when Marcella is told that her mother and stepfather have died and that she now has to move in with her dad? Better yet, what happens when they figure out she is pregnant and suffers severely from PTSD and many more mental health conditions? I don't know what her dad's side of the family is expecting from her but it is NOT this! 🪄 Sensitive subjects all through the story so if anyone for whatever reason needs a trigger warning please take this as it. Feel free to message me before you read if your wanting to confirm any specific topics that may or may not be in the story. ✨ #1 BROTHERS (8 may 2023) #1 mafiaprincess (7 oct 2022) #1 half-sister (9 oct 2022) #1 Marcella (15 oct 2022) #1 teenmother (15 oct 2022) #1 badpast (22 oct 2022) #1 scared (22 oct 2022) #1 forgotten (13 nov 2022) #5 abuse (12 nov 2022) #8 older brothers (8 nov 2022) #11 baby (9 oct 2022) #8 mafialife (15 oct 2022) #1 familyproblems (28 dec 2022) #2 anxiety (12 nov 2022) #35 mafia (8 nov 2022) #52 love (8 nov 2022) #1 healing (23 dec 2022) #1 abandoned (22 dec 2022) #2 ptsd (30 dec 2022)

At twenty years old, Luca Moretti lives fast, loud, and reckless-street races at midnight, fists bruised by dawn, emotions buried so deep they might as well be dead. He doesn't believe in family, loyalty, or second chances. All he believes in is speed, violence, and never letting anyone see him bleed. Then his mother remarries. His new stepfather is a powerful mafia figure. His new stepbrothers are criminals raised on blood and hierarchy-three older, one younger-and none of them trust Luca. Worse, they start to see themselves in him. What no one knows is that Luca already belongs to a gang of his own. A rival racer stalks him from the shadows, a war brews beneath the city, and every secret Luca hides pulls him closer to a collision that could destroy them all. Told in Luca's raw, unfiltered voice, Blood in the Rearview is a dark, gritty story about anger passed down like inheritance, brotherhood forged in violence, and a boy who would rather burn than admit he feels anything at all.

Two families. One war. A love neither of them saw coming. Luca Valenti is the middle son of a powerful mafia dynasty - reckless, wild, and destined to ruin everything he touches. Matteo Rossi is his opposite in every way - disciplined, controlled, and heir to the Valenti family's greatest enemy. They should hate each other. They do - until the night a street race, a gunfight, and a single act of defiance force them together. As their worlds collide, Luca and Matteo are pulled into a whirlwind of forbidden attraction, dangerous secrets, and a rivalry written in blood. But the closer they get, the harder it becomes to deny the truth: Sometimes the person you were raised to destroy is the one you were meant to love. Now they must outrun their families, the mafia war igniting around them, and their own self‑destructive instincts - all while trying to protect a fragile love that could get them both killed. In a world of loyalty and lies, they will have to choose: Family or freedom. Duty or destiny. Hate... or the fire that binds them. The Flame We Ride is an explosive enemies‑to‑lovers mafia romance filled with high‑stakes emotion, motorcycles, betrayal, slow‑burn longing, and a love that refuses to die.

Finding the Miguel's youngest tesoro is what kept Michael up all night until he got the call #1 son 13/3/2024

Completed. BoyxBoy. Moving from Orlando to Philadelphia changes nineteen year old Hale's life - literally. His alcoholic aunt is never home, leaving him and his eldest cousin, Levi, to look after the four younger children. Back home in Florida, his grandparents raised him after his dad got shot playing golf and his mother was declared bipolar, getting locked in a mental institution. Now, he is left in a new city with new people. Playing the parent for three years now, Hale unintentionally gets involved with the boy who everyone avoids, creating a bigger mess than ever anticipated. --- NOT EDITED

𝑨𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑵𝑨 𝑵𝒀𝑰𝑲𝑨 Running away from something you didn't even do is like walking around with an A4 paper sized note saying 'just put me in jail already.' It's guilty, but when it's the only option you have why wouldn't you take it? Disappearing and starting over from a fuck-up like that 𝙖𝙣𝙙 on a perfectly clean slate in conditions better than your last is rare, incredibly rare. Anyone would run straight into that gate, but that hardest pill to swallow is realizing that the door leads straight down the same path you were trying to get away from. 𝑬𝑳𝑰𝑱𝑨𝑯 𝑹𝑯𝑬𝑻𝑻 Everything runs like clockwork and all I have to do is follow the arrow. Nothing I've ever received has come from my own sacrifices or my own bones, things have sat comfortably on my plate in front of me-Friends, job opportunities, scholarships, women. I've never had to pull a muscle to reach for any of it. So maybe this was my karma. Gods version of giving me a real taste of what it's like to be human-what it's like to have everything taken from you from right under your feet without warning. Except when is it enough, what will it take to keep what's important to me when everything else is gone.

Battling a drug and alcohol addiction, Alex meets someone who will forever change his life. Follow him through his painful yet enlightening journey to wellness. This story means a lot to me because I too am on a journey to wellness and I felt that the only way I could share parts of what I've been through is with a story. If you ever feel low, just remember that rock bottom is the perfect foundation to build your new life. I love you and you are enough.