Lacuna; a blank space, a missing part. They were each other's lacuna. Olivia Astro, well known motorbike racer, is bound to a meaningless life stuck with her abusive step-dad until a certain someone breaks her free. Giovanni Santos, don of the Italian mafia, navigates being the leader of the most ruthless gang in the world and keeping his girl safe.

✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 ❝𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬❞ ✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧ In a world where everyone plays dirty, silence isn't safety- it's strategy. Olive thought she'd finally outrun the chaos. That quiet meant peace. But the past has a cruel way of catching up, and sometimes the real enemy is the one you never saw coming. Whispers grow louder. Trust fractures. A familiar face returns with a hidden agenda, and the people Olive once relied on begin to shift in the shadows. Loyalties bend, love is weaponized, and the line between truth and manipulation thins with every secret unearthed. Xavier is still the center of her storm- magnetic, dangerous, impossible to walk away from. But what they had is no longer what they know. And when the foundations crack, Olive is forced to ask herself one question: Who is he really protecting? As the web tightens and a new power rises from the quiet, Olive must choose between who she was and who she's becoming. Between love and survival. Between silence... and the war waiting to erupt beneath it. Because this time, it's not just about staying alive. It's about what you're willing to risk when everything you believed was a lie.

In Khloe King's lame attempt to get over Hayden Ross, her neighbor, she agrees to move away with her mother to another city when she finds out that her parents are getting a divorce. Khloe's almost certain that now she'll forget all about Hayden Ross, the boy who never paid her any mind. Years later, little did Khloe know that her life would soon turn into a crazy mess when she's forced to mentor the new transfer student at her school. Especially with his annoyingly good looks and his cocky attitude, Khloe never expected it would actually be so hard considering she signed up for this program to help out around her school. But Khloe definitely never expected that she would soon find out this transfer student, the school's new pride and joy, would be Hayden Ross, the first boy she can ever really remember loving. The one she so desperately tried to forget about, because he broke her heart but, it looks like Hayden Ross might just do the same thing all over again. Opposites really do attract and Khloe might just have to learn that the hard way.

Twenty-two year old Jordan Emerson finds herself involved in things she shouldn't be, in places she's not welcome and in situations she should have avoided. Now she's caught the eye of the notorious mafia boss, along with his hand in marriage, the man who will stop at nothing to teach her to stay in line as his wife. Twenty-seven year old Adrian De Mancuso is the cold-hearted infamous head of Italian mafia, feared and respected, he is the richest and most powerful Italian since his father. Once he meets Jordan, his short temper and ruthlessness drives him to make her his and to have her be the mother of his heir. Nothing and no one will stop him. All she wants is to be loved, all he wants is power. Follow Jordan and Adrian in their journey; the ups and downs of their marriage, from the arguments and fights to the passion and possibility of love or heartbreak. Completed - 5th November 2018

What does it mean to be a family? More so, what lengths do we go to for family? Sienna D'Angelo was a regular girl with an unusual upbringing. She always felt out of place in her lifestyle, though it wasn't until he mothers death where she found out who she truly was. She was brought into a world of violence and death at the hands of finding her father, whilst meeting a breathtaking Italian mobster who she just can't seem to stay away from. Entering this merciless world would ensure a dangerous life for herself but what she didn't know was how quick her old life would fall apart. Welcome to the Mafia, will you make it out alive?