Carrie Jareau fell in love with the future of the Italian mafia. While her sister Jennifer Jareau worked on the opposite of law with the FBI. After not speaking for five years JJ finds her younger sister in love with the mafia and the lifestyle that comes with it. These differences can either bring them closer or push them farther apart.

The first step towards success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. - Mark Cain.

The BAU is filled with special souls who work hard and also members who try harder. For some it is natural and others prefer to do their work on their own. This is the story of a quiet young girl who searched for a place she might call home and then she found it but not where she thought and not where some of the team had hoped. I am aware of inconsistencies. IE Maeve and Gideon. I am not following the timeline. Just what I like and remember from the start.

Finally after years of pains and struggles Hera manages to make it into a place she once called a sort of home. Despite everything that Hera had to endure in the past she leaves it behind as she helps others as they go through trials of their own. I only own the people in the cases and my own character, Hera Hosanna Griffin. I am going to be honest. The events will be out of order and some skipped. Most would have happened before she even joined. Just mentioned.

The BAU faced so many downturns but with a sudden budget increase and some timely encounters, the team might just be able to move with the times.

New to the BAU, a lively young woman entered but it seemed that the closer she looked the more she realised that few of them liked her at all. That was until something unexpected was thrown her way.

{Book Three} *SPOILERS PRIOR TO SEASON 12* Four years after Melanie and Spencer got their happily-ever-after, ghosts of Melanie's past come back to haunt her and threaten every shred of happiness she's ever known. In their biggest test yet, Melanie and Spencer must fight secrets and skeletons in order to discover the sincerity of truth. "I guess I broke my promise." He whimpered, looking at me with those peaceful pools of honesty I never thought I'd ever see again. My scarred hands covered his and I shook my head. "That promise wasn't ever yours to keep." "I didn't ever give up on you," He choked. "Not for one moment." "I know," I smiled, his hands cupping my face as though it were the most precious thing in the world. "That was the only thing keeping me alive this whole time." I whispered. "Me too." Old ghosts return from the grave, all of their problems are finally resolved, and the questions everyone have always asked are finally answered. ~COMPLETED~ *In no way affiliated with the CBS series* **Character / Plot rights reserved to RebekahGlassford©** ***Third Instalment in the SR Wattpad Series***

{Book Two} COMPLETED - SPOILERS PRIOR TO SEASON 12 It's been two and a half years since Melanie Hotchner last stepped foot inside the BAU in Quantico, Virginia. During that time almost everything has changed, including the new BAU in Albany, New York. "You have to heal, Reid." He nodded his head and smiled. "I have. In my own way. I'm with Dylan now." "I know that. But just because you've moved on and you're with someone else, doesn't mean you've forgotten or gotten over what you and Melanie had." They say time is a healer, but not everybody can be healed. The endless respect everyone once held for Melanie is now shrinking, running tension and emotions high. "Profilers. We're logical, observant, fast. We're not sneaky or suspicious or sly or liars, Spence. We shouldn't be doing this. This isn't who we are. And if you're even a shred of the man I fell in love with, you'll realise just how mad this is." But as usual, Melanie's past finds a way of catching up with her, and begs the question; has too much water gone under the bridge for her and Spencer? Old ghosts come back to haunt her and have her running back to what she's always known. "The moment you're perceived as weak, you already are." * * * In no way affiliated with CBS, no copyright breach intended. All rights remaining. Book One: Honesty. Book Two in the SR Series RebekahGlassford©

{Book One} COMPLETED - SPOILERS PRIOR TO SEASON 12 The BAU were not ready for the arrival of Aaron's Hotchner's secret daughter. not even Hotch himself was ready for her. But when the secret love-child of Hotch and Kate Joyner appears in the FBI's Behavioural Analysis Unit in Quantico, it's the attention of Dr Spencer Reid that allows Agent Brenda Melanie Joyner the one chance she needs to prove everything. "Do you love her?" He asked, looking down at me again suddenly.
 
"It's a simple enough question. You loved Maeve and you lost her, I need to know if you love her too so I can be around to make sure you never lose her." I forced the lump out of my throat by swallowing hard, clearing my throat and rapidly blinking my eyes without looking at Morgan's pressing stare.
"The truth?" I asked, glancing back up at him and he nodded. "I've loved her since the day I sat on the other side of a door and realised she was about to die and I wasn't." * Please note that the characters in this novel are not my own and the rights of which solely belong to the creators of Criminal Minds. The scenarios, events and plot-line are however of my own creation. This story is purely for entertainment purposes only. All rights reserved to the Criminal Minds franchise.*

Fourteen years ago, you were one of the Behavioral Analysis Unit's best profilers. The team was your family. Then came the case that changed everything. One assignment. One night. And a disappearance that left you gone from the BAU and from Spencer's life for fourteen years. When you finally go back, nothing is the same. The team has evolved, the scars run deeper, and Spencer is no longer the man you left behind. How do you love someone when all that you have is the ghost of them? [Spencer Reid X Reader] [Mature audiences] #5 in coworkers #4 in SpencerReidFanfiction #3 in Spencerreidsmut #2 in doctorspencerreid #2 in strangerstolovers #1 in lukealvez #1 in MGG #1 in ghostofyou - Published September 21, 2023