Melina and her twin brother Max have had anything but an easy life, from dealing with their drug addicted mother and her abusive boyfriend, to trying to manage work and school. Melina and Max are both 16 years old, and they were left to basically fend for themselves, they had to find a way to pay rent and find a way to put food on the table. They started training at a young age, and now they are two of the deadliest assassins in the under world. But one night the police show up at their door saying that both of their parents had been killed in a car accident and now they were being sent off to live with their eight older brothers. Will they be able to keep their secrets hidden? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey guys, I hope you give my story a chance. This is my first story, I'm not really a writer but I wanted to give it a shot. I also really suck at the little description things so please don't let it scare you off. I hope you guys enjoy my story! THIS IS A TRILOGY- You can just read this book by itself, it doesn't leave off on a cliffhanger or anything. But I also wanted to let you know there are more parts to it in case you're interested. - THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM - THE STORM - ALWAYS HAVE & ALWAYS WILL

❝The more you care, the more you have to lose.❞ What happens when the person you love holds a gun to your head? You tell them to pull the trigger.

As a young child, Ashlyn was abducted from a local park whilst playing with her twin and older brother. For 10 years, Ashlyn survived with no more than a roof over her head. She dealt with the repercussions of living with alcoholics and drug addicts for carers, until the police show up at her doorstep. A few days of research was all it took to find Ashlyn's mother, helping her to be reunited with her family. Only, she wasn't going back home to live with her mum, her five brothers and stepfather are there too. Ashlyn has to learn to live her life in a new environment, whilst dealing with the anxiety and trauma consequent of years of abuse. Her family, which were once not a part of her life, quickly become her everything. Number 1 in the Rising out of the Abyss Series Sequel: Rising to the Surface

❝ You're playing a dangerous game without so much as a glimpse into the rule book. ❞ - Legacies born with tragedy in their blood.

❝ I have survived so many fires I can no longer tell if I am alive or if I'm still burning. ❞ - In which the six most powerful mafia families must live together for a year.

❝ Because I am the big brother. I'm sorry I wasn't better at it until now. ❞ **** Six months of physical therapy, a night to forget and an internal war has caused Victoria Hunt to want to stay in Arizona. Away from her brothers, of which bonds they share have been pushed to the limit with time and distance. She's been looking for her happily ever after since she moved in with them but in a new city with new friends and blasts from the past, more mistakes lie ahead that may or may not finish her off once and for all.

❝ You deserve the love you keep giving to everyone else. ❞ - The first emotion to fill Victoria Hunt when she was told about her father and step mothers passing, relief. But like every good emotion she'd felt over fourteen years, it came to an end quickly. The cause of it this time was being told she would have to live with brothers she never knew she had. It could be a fresh start, a chance to move on and finally have a real family. But the deeper she looks into eyes that stare back at her with empty promises and sweet spoken lies, she realizes that although she was never set for a good future, this one, might just be one she can't face. But families are supposed to stay together right? So through spilt blood and secrets and traitorous acts, surely even that can't stop DNA. It's an unspoken rule when you're a Hunt, no time for loyalty, no time for decisions on if you'd die for them, it's just a simple fact. You were born together so love or not, you must die together. For her sake, she should grasp onto that sooner rather than later. - Highest Rankings : #1 in brother #1 in support #1 in confidence #2 in siblings

Carmen Morris is a 17 year old girl who is getting abused by her father Jack Morris. It's been this way since Carmen's mother died in a car accident on the way to take Carmen to soccer practice when she was 6 years old. Jack blames Carmen for the death of his wife, so he abuses her for it. No one knows of the abuse she deals with at home besides her bestfriend and only friend Avery Bradford along with her boss Mrs. Collins. Xavier Knight is a 18 year old boy who is the leader of the strongest gang in New York "The Vipers". Xavier got the gang when his father Michael Knight felt it was the right time for his son to take over. Xavier is known around New York as a playboy, but yet everyone stills cowers in fear at the sight of him. Xavier might be a playboy, but he never allows any of the girls in his bed. He will only ever share his bed with his queen who he has yet to find. Also I don't own any of the pictures I am using in this book!!!