Logan Romano didn't just enter the NHL. He tore through it. Dark. Brooding. Untouchable. With brutal talent and a reputation as cold as the New York winter, Logan dominates both the ice and every room he walks into. He doesn't lose. He doesn't bend. And he certainly doesn't fall in love. Not after the last time. Not until November Levine crashes into his life like a beam of sunlight he never asked for. She's warmth where he's storm clouds. She's soft where he's jagged edges. A walking contradiction to everything Logan swore he needed. When a deal forces the polar opposites under one roof, tensions ignite fast. Teasing turns to feuds. Feuds turn into something dangerously close to desire. And Logan is forced to confront the one promise he's never broken. Because once you step into the light- it's impossible to return. ✩ Grumpy x sunshine • forced proximity • slow burn Will the hockey captain cross that line? ✩ "Nova." I whisper, my voice low and hoarse against her neck. "Stop it." "Stop what." She whimpers back innocently as her thighs tighten around my hips. My teeth nip at the skin on her jaw in warning. "Either stop teasing, or put me out of my fucking misery." November pulls her head back from mine, resting it against the wall, and bats her lashes up at me. "Say please."

𝚃𝚠𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖. 𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎? 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maiyah and Quinn trust each other more than they trust themselves. They are sisters who were forced apart when Maiyah turned 18 and left the care home. Quinn has just turned 17 and was lucky enough to be accepted into her sister's care. Not knowing this meant leaving New Jersey and moving to L.A. In L.A. they attract trouble. Trouble in human form. But Maiyah can't keep her eyes off him. And Quinn isn't happy. Will Maiyah be able to keep custody of Quinn and fix the man that's wired very differently to society's norms? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Dark romance - Mature themes - Care kids - Sisters - Violence

Emilia Morelli's world shatters when she's told her mother has died. Left with no family, well at least none that she knows of, she's pulled into a system that sees her as just another case. She's alone and unsure of herself. But far away, there are men who have been searching for her. Men who share her name. Men who are feared by the world. They've spent years looking for the little girl who was taken from them. Now that they've found her, they'll stop at nothing to bring her home. Emilia doesn't know them. She doesn't know the truth. And she has no idea that her life is about to change forever.

{𝑺𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒔} 𝐙𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬 is filled with holes. As much as she tries taping them closed off, one always manages to reopen and spill all of her sorrow once again, leaving the people she loves to catch them with buckets. When she's almost full again, something always manages to rip her heart to shreds, leaving her behind as broken and bruised as she was before. However, there seems to be a solution when she reunites with the brothers she never knew she had, and the boy who she thought she would never see again. Zina's life seems to finally get back on tracks, even after all the bumps in the road she had to face. But yet, she isn't complete. No one could ever seem to bandage the wounds her past left behind without hurting the frail girl in the process. Or so she thought. But maybe now will be the once in a lifetime where her constant defeatism ends? Or will it just be another loss she'll have to face?

The first thing you should know about me? I wasn't meant to exist. Not with the name Evelina Moretti. Not in their house. Not in their world. The second thing you should know? Every empire breaks from the inside. My name is Evelina Moretti, and I'm the aperture-the tiny fracture that let the truth in. What is that you might ask? Aperture; 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚊𝚙 - 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚒𝚛. That's what they all see me as. A crack in their family. A crack in there. This is the story of the girl they threw away- and the home I was never meant to survive. And somehow, in the ruins of everything we broke, we found a way to build each other back. Because somewhere along the way, we became a family. ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ❀ :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧ :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧ The Moretti's had everything. Fame. Money. Power. A legacy carved into the city like a warning. Until one drunken night- one lie whispered in the wrong ear- brought their empire crashing down. All that's left is seven brothers. But does blood really run thicker than water? And they don't want Evelina there. They look at her like she's the dust on their boots, an inconvenience they're forced to tolerate, a reminder of the past. And she doesn't understand why. She doesn't understand what she did. "All I know is I don't belong. Not in that house. Not in that name. Not with them. But I have nowhere else to go." All she wishes-quietly, desperately- is to be more than a crack in their perfect world. But cracks spread. And sometimes the smallest fracture is where a whole story begins. ∧,,,∧ ~ ┏━━━━━━━━┓ ( ̳• · • ̳) ~ ♡Best Rankings Had♡ / づ ~ ┗━━━━━━━━┛ #1 underage drug use #1 aperture #1 evelina #2 moretti #4 o

[Free Until End Of Story] ── ─ ┈┈┈┄┄╌╌ Lowly. Illegitimate. Disgraceful. Amaryllis bore the weight of whispers and stares, a child born out of debauchery. She was raised behind iron gates and velvet curtains, in a family whose name was spoken only in lowered voices. A mafia dynasty, steeped in blood and loyalty. Yet even within that empire of power, she remained a shadow in the presence of her brothers, seen but never truly known. However her heart, vast and unyielding, loved them unconditionally. But life is both fragile and cruel. When terminal illness claimed her, she carried it alone behind fragile smiles, unwilling to darken the days of those she adored. Only one wish bloomed before the end, "I hope their feelings might change, even if it's temporary." And when that time comes... Please bring flowers to my funeral. ── ─ ┈┈┈┄┄╌╌ ⚠️ Trigger Warning: This story contains sensitive and potentially distressing themes, including psychological trauma and mature content. Note - The terminal illness described in this story is entirely fictional and included solely for storytelling purposes. - Update: will start updating in April 2026 - Cover: Canva © 2026 [CherylZielle]. All rights reserved. Do not copy or distribute without permission.

"𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙣. 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙." 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐲 has always been invisible-the quiet girl who learned to survive by staying small. She knows how to keep her head down, how to hide the bruises, how to pretend everything is fine. But when she's forced to start over at Elite High-her father's perfect school for perfect people-her world collides with his. 𝐍𝐨𝐚𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 is the golden boy. The mayor's son. The flawless heir to a spotless legacy. Everyone loves him. Everyone needs something from him. Until he meets the girl with sad eyes and trembling hands-the one person who looks at him and sees straight through the shine. She's all soft edges and quiet defiance. He's all sharp smiles and restless guilt. And when their worlds intertwine, something beautiful-and dangerous-begins to bloom. Because love doesn't always heal. Some hearts are just built to break. - 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬: golden boy × broken girl · high school angst · slow burn · trauma healing · "who did this to you?" · found comfort · small-town secrets · protective love · pain-turned-tenderness · emotional intimacy

Alora's life hasn't always been pretty. What with an abusive father, getting put into the system, having been bounced around the system, and getting separated from her brothers for two years really takes a toll on you. When Alora is placed with emotionally and physically abusive foster parents, her mental health goes down the drain. But her brothers that haven't contacted her in four months suddenly want to come back into her life, things get complicated. Follow Alora and her older brother on their journey to rekindle their relationship and find their places in each others lives. Trigger Warning- Bulimia Nervosa, Self Harm, Panic Attacks, PTSD, Trauma, and Physical Abuse

Arabella never meant to get close to someone like him. Warren is reckless, unreadable, and surrounded by rumors that make people run. But the more she's warned to stay away, the more she wants to know why he hides behind those walls...and why he can't seem to stay away from her either. ────୨ৎ──── Warren Reid is a name everyone in town knows, and not for good reasons. He left a student unconscious before disappearing into juvie, and now that he's back, the rumors are worse than ever. With a past that whispers warnings and a reputation that silences rooms, Warren is used to being feared, not understood. He trusts no one, lets no one in, and only keeps two people close. Emotions are weaknesses in his world, and vulnerability has never been an option. Until her. Arabella Winters is the picture of perfection and the last girl anyone would expect to cross paths with someone like Warren. Smart, sweet, and sheltered, she follows every rule her parents set, never once stepping out of line. She's the kind of girl who still believes in good graces, bedtime curfews, and fairy tale endings. But one knock on Warren's door throws her into his world, and nothing is the same after that. Everyone says he's trouble, but Arabella doesn't see the monster they all fear. She sees someone broken, someone hiding wounds no one else bothers to look for. What starts as innocent curiosity soon becomes an intense pull neither of them can resist. She's drawn to the shadows he hides in, and he can't stay away from the light she doesn't even know she carries. Now Arabella has to ask herself: is she helping Warren escape the darkness...or is she just letting it swallow her too?

Raised to be holy. Born into something far more dangerous. Seventeen year old, Evienne Ellery spent her life preparing for heaven. Sent away to a secluded boarding school in the Swiss Alps by distant, unfeeling adoptive parents, she was raised by nuns and priests to be obedient, submissive and small. Behind stone chapels and cold classrooms, Evienne learned early that love was conditional, punishment was holy, and suffering was something to be endured quietly Her future was simple: be good, be faithful, and one day do her duty-marry a man who would secure her family's interests. Her life was planned. Controlled. Perfect. Until it wasn't. When everything she knows collapses, Evienne is torn from the only world she has ever known and sent to live with her biological family-six brothers who are loud, vulgar, violent, and unapologetically criminal. They don't pray. They don't obey. And they certainly don't believe in God the way she was taught. They believe in blood. With them, she learns the truth of who she really is: The lost princess of one of the most powerful mafia families in the world. Her brothers have been searching for her for years, and now that they've found her, they refuse to lose her again. In their world of power, crime, and betrayals, Evienne learns that love doesn't always look gentle-and protection often comes with a body count. But as old family feuds resurface, enemies close in, and the past she was hidden from begins to reach for her, Evienne is forced to confront an impossible question: What happens when the people you love will never be welcome in heaven-and you're no longer sure you want to go without them?