Book 2 of the Romano Series 5 years. 1826 days since the Romano family lost their princess for the second time. How much can one family change in that time? Valentina Romano always accepted her family's role in the mafia. But that was all before she went through hell and back. Will her family accept the new version of her? The version that is oh-so similar to them... If not, worse. Will she finally get the happy ending she dreams of? This book contains very sensitive topics. Please read with caution. [Unedited]

Book 1 of the Romano Series 4-year-old Valentina Romano was the centre of her family's world. She had anything and everything she could've ever dreamed of. What happens when her mother takes her away from all of it? 12 years later, Valentina has no recollection of the family she once had. What happens when they finally reunite after her mother's death? Needs Major Editing! [Unedited]

↝ Eden Peirce No one tells you what it feels like to be trapped in your own thoughts constantly; it's just an endless spiral, falling and falling. Then when you feel like you're loosing your grip, someone is always there to catch you. He is there to catch me. ↝ Barney Sinclair I have been labelled as salt-lakes bad boy for as long as I can remember. Although my reputation follows me, it's never changed the way I've seen her. I've always seen her. Since the first day I lay eyes on her. She needed a saviour; I will be just that for her.

Book 1. "The unknown princess" This is book 2! Five years ago, Aria Castellano learned the truth that destroys most people: innocence is the easiest weapon an enemy can use. So she cut hers out. Piece by piece. She left New York to sever every tie that made her vulnerable-family, friends, and the boy she loved enough to become a liability. She traded softness for strategy, hesitation for violence, and the girl she used to be for a woman who understands that survival requires dirty hands and an even dirtier conscience. Now she's back. Not for forgiveness. Not for closure. But to finish the war that began long before she knew she was part of it. Her return exposes traitors, rattles alliances, and forces her to face the one person she swore she'd never see again. And the worst part? It hurts. It shouldn't- but it does. Still, pain is a small price. Because Aria isn't in New York to feel. She's here to win. And she stopped fearing the monster inside her the moment she realized- monsters survive longer.

Seventeen-year-old Aria Castellano thought she knew who she was - a scholarship student, a good daughter, a girl with simple dreams and a mother who made the world feel safe. But when her mother dies in a car accident, the life Aria knew unravels overnight. A letter. A name. A father she's never met. Now she's flying across the country to New York - to a mansion with guards at every gate, brothers who don't know what to make of her, and a father still struggling to accept the daughter he didn't know existed. Her stepmother is kind, her new home beautiful... but nothing about it feels right. At St. Augustine's Academy, power hums beneath every smile and secret. The students there were born into legacies - families bound by alliances older than the school itself, until betrayal tore them apart. Those old rivalries still live on in the halls she walks now, and Aria's arrival is stirring them all back to life. One boy in particular seems to hate her most. He's untouchable, cruel in that effortless way only someone raised in power can be. But behind the sharp words and colder eyes is something else - something that pulls her closer even when she knows she shouldn't look twice. As Aria begins to uncover the truth her mother died protecting, she learns that some secrets were buried for a reason... and that even in a world built on bloodlines and betrayal, the most dangerous thing of all might be the way he looks at her. "Some secrets don't stay buried forever. And Aria Castellano's name might be the one that brings them all back to the light"

❝ 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄'𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 ❞ ────୨ৎ──── 𝙆𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧 knows what it means to fight for survival. With three younger siblings to protect and an abusive father threatening to pull them under, basketball is more than just a dream-it's his escape. Every game is a shot at freedom, a chance to leave the shadows behind and build a future far from the chaos that has defined his life. 𝙃𝙖𝙯𝙚𝙡 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 is the picture of perfection-or so the world believes. Driven by the crushing weight of trying to live up to her family's reputation, she excels in everything she does. But behind her polished exterior lies a girl unravelling, haunted by a past she can't forget and the relentless fear that she'll never be enough, no matter how hard she tries. They hate each other He's a scholarship kid from the Southside She's the daughter of a billionaire They have nothing in common until they do

𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡 ............. Valentina has never had a normal life. Surviving countless tragedies. She lost hope on ever finding happiness. Working day and night, rebuilding the American Syndicate into something powerful after taking over. Until, her step-father dies. That was just the start of the chain of events. All of which reveal a link to a family she never knew of. Deadly threats and the truth about her mother arise. Forcing her to question everything. Can she trust her new found family? And what was her dead mother hiding?

Due to some unexpected complications, 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 finds herself living at her family friend's house. And not just any house-a freaking mansion. But what really throws her off isn't the size of the place. It's him. 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫. The younger son. Popular. Smart. Gorgeous. Basically, the full package. Emma and Damian were never close growing up-barely even friends. He had his world, and she had hers. But now, under the same roof, everything changes. Because when Emma was at her lowest, fighting battles no one saw, there was someone who stood by her. Someone who gave her a reason to keep going. Her silver lining. And it just might be the boy she never expected. 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 #1 in Boyfriend [don't you get it? Mr. Damian Harper is the perfect bf<3] #1 in Teenromance #1 in Highschoolsweethearts

[UNEDITED FIRST DRAFT] - WILL BE EDITING LATER! 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡; a girl with a broken soul who wants to die. How long can she pretend to forget the worst night of her life?. How long can she evade the negative thoughts inside her head that incentive her to end it all?. 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬; notorious player and football star who loves his life. The surprise she hates because she never saw coming, that has her heart racing and makes her feel. How long can she ignore the guy she doesn't want but is falling for? The guy who brings a part of her back to life after she's been dead inside for so long. [𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 #𝟏]

Valda Giordano has been living her life as Amara Williams because that was who she was because she didn't know there was a Valda. She grew up with her mother and stepfather, everything was perfect until her mother became pregnant and her once-loving stepfather left them with nothing. Now caring for her 6-month-old baby brother and a mother with postpartum psychosis. Struggling with school and two jobs to care for her brother and afford her mother's treatments. Her mother becomes someone else she doesn't know, and she is lost. And Amara also has to deal with a life-threatening condition. After her mother's tragic death, leaving her and her baby brother, she finds out her mother kept a whole other family from her. Now with 5 brothers and a father she didn't know existed. She has to navigate through her new life and trauma that she is desperate to keep hidden. And learn how to be Valda Giordano that she used to be, all in order to keep her baby brother safe. Turns out she isn't the only one with secrets. Follow Valda and her family through the dangers that follow them. Running from death that wants them in its grasp, but nothing can happen to a Giordano, right? Started: 02/05/2025 Finished: ??? This is a lost sister story, xx #1 Father-daughter #7 family issues #14 brothers #26 Family