Her parents divorce was a messy, loud thing but she was too little to really get it. All she knew was her world got sliced in half. Mom took her, Dad took her brothers. Life became two separate tracks her mom's house on one side, her dad's on the other, with an invisible wall keeping them apart. For twelve years, she made it work. Her mom's place was cozy enough, with a stepdad who did his best, even if it wasn't always perfect. Her brothers faded into blurry memories, just faces from old photos. She got used to the split, the two different worlds. Then an accident flipped everything upside down. Her mom was gone, her stepdad was stuck in a hospital bed, and suddenly, she had to pack up and move in with her dad. But it wasn't the dad she remembered. He'd remarried, and his house was a whirlwind of four step siblings and her brothers, who weren't kids anymore. She wasn't that same little girl either. She figured it'd be about adjusting to a crowded house, maybe learning to get along with new people. But it turned out to be so much more unanswered questions, secrets everyone seemed to dodge, and the messy, confusing journey of figuring out who she was and who she wanted to be.

Liminal: existing in the space between what was and what will be. Charlotte grew up thinking her four older brothers were just overprotective- hovering, smothering, always one step behind her. They raised her, loved her, and built a life meant to keep her safe. But as she's gotten older, the cracks are getting harder to ignore. Hushed arguments behind closed doors. A mother who drifts in and out of her life with shaking hands. A father she can't remember- because no one will tell her why. The rules she once accepted without question start to feel like wall, and the silence she grew up with starts to grow louder. As she pieces together fragments of her childhood that she was never meant to uncover, she realizes her brothers aren't just protecting her from the world. They're protecting her from the truth- a truth that shattered their family once, and could shatter her when she finally discovers it.

Book two in The Aftermath Duology. After escaping the man who stole and raised them, Elara and Kai begin their first real chance at life. Now surrounded by people who genuinely care - a new guardian, a safe home, and the growing bond with their four older brothers - they finally have space to breathe, to heal, and to discover who they are outside of fear. But healing isn't simple. And safety isn't guaranteed. As the twins adjust to their new world, they struggle with trust, identity, and the emotional distance between who they were forced to be and who they want to become. Their brothers, desperate to reconnect, must learn patience and gentleness as they rebuild a family that was shattered long ago. Just they Elara and Kai believe they might be safe; signs emerge that the past isn't finished with them. Ivan is still out there - and the people who helped hide the twins for years aren't ready to let go. Old enemies are closer than anyone realizes, watching from the edges, waiting for the right moment to strike back. Revenge is coming. And not everything - or everyone - is what they seem. As secrets unravel and loyalties are tested, the twins and their family must navigate the fragile balance between healing and survival. Danger lurks beneath the surface, threatening to tear apart everything they've just begun to rebuild.

This book has to be rewritten but I haven't had time yet. Just a warning! Hope you still read! For sixteen years, Valentina Jackson lived a quiet life in a small California town, unaware of the truth buried in her bloodline. But when a man she's never met-Don DeLuca-shows up claiming to be her father, everything changes. She isn't just an ordinary girl. She's Valentina DeLuca-the only daughter of one of the most powerful mafia families in North America. Now, thrown into a world of wealth, danger, and nine overprotective older brothers, Valentina must navigate family secrets, power struggles, and a life she never knew was hers. But as she begins to uncover the truth about why her mother left and the enemies who still lurk in the shadows, she realizes that being a DeLuca comes with a price. Some want to welcome her. Some want to use her. And some... want her gone. With a father determined to protect her, brothers who would burn the world for her, and an unknown future waiting ahead, Valentina must decide-does she embrace her legacy or run from it? Because in this family, blood means everything... and now, it's hers. #2 mafiaprincess 11/29 #1 bwhm 9/3 #1 mafia brothers 12/8 #1 plottwist 12/15 #1 Wild 1/25 Photos are from the internet

Riley doesn't remember the last time someone asked if she was okay. Not really asked. Not in the way that meant they were going to stay for the answer. She is seventeen years old and she has already learned the most important lesson this town has to offer - that people leave. They leave with promises folded neatly in their pockets, with good intentions they fully mean at the time, with duffel bags and bus tickets and fifteen days that turn into three years without a single word. They leave, and the ones left behind learn to stop waiting by the window. They learn to stop setting an extra plate. They learn to breathe around the absence until the absence just becomes the air. Riley works the late shift. She carries drinks to tables without being asked twice. She doesn't flinch at loud voices anymore. She doesn't cry at things that used to make her cry. She has become very good at being invisible in a room full of people - and even better at being invisible to herself. This is not the life she imagined. But it is the life she has. And she has made her peace with it, quietly, the way you make peace with things you never had a choice about. She is not waiting for anyone anymore. She stopped doing that a long time ago. Until the night a familiar face walks through the door - and three brothers who left her behind must now face what their absence built. Because blood doesn't forget. And neither does Riley.

After Amelia Clayton flees her husband-the powerful boss of the American mafia-she escapes with her daughter, Sophie, to London. But only a week after arriving, Amelia discovers she's pregnant again. Suddenly, her plans for a fresh start-travelling the world with her daughter and her new boyfriend-begin to fall apart. To them, the baby becomes the reason everything changed. Raya grows up in a home filled with neglect and cruelty. While her sister is treated like royalty, Raya is given only the bare minimum, shaping her into someone hardened by pain and resentment. As she drifts into the wrong crowd, she learns to fight-first to survive, then to thrive. The money starts coming in, along with dangerous opportunities. Soon, she's taking on bigger jobs, working with gangs and even doing business with mafia groups, all while keeping her identity hidden. But no matter how strong she becomes, her past still has a hold on her. Everything changes when her so-called father dies from a drug overdose and her mother is arrested, leaving Raya and her sister with the truth they never expected-their real father is alive. And not only that, he's the head of the American mafia... along with four sons who are now their brothers.

When I was eighteen I died. But it wasn't only me. Right before I was killed I was forced to witness my brothers deaths. They had been protecting me. And their last words to me, before the light left their eyes, was that they wanted me to live. When the bullet hit me I desperately wished for a second chance. When I opened my eyes the next second I found myself in my childhood room. I somehow had regressed time and back at me stared my ten-year-old self through the mirror. But it wasn't the place I wanted to be, not with my father. He was abusive and I didn't plan on going through everything again. Not this time. This time I would find my brothers sooner, and I would protect them and our happy life together. Fate be damned! I am Angelica Romano-Costello and I will take my fate into my own hands.

Demetria Montella, a sixteen almost seventeen year old, teenager from Northern England, who is suffering from grief and selective mutism. She's never had a good life. Even when it was just Demetria and her guilt stricken mother, who made one bad decision, and ended up being the mother she never wanted to be. After her mother's death, Demetria finds herself in a care home. Where she is to stay...until her social worker pulls her out of class. Only to tell her she's been missing for eleven years. In Spain. Not only is she a missing person, she also has a family. A father. A step mother. And five older brothers. Will Demetria take their help? Will she take the chance to live a different life? Who will help her along the way? Will she even find help?

When I was three, I was framed by my twin sister for the death of my unborn sister and the near deaths of my mother and twin brother. I was sent to a 'boarding school' but it was truly an illegal human trafficking agency that sells people or trains and turns them into weapons. I was the second option. I was turned into a human weapon. My hands were covered in blood since the age of five. I was abused, tormented, and experimented on for years ever since I stepped foot into the 'boarding school'. After ten years in that place, I couldn't take it anymore and planned my escape. At fifteen, I finally left that place, but I wasn't alone when I escaped. I had a friend whom I saw as a brother. A year later, we were adopted by a retired Army Sergeant after being caught beating up some thugs who tried to rob us. Over the years, everything's been perfect, but of course, it couldn't stay that way forever. I never knew my life would be thrown into chaos yet again.

For over a century, the Valenti Mafia has produced only sons. Generation after generation, the powerful family expanded its empire through ruthless leaders, feared heirs, and dangerous men whose names alone commanded respect throughout the underworld. Then, after decades of waiting, a daughter was finally born. Aria Valenti. The youngest child of the Valenti family and the only girl among eight older brothers. To the outside world, she is the family's greatest treasure. To Aria, she is simply a frightened eleven-year-old girl living in a mansion full of men she barely knows. Her brothers are feared throughout the country-mafia bosses, strategists, enforcers, and heirs to a criminal empire. They are not warm. They are not gentle. They do not know how to comfort a child. And Aria is terrified of every single one of them. Having spent most of her life surrounded by nannies, tutors, and distant relatives while her brothers managed the family empire, Aria has grown up believing she is little more than an obligation. She keeps to herself, never asks for anything, and tries her best not to be a burden. But when a small accident reveals just how isolated and vulnerable she truly is, her brothers begin to notice the little sister they have overlooked for years. What starts as concern soon becomes something far more dangerous. Because someone is watching Aria. Someone inside the mafia world is searching for her. And buried within the Valenti family's history lies a secret connected to the last daughter of the bloodline-a secret powerful enough to threaten the empire itself. As enemies close in and old family secrets come to light, Aria finds herself caught between fear and trust, surrounded by eight intimidating brothers who may not know how to express affection-but who would destroy anyone who dares to hurt the only daughter of House Valenti. In a family built on power, loyalty, and blood, one small girl may become the most important Valenti of them all.