"You're a Romano, you're born to be brave, you have to be brave," he says, "there will always be an Abigail." "I know," I sniffle. TW: mature content, self harm, drug use, alcohol use, strong language, rape, sexual assault, abuse, violence, suicide

~ Belladonna flower ~ A gift of belladonna might interpreted as a warning or a symbol of death. Rebecca Rose - A sweet and kind hearted girl, who tries her best to stay in the shadows. But what happens when her dark past starts to haunt her. With her mother and brother dead because of a car crash when she was little. She was left with her father, the same father she killed later on. But why? How did a sweet girl turn to murder. How did she become the best known assassin Belladonna. Lorenzo Romano - Your typical bad boy and next in line to the Italian mafia. The boy had nothing on his mind beside revenge. Revenge for his mother and revenge for his little sister who were both killed by a unknown killer. What happens when a girl with a dark past saves his life. She went from someone he didn't know existed to wanting to know everything about her. But what happens when things start to connect, things she didn't know were related to her. With love, betrayal and revenge mixed into it. Would their love for each other beat the dark truth. *** Started ~ 30 July 2022 Finished ~ 20 March 2023

Annaliese always craved a family. She desired a warm father, caring brothers, a loving mother and adoring sisters. Maybe even a dog or a cat. But, they were desired for a reason. She never had a family to call her own, not since she was abandoned on the side of the road when she was 5. Imagine her surprise when one day, a man tailored in a thousand dollar suit, picks her up and declares her his long lost daughter. Then, not only is she being recognized by a father figure, but she also has 5 older brothers to look after her? While learning to adjust to the modern world, Annaliese has to go through highschool, the overprotection of her family and the dark secrets they all seem so desperate to hide. Join her as she struggles, laughs, cries and cringes. Join her family as they go through ups and downs and test their bonds. Join the realm of "Hearth" and find a comfort within it. cover be @loverryna

"So can we just pretend that we're not falling into the deep end?" 15 year old Marlowe Alvarez is your stereotypical troubled teen living with her aunt and uncle after her mother died in childbirth and her father abandoned her, not wanting anything to do with the abomination that killed his beloved wife. At least, that's the story that her aunt and uncle fed her. After receiving new information that she obviously was not supposed to know, she left her aunt and uncle's house with her uncle's henchmen close on her tail. She ran to the closest salvation that she could think of. Her uncle's rival mafia. The Italians. !WARNING! There will be mature language, violence, mentions of abuse and sexual assault in this book. Please do not read if you are not comfortable or think that any of these topics would harm your mental health. !DISCLAIMER! There will be no sexual scenes. Impressive Rankings: #1 - Russianmafia - 9/14/22 #9 - Fearless - 11/13/22 #8 - Badass - 10/15/22 #3 - Italianmafia - 10/16/22 #1 - Mafia - 12/17/22

redamancy A love returned in full; an act of loving the one who loves you. At the young age of 3, Valentina De Luca was kidnapped in the middle of the night. this broke the De Luca men, their one and only princess was kidnapped. they never stopped looking for her even whenctgey were told she had died. but what happens when 13 years later they receive a phone call claiming that they gave found their little princess alive? will she still be the same sweet innocent girl or will she be a cold ruthless one? what happens when a certain boy Starts to take interest in Valentina? read more to find out. This is my first book so grammar etc won't be the best! 1# found 3/27/22 1# long lost family 3/27/22 1# family secrets 4/4/22 1# familybusiness 4/21/22

Leila always believed that she was cursed to be born as one of the Lambordi. Her brothers were scary and they hated her. Thus, she always tried to stay out of their way in fear they would hurt her. Two years! For two years she managed to escape from them but all in vain, she was again dragged back to the hell, her home. But this time something is beginning to change and Leila suspects that this is bound to hurt her even more.

"Iᴛs ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀɢᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴏɴᴛ ʙᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ ᴍᴜsᴛ ɢᴏ ᴏɴ" -- COVER BY: @livingmybest9lives - fourteen-year old Isabella used to have the perfect life, but when her mother goes missing and she is put in the care of her father her life would then turn into weeks filled with abuse. but what will happen when her father dies and her brothers take her into their care. will she get a family back? Will she be able to keep all her secrets? Will she find out all the secrets her brothers are also keeping from her? unfortunate events seam to follow her everywhere she goes, no matter how hard she tries to get away from it. secrets. lies. betrayal. 𝑈𝑁𝑇𝑂𝐿𝐷 ‼️This book contains strong language, abuse, etc. THIS STORY IS DONE! most of the chapters are under editing so please read the authors note:) lots of plot twists😌 - start: 12/18/20 end: 10/19/21 #2: new start (3-16-21) (12-26-21) #9: little sister (3-17-21) #6: unknown (3-19-21) #4: unpredictable (3-23-21) #16: family problems (4-14-21) #3: scared (12-26-21) #1: trust issues (5-15-22) #1: little sister (7-30-22) #3: unknown (10-1-23)

Octavia Monet is a normal fourteen-year-old girl. She's a ballerina at the Paris Ballet Academy and her family runs the most dangerous mafia in France. Okay, maybe not so normal. Her favorite hobbies are reading, dancing and her father has made it clear it is nonnegotiable that she learns every way to kill a man with her bare hands. It's 47 by the way. So far, she knows 47 ways to kill a man with her bare hands. What happens when she is told she needs to start focusing more on the family business? How does she cope with all the new secrets? *This is a mature book containing very graphic descriptions*

The whole underground world knows of the infamously lost mafia princess Ariana Romano, the only girl born into the most ruthless and coldest mafia family the world has ever seen, who at four years old kidnapped by her own mother. The day where the Romano family became even colder and heartless, their only light in their darkness stolen. No one knows the fate of Ariana Romano since that fateful day. Ten years later, two of the Don of the Italian Mafia's sons were ambushed and captured by one of their enemies. Imagine the brothers' surprise when thrown into a cell only to find their baby sister down there struggling to survive. STARTED: March 2, 2022 FINISHED: ongoing