Eight-year-old Athena Dimitriou has never known safety. Raised by a mother who loved her but resented her, and a man who hid his violence behind closed doors, she learned early how to stay small, quiet, and invisible. Until the night everything shattered. When her mother is found dead and her stepfather vanishes, DNA results reveal an impossible truth-Athena is the illegitimate daughter of one of America's most powerful Mafia dons. Whisked away to New York, she finds herself in a palace of cold steel and burning loyalty, under the protection of five ruthless brothers who rule a criminal empire. She was born in silence. They raise her in steel. But beneath the violence lies something unexpected-soft hands, warm arms, a family that will kill for her, die for her... and teach her, at last, how to live. Book 1

"It's like living with a storm inside me." Kelvin's voice was barely above a whisper. "The voice in my head commands me to do things... I can't refuse. If I fight back, it punishes me." Julie could only stare. Then he looked into her eyes. "I have to tell you because... it said you should know." --- After losing her father, Julie moves to California hoping to leave her painful past behind. Instead, she finds herself living under the same roof as a stepbrother who wants nothing to do with her, attending an elite school where popularity means power, and meeting a mysterious boy carrying a secret no one should ever have to bear. As feelings begin to grow, enemies close in, nightmares become harder to ignore, and hidden truths slowly unravel. Julie soon realizes that not every monster looks frightening... Some wear a smile. Some hide behind popularity. Some hide their pain Some hide monsters What happens when your heart leads you to the very person you were never meant to save?

When Franny learns why former popular boy Tyler fell from grace, she gets thrown head-first into his dangerous world but also closer to his timid heart. ***** Eighteen-year-old Tyler Madden used to have everything. He was captain of the football team, popular, high achiever, and was set to have a successful career. But when a secret too hard to handle comes to light, he turns to underground fighting to deal with the pain. Now, he's in too deep. And when Francesca Howard befriends him at school in the hopes of figuring out what went wrong, she unknowingly gets pulled into the criminal world he's now stuck in. As the two find comfort in each other, they find themselves faced with their impending future and trying to get Tyler out alive. Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains scenes pertaining to drug use, substance abuse, and violence. [#1 in teen fiction, romance and action]

SLOW UPDATES ❝ 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝. ❞ People don't know they have someone special until they're gone. That's what happened to Sage Morales and Sawyer Iglesia. After their fifth grade culmination, Sage and Sawyer's paths led them in different directions. Going to different middle schools and not being able to say goodbye to one another left big holes in both their hearts that only the other person could fill. So, when they accidently bump into each other seven years later, all of those feelings that they shoved aside come crashing into them full force. Sage and Sawyer begin to rebuild their friendship and realize just how much they really missed one another. But, they're not the same people they once were, both having insecurities that lead them to believe the other person deserves better than what they have to offer. Can Sage and Sawyer fight for themselves enough to finally be with the person that they never stopped loving or will they let their insecurities win and have to say goodbye to each other for real this time? TW: mature language, mature themes (mentioned in Introduction)

16 year old free skater Sophie Bellerose, takes a leap of faith in a lottery ticket attempt. After crossing out all winning numbers, she claims five hundred thousand quid using her gained cash to pay a high-end boarding school fee, all the way in Brighton, England. Sophie is the human embodiment of sunshine and cheerfulness. To everyone else she is innocent, kind and understanding. Not an inch selfish, yet caring. But every girl has her secrets. Sophie included She meets her first acquaintance in fault of her clumsiness. Noah Alcocer. Whilst attempting to maintain her quiet and unnoticed nature, her sudden arrival catches the of the athlete. The old money, hockey player is well known amongst the pupils at Brighton for brushing girls off his cold shoulder, yet a sense in him feels that she is different. TW : mature themes, foul language, violence Rankings 🫶🏻 #2 boardingschool 6th October 2023 #2 sunshine 5th October 2023 #1 ed 9th October 2023 #1 oldmoney 29th January 2024

After discovering that her boyfriend of three years is cheating on her with his girl best friend, Yasemin Hogan knows she can do way better than a little material revenge. Julian broke her heart, she will break his. By fake dating his enemy. Elijah Harden seems like the man for the job. He's attractive, tall and smart; fake dating him sounds pretty fun. They just need to write down some rules. Like, we don't touch each other behind closed doors, only in public. We have to sleep in the same place. We stay together during parties. And above all, we don't fall in love. Well, easy. Yasemin and Elijah don't get along. It's been five years of fierce academic rivalry between them. Five years of hatred. Five years of winter. However, as they start fake dating, the forced proximity ignites terrible feelings inside them. And leads the two rivals to face a new reality: the winter between them is the warmest season. COLLEGE ROMANCE [This story contains adult scenes. Also mentions of: anxiety, mourning/death, eating disorder, abusive relationship, SA, child abuse/neglect, alcohol/drugs/insults, life threatening disease] Started: 23/10/2021 Finished: hopefully in 2026 (everybody please give your prayers) Cross-posted on AO3 (because a reader of mine asked for it) with the same username HIGHEST RANKINGS : #1 in RIVALRY, ACADEMICS, STEAMY, FAKEDATING, ACADEMICRIVALS and TENSION #2 in ARROGANT and ENEMIES #3 in RIVALS #6 in COLLEGEROMANCE #8 in COLLEGE #5 in FAKERELATIONSHIP #1 in SWIMMER

When photography student, Willow Kennedy, gets offered an internship with her college's renowned ice hockey team, The Michigan Wolverines, she anticipates three things: 1) Her twin brother being an unbearable and over-protective nightmare. 2) Her photographs not making any real impact whatsoever. 3) The team completely shutting out the curly-haired girl pointing a camera in their faces. What Willow didn't take into account, however, was the Wolverine's team captain. Rumoured NHL first draft pick, dreamboat and total game changer- Tate Wilder. With his infectious dimpled smile, sparkling green eyes and addictive personality, Tate quickly turns Willow's internship into a life-changing and eye-opening experience- one filled with love, friendship and opportunities. Willow didn't meet the Michigan Wolverines looking for love, and funnily enough neither did Tate, but love soon found them. ********* "Pretty please?" Her lip juts out in an irresistible pout and you'd almost think she was a sweet innocent flower judging by the puppy dog eyes she's flashing me. But that image is little tarnished by the hand she has dipped into my boxers. I can feel my Adams apple bob as I reply. "O-okay. Fine, you win this time." The smile I get in response is absolutely blinding. A full, mega-watt grin with teeth, crinkled eyes and blush on the apples of her cheek. I'll let her win everything if I get that fucking smile in return.

Kaden Graham Harrison. His world is home to billionaires, future presidents, models and children of diplomats. People who had the power to rule the world before they were even born. He can buy himself everything with the snap of his fingers. Booze. Sex. Money. Power. Luxury. Illegal fights. A future that most people can't even dream of. Kaden and his friends are drowning in those while they are living their college life at one of the most elite universities in the world. They know things that could destroy countries but their own secrets... are much worse. Aleandra Raven. All her life she has tried to prove herself. To teachers, to her siblings and most of all to her parents. She felt like a constant disappointment, even though she would have never showed her true feelings to the people that claimed to love her. Now after years of being locked up in her own cage that she called her home she tries to find herself and live the life her parents would despise. Two societies next to each other but so far away. A collaboration between different worlds. A project that forces them to work together. Luxury. Justice. Love. Dreams. Sex. A found family. And an overprotective brother. Everything begins with them. They were meant to be the perfect start... But nobody said something about the ending. Cover made by me.

A family tragedy leaves a girl to raise her younger brother. Afraid to show emotions she bottles it all up till one day it all explodes on a person walking by and now she's in jail. So what do you do when your brother has to be picked up in an hour but you have to stay in jail till someone post bail but you don't know anyone? You trust the shifty hot guy in the corner when he says he can get you out without getting in trouble. Start: 8-7-2019 End: 4-24-2023

*CURRENTLY UNDERGOING MAJOR EDITING* When Eden is awakened by a late-night knock to her door, she finds herself treating a wounded stranger-Phoenix, one of the mysterious brothers who live across the street. What begins as a single act of care spirals into obsession as Eden is drawn into their dangerous world. As her connection to Phoenix deepens, her once-stable life unravels, and nothing will ever be the same.