❝I think we've lost the meaning of family.❞ • • • A few years ago, we tragically lost our parents, and every day since then, my brothers and I have drifted apart. We have intense defense mechanisms and our own methods of survival in the adult world. Our house feels less like home, the city feels empty, and the stars seem more distant. Will we be able to heal as a family? Or will we go our separate ways as adults? ▫▫▫▫ ▫▫▫▫ ▫▫▫▫ Cover is made by me. Copyright © 2021 Josie Marie Any relation to other stories or characters is entirely coincidental and not intentional. Any credit for the #olderbrother trend goes to its appropriate writers/creators. All of my work is original, inspired by the #olderbrother trend, but based on my own life with four brothers.

"𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩, 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧." In spite of how painful their backgrounds are, these kids are bound to set the world on fire. - - - We never asked to be killers, but now it's one of the only things we're good at. We like killing, whether any of us admits it or not, but we hate ourselves all the more for it. TW⚠️ rape different types of abuse violence strong language self harm Mature scenes. Pregnancy ( ik some ppl have a problem with that for whatever reason) Love triangle #4 Assassin 7/30/21 #13 Brothers 7/31/21 EMOTIONAL YA'LL // Completed Book 1 major editing to happen!!

| BACK FOR GOOD | ------ Life wasn't easy for little Remi. Going through struggles not even adults should endure. But after a selfless act from her mother, she's finally safe but she still has a long road to being a normal kid again. The Moratti brothers. Vincent, Luca, Levi, Ethan, Xander, and Milo were content with their dangerous lifestyle and the last thing they expected was for a frightened little girl to show up at their doorstep. Now they all have to adjust to the new change and the challenges that come with it.

She's a genius with a past too heavy to name. He's a mafia heir built from shadows and silence. Thrown together by legacy, forced into alliance by danger- they were never meant to fall in love. But when family secrets resurface and enemies close in, Amara and Alexander will have to choose: protect the walls they've built, or risk everything to tear them down-for each other.

In a world woven with power, passion, and peril, the Valmont family reigns-hidden behind a legacy draped in mystery and silk. Eloise Calista Valmont, the sole daughter of a dynasty shrouded in secrets, has spent her life protecting the family she loves-guarding her youngest sister Elara, shielding them both from a past that nearly tore them apart. After years of silence and separation, the echoes of old enemies resurface, threatening everything Eloise has fought to build. As loyalties are tested and hidden truths unravel, Eloise must navigate a delicate dance of reconciliation with her brothers, embrace a powerful legacy she barely understands, and face a love as fierce and unyielding as her own. Bound by blood, loyalty, and the silk threads of a family's secret history, Eloise and Elara stand on the edge of a new dawn-where courage will be their shield, and love the ultimate heirloom.

When Alessandra Roma Morelli loses her mother, the quiet life she's known crumbles. Orphaned, shuffled through the system, and unaware of her legacy, she finds herself lost in a world that doesn't care. But across the ocean, the infamous Morelli brothers have never stopped searching. The only daughter of their family was taken from them as a child, and they have spent years hunting for her. When they finally find her, there is nothing-no law, no lie, no threat-that can keep them apart. Alessandra doesn't know them. She doesn't know the life she was born into. But they know her. And they'll burn the world to bring her home.

Amalia Romano has been putting her heart back together, piece by piece after her high school boyfriend broke it four years ago, when he left the city with his mother and little sister. Amalia thinks she'll never see him again until she does at her friends bachelorette party. Only she wakes up the next day in his bed, but disappears before he wakes up and spends the rest of the day ignoring him before the journey back home. But then things start coming back to her from their drunken night: laughs, jokes. Oh, and their walk down the aisle in a Las Vegas chapel before they were married by an Elvis impersonator. As soon as she realises that she's married to the boy who unknowingly broke her into a thousand pieces when he left, she wants to divorce him. But an opportunity comes up for her to advance her business, however it's a club strictly for married ladies. He agrees, but the real question is: will this fake marriage transform into a real one? COVER CREATED BY @sugarhighstoned

• [CAN BE READ ALONE] • • [BOOK 1.5 AND 2.5 IN THE SILENT SERIES] • Read this story for small, enjoyable, funny and adorable moments with the Romano family. Get some insight on Amalia's personal growth, as well as many more memories and scenes with her family and all of their own personal journeys. There are two books in this, the first half is set after Silent and the second half is set after Reticent. [COVER BY @sugarhighstoned]

Amalia Romano is sixteen years old now. Still a dancing prodigy, she lands herself a photoshoot for a magazine that'll help her get to where she wants to be. It seems like everything's going perfectly fine. Her grades are booming, she has a nice circle of friends and her family adore her. She's content, happy and finally safe where she is. Nothing can go wrong. That's what she thinks until Archer King, the typical bad boy, enters her life--brown hair so dark it's almost black, almost always obscured by his motorcycle helmet. Tattoos he's definitely not allowed embedded into his skin, and a careless attitude that clashes with hers. After a messy mix up in school, she decides to ignore him.. until she gets assigned to work with him for a project that'll make up a large chunk of her final grade for the year. Not only does she have to put up with him, but she also has to hide him from her family, since he's the exact type she's always been warned away from. She also has to juggle more than one relationship in her already hectic life. [COVER BY @sugarhighstoned]