"We fought an uphill battle. One we had no hope of winning." ~~~ Felicity-Flick as most call her-Carter, has learned a thing or two in her 12 years of life. How to deal with drunk parents without waking the neighbors, how to smoke a cigarette without burning your fingers, and how to be abandoned by your siblings without losing your mind. All skills acquired through heartbreak and survival. Cigarette smoke filled lungs, late night talks on rooftops, make up most of who Flick is. But when her fractured family begins to mend itself, Flick is faced with a new chapter in her life that involves the very people she never wanted to see again. Started: January 10th 2021 Finished: December 2nd 2021

The so called princess of the French Mafia and the one and only heir to the Italian Mafia make a contract sealed in marrige. While Vincent Enzo Gallo only sees a spoiled princess who dreams of money, what happens when this French jewel breaks down his walls to his heart. Warning: May be cringy at times, lemon for you dirty folk, arranged marrige, abuse, trigger warnings won't be stated at the beginning of each chapter so that nothing is revealed therfore keeping the story's plot intact. PLEASE BE KIND THIS IS MY FIRST BOOK AND I PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO IT! I TRY FOR EACH CHAPTER TO HAVE AT LEAST 1500-3000 WORDS SO THESE AREN'T EXACTLY SHORT CHAPTERS!!

[COMPLETE][EDITING] Ace Hernandez, the Mafia King, known as the Devil. Sofia Diaz, known as an angel. The two are arranged to be married, forced by their fathers, joining the two Mafia's. But Sofia eventually learns, even the devil was once an angel. Cover by @alluringathena *This book is more of a romance book than Mafia book and I hope you enjoyyy*

𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞. ➪ 𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄 is the very definition of living a peaceful life, well she was. That was until her heart was broken by her boyfriend of six years and suddenly she's in bed with the asshole she can't stand, who also happens to live across the hall; Alessio Collins. 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐒 is closed off, a jackass some will say. He has little to no friends and puts his free time into boxing or photography. Sometimes girls, well 𝘢 girl. His whole world suddenly revolves around Niella when he finds out their one night stand led to a whole lot more. Now their life's are thrown into a loop only themselves can figure out. But will their love overpower the problems and past they both seem to struggle with? {YES this is a pregnancy trope. Pleaseee read the tags}

Verity was a quiet 16 year old girl who had a tough life. She never meant for things to go so bad- so why did they? Abandoned at the ripe age of 3, she was adopted by a narcissistic asshole who abused her for 13 years straight. Her only escape was her best friends, who she saw as her older brothers and his dad- who she called her dad. He fed her and kept her safe, helping her when things got bad at home. She introduced herself as Verity Volkov, which wasn't her last name but the last name she wishes she had. Her father figure, Mikael Volkov, was the leader of the Russian mafia. Verity attended NLA, New Life Academy. One day, when she is at school, the unspeakable happens- her adoptive father commits. With nowhere to legally go, she sits in the sheriffs office, awaiting her DNA test. To her surprise, she has a family- in fact, she had a mom, a dad, and 6 older brothers. Six! What was she to do as she moves to Italy to live with her biological family, who appeared to be the Russians rivals- the Italian mafia. Her father was the don of the goddamn Italian mafia. She stays quiet and emotionless during her time in Italy, trying to cope before she meets Nicolas Ricci- the man her family despises yet the man who took interest in her. The man she falls in love with without realizing. As her story unfolds and secrets reveal, Verity goes through an emotional rollercoaster. And through this all Verity has one question only: Why did her biological family abandon her? What will she do to cope through all of this? ______________________________________

BOOK 2 of Serendipity ! Just when Carlotta thought she found her serendipity in Greek Mafia Don Evangelos Kosmos, everything goes to shit. Again. Thrown into the hands of her ex-boyfriend, Emiliano, she has to fight tooth and nail as Evengelos is wrongly convicted of her kidnap and arrested by the FBI, along with her brother Romeo, a suspected accomplice. With her boyfriend and brother in a dangerous maximum security prison across the globe, Car steps up and embodies her birthright. The Mafia. With a strange royal proposition and meddling in the life of sovereignty, what could go wrong? TW: violence, rape, abusive behaviours, SMUT

Carlotta Angela Vasiliev is a 17 year old girl living with her adoptive Russian mafia family of 4 brothers and father. Ever since she was a child, she's had no sense of belonging, abused by the Swedish mafia in her youth, her Russian saviours are the only family she knows. That is until someone frames her with the CPS and she gets taken away to live with her biological family. Enter the Italian mafia. 5 more overprotective brothers who finally got their little sister home in New York. Carlotta faces a new life with a new family, will she ever see her adoptive brothers again? Or will she replace them with her biologicals? What happens when she meets a boy who catches her eye? ~~~ "Car." He cuts me off, taking a step towards me, "Nothing about you could ever bother me." He says, lifting a hand to cup one of my cheeks. "Apart from your bratty attitude, but you'll learn." He adds on at the end nonchalantly smirking down at me as his hand slides from my cheek to my throat. TW: Mentions of abuse, rape, violent scenes and SMUT

Sloan. 17 years old. Billionaire. Mafia Queen. At the age of 2 Sloan was kidnapped from her family by her father's second in command and taken to Spain. He was psychotic and was obsessed with Sloan from birth. Till the age of 10 she experienced constant physical and verbal abuse. Sloan knew he was never her father, she never believed him even when he punished her for saying so. He died a slow death, killed by his enemies, leaving Sloan in foster care. Where she is immediately adopted by a man and woman, who have no real good intentions. They thought they could be push overs to the 10-year-old, but after 8 years of abuse she has had enough. She learns to fight, meeting people that become her first ever family, building her empire from the ground up. Becoming a name that people are afraid to mention. The D'Aboville's, left shattered after their daughter and sister is kidnapped from their home by a trusted mafia member. They've looked for years always coming up empty handed, until they get an anonymous call saying that the said trusted member was killed, but they heard nothing about their daughter. Thinking she died with him or long before, they call off their search. Only to get a call 7 years later saying that their long lost daughter was in fact very much alive. NOT EDITED and in dire need of it. DISCLAIMER: Strong language, sexual content and violence.

Layla Campbell • four years after her boyfriend dies she's left to raise her three year old by herself. Her job allows her to provide everything necessary they may need, but she won't allow herself one thing: love, which goes against the promise she made. Lorenzo Romanoff • struggling with finding his reason to keep going and stop drinking. The day he meets his brothers lawyer and her little boy that changes. He finds his reason to resist temptation. ••• "I don't want you to leave me." His fingers stop brushing my hair when my confession leaves my lips. "I don't want to leave you, but I have to. I'm sorry, I'm so fucking sorry." I grip his hospital gown and let out my silent cries as my body shakes. His arms tightens around me trying to comfort me, he knows nothing can. He's dying, and nothing is going to stop that. ••• "I do that a lot, you can't fool me." He says in a softer tone. I clear my throat and look away, the way he's looking at me's making me feel like he can read me as clear as a book, "Do what?" He gets closer to me making my eyes flicker to him, "You don't have to pretend Layla." For some reason it feels though as if I should whisper, "Who said I was pretending?" "Your smile," he murmurs, his eyes drop to my lips making a frown settle on his face. "It's so beautiful when you smile," his finger runs along my bottom lip, "but this one? Darling, this one is fake."

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