Life is difficult. That's no secret. It's something that Marlowe learned at a young age. At 17 years old, she is an accomplished student and one of the underworld's most feared assassins. Though, it's not as nice as it seems. She is desperate for a way out. And eventually she finds one through the Italian Mafia. Is it the most conventional? No. But is it better than her current situation? Also most likely no. But seeing as it make her life something more than just killing, she jumps at the first chance she gets. Marlowe quickly learns that secrets in mafia families run deeper than she will ever realize. And perhaps she discovers a little more than she was expecting.

The Cortello - D'Angelo brothers, my older brothers. I've never met them, they've never known me. Then everything changes in the blink of an eye and suddenly the Cortello - D'Angelo brothers are the only thing that I know. God help me." *** Adrian is content with the life she has. Her dad is the only family she needs. Not the only family she has, but the only family she needs. One days changes everything for her. Her world is flipped on its axis, her life is vastly different to what it was before. How will she survive? *** "We were never meant to know her. It was made abundantly clear that we stay away because all we brought was problems. Suddenly we have no option, we can't just stay away. Everything is changing for us all. God help us." *** The brothers were...fine with their lives. Fame and fortune, an abundance of anything and everything they could want. They had everything, except Adrian. A sudden and drastic change forces her to meet them, finally. And subsequently, everything else changes. How will they survive?

After generations of men in the Giordano family, the idea of a baby girl was a mere dream. So when their first and only princess was born, they believed they had found peace. Finally, the world was extending an olive branch. She doesn't remember any of them. Kidnapped at the age of two, Olive was thrown into a different world. One without mercy. No more love, no more stolen smiles. Forced to grow up, childhood was nothing but a thing she could hope for. Now, fourteen years later with two of her best friends, she runs. Olive Giordano always runs. But it was only a matter of time before her past caught up with her. Forced to reunite with her broken family she never knew about, troubles are desperate to follow. °°° "Come with us, and I'll bail your friends out as well. Three instead of one troublemaker, what do you say?" my new brother finished. Our eyes were locked together, and he was waiting for me to back down. To lose. I stared back, furious. "Fine." I gritted out. "You want to play house? That's on you. Now please get me out of these cuffs." 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕: 𝟤𝟨/𝟢𝟫/𝟤𝟥 (𝟢𝟫/𝟤𝟨/𝟤𝟥)

15-year-old Alexandra 'Lexi' DeLaCruz-DeLesco has had a not so pleasant life- to say the least. She was abused by her foster 'parents' until they got arrested for drug dealing. Now, she finds out that she has two sets of six half brothers, sharing the same mom as the DeLescos and the same dad as the DeLaCruzs. The two gangs hate each other, but have agreed to put their rivalry aside for a maximum of one year- until a suitable home can be found for Lexi. They hate her and she hates them. What if Lexi finally finds the home she desperately craved for? What if the brothers start to grow fond of their little sister? Will secrets and the past tear them apart? Find out in 'Temporary' Thanks to @auradeeeee for creating this amazing cover! NOTE: if you are reading this on any other site other than Wattpad, you are likely to be at risk of a malware attack. Featured: Coming-of-age @TeenFiction July 2025

Charlotte was taken away from her family at the age of two by her mother. Charlotte has become your stereotypically troubled teen and spends her time either moving or in the police station. Things only got worse when her mother died. Charlotte's family have been searching for their missing sister, but have had no luck. That is until they receive a phone call asking if they want to have her back. After 14 years apart Charlotte is not the same innocent girl. She's a stronger fighter, rule breaker, and stubborn girl. Little does she know how powerful her brothers truly are. Warning there is language and things that may trigger people. How will she react? Will her brothers be able to handle her?

You've seen the stories with girls as delicate as a flower Powerful as the president Badass like Rapunzel (Yes Rapunzel, the best Disney princess you can't convince me otherwise) But have you seen one with a girl who's all three? Throw in a dash of anxiety and paranoia and you have the lovely, Amren Elwood. {}{}{} "This is a great meet and greet and all but I think it's best I leave." I stand up, catching everyone's attention, "I have places to be, you know people to see and such." "You can't leave." Aslan says, making me stop and look at him in the eyes. "Try and stop me."

The Cortello Brothers are famous around the city known as Los Angeles, the city of Angels. They smoke, do drugs, party, mess with girls and have all been to Juvie more times than they count. The D'Angelo Brothers are equally as famous as the Cortellos in the city called Los Angeles, the city of Angels and they share every one of the Cortellos' bad habits from the smoking to partying. The Cortello Brothers and The D'Angelo Brothers are also known for hating each other to everyone in the city. The six Cortello Brothers and the six D'Angelo Brothers are all Adrian Cortello's half brothers, sharing the same dad as the Cortellos and the same mom as the D'Angelos. Adrian's life experience a whirlwind of changes after her mom and dad passes away and she finds out about the existence of not one, not two, but twelve older brothers who apparently hate each other. After a surprisingly calm battle, the oldest Cortello and the oldest D'Angelo ultimately decide that shared custody between the two of them would be best for Adrian and that leads to all of them having to live in one house without trying to kill each other. As soon as she arrives, Adrian senses the tension between the two families. After having lost her mom and dad, she decides that her brothers war among themselves cannot last or she might loose them too so she makes it her mission to try and get all her brothers to get along. Along with trying to get everyone to get along, she has to deal with the secrets that come with having older brothers who have a "family business" that they won't tell her about and she has to try and make sure that they don't find out about any of her demons haunting her. Among all of that, she has to try and get her brothers to warm up to her, specifically the younger ones who for some unknown reason have a strong dislike towards her. Boy, is Adrian in for a ride on the roller coaster that is messed up life. ----- Inspired by Their Sister, Their Strength by @gracesilverleigh

Fifteen year old Isabella Delgado is living her best life (kinda) - until she's pulled into a police station shipped off to America to live with the 6 older brothers she's just found out about. Her life is flipped around in 24 hours and she has to adapt to life with six annoying, overprotective people who would rather die than see her harmed. - Will she be able to cope with her newly discovered relatives or is the whole thing gonna be a complete shitshow?? We'll see.... *first chapter is extremely cliche*

"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

Morana, a thirteen year old assassin, a legend. She was born in France and raised by the French mafia. She gets sent to kill a Cortello brother, she doesn't succeed and she gets shot, she is taken to the hospital and the police gets involved and they find out that she's minor without a legal guardian. They do a DNA test to find out that she's actually the Italian mafia princess, a Cortello. And now she has to live with the people she was taught to hate, kill and fear, the Italian mafia. And they were taught to hate her as well. Will this family of enemies turn into a family of love? TW: mature content, sexual assault, rape, violence, strong language, abuse, drugs, self-harm. Started: 10/06/22 Finished: - Most impressive ranks: #6 mafiaprincess #2 xander #1 sixbrothers #1 abuse #1 guns #1 overprotective #3 knives #3 drugs #1 alcohol #1 trauma #5 French #1 abused #1 knives