Alessandra has never believed in safety. Life never gave her a reason to. Pain carved her childhood, silence became her armor, and trust? That was a luxury she could never afford. So when she runs -- bloody, broken, and barely breathing, she doesn't expect saving. She certainly doesn't expect to be taken in by a family dripping in wealth and power and. . . warmth? A mother who refuses to give up on her. A father who watches like he's waiting for her to let him in. And six brothers. Rough. Protective. Complicated. Brothers, who don't know what to do with a sister who won't speak. She doesn't know how to trust. How to believe that maybe not everyone wants to hurt her. Every instinct tells her to run. To shut down. But they don't let her go. Not when she flinches. Not when she hides. Not even when she breaks. Happiness is for other people, or that's what she believes. But when love comes wrapped in gentle patience and fierce protection, when hands reach for her without demand, when hearts break themselves wide open just to hold her... she starts to wonder. Can a girl stitched together with silence and fear ever belong in a family built on love? Can she stand tall when the ghosts of her past refuse to let go? And when danger claws its way back into her life, threatening everything she's come to know... will she find her voice, or will she shatter all over again? Trigger Warnings: Child abuse. Violence. Addiction. Panic attacks. SA. Self-harm. Death, and more.

Every night i have dreams with the same people who i have never met. The only trace left of their existence as i wake up is my aching chest begging me to stay away from my painful reality just a little longer, i am never as loved as i am by those boys in the land of sleep i have never known greater kindness or gentleness in my life. How has my mind managed to create something so beautiful when all i have known all my life is pain and suffering? ... How will Annabella cope to having five overprotective brothers and a life full of secrets and drama? What is the mystery behind her kidnapping? How will she manage to find love surrounded by her very protective brothers? Read to find out It was just like a movie it was just like a song, when we were young - Adele 🏆 #1 italian 🏆#2 mafiaprincess Monthly updates. (But i'll try to update as much as possible) Warning: Abuse Mature Language Violence

A gold medalist, newly married, is revealed as a cheater in his post-gold medal win press conference.

In a past time, two people from two very different kingdoms marry and all is good...until his wife meets the woman who shares his bed.

My cousin always referred to us as the bad jokes, as in...a blonde, a brunette and a redhead walk into a bar. I'm the redhead, and this is my story. When I was 18, a psychic told me to wait for the man with the scar. For five years I waited and then suddenly, there he was in front of me one night. No mistake -- this was the man. We got off to a bad start, and I just kept making things worse chasing after him. Until he let me know in no uncertain terms that he wasn't interested in me. So I gave him what he wanted and ignored him. Then he decided he wanted me. And him getting me back was the least of our problems.

Alex had been my friend with benefits, and like a stupid cliche, I had to go and fall in love with him. I thought...I really thought...he was falling in love with me, too. Getting ready for a serious relationship. And he was. Just...not with me. He told me he wanted to find a girl just like me...

I secretly learned Spanish to surprise my boyfriend. Instead, I was the one who got the surprise when his family and friends began mocking me when he told them he was going to marry me. Then they got a surprise when I spoke to them...in Spanish. Now, Izan's trying to win me back.

It was a case of mistaken identity. Without stopping to see who was answering the door to the apartment he knocked on, Dutch blurted out the invitation to dinner. But instead of asking out the girl he had a crush on, he'd asked out her roommate, Penelope. Dutch decided one dinner date with Pen would be fine and that would be the end of things. Except...he fell in love with Pen on that date and eventually asked her to marry him. Life was perfect. Until Penelope overhead Dutch telling his former crush that asking Penelope out had been a mistake.

My high school sweetheart and I made it all through high school and college, and then we moved in together. Then one night when I came home early from work, I overheard him telling our friends I was smothering him and he needed space. Oh, I'll give him space, all right. As much space as he could possibly want.

Hannah Jacobs was the feistiest kid in town and always got into arguments with the bad boy next door. Most kids were scared of him, but not Hannah. She was infuriated by him, but never scared. Now, three years later, the bad boy is back. But the feisty girl is gone, a shell of what she used to be. Bradley Brooks was the town's notorious bad boy from the time he was a kid. He got into fights, shop lifted, and always found a way to get under his next door neighbor's skin. At the end of eighth grade, Bradley moved away, but now he's back for senior year and he finds that everything has changed. Especially his old neighbor. Now, he's determined to get his feisty neighbor back. *** This story contains swearing and descriptions of domestic violence. If this will make you uncomfortable or trigger you, please do not read. ***