"The devil and I get along just fine" ------------------- Growing up with an abusive parent figure Valentina Bianchi knew the only way to make it out was to become stronger.

She swore she'd never skate again, but the ice has a way of pulling you back-especially when the town's hockey star is watching. When Calliope Brooks loses her mother, her life is turned upside down. Forced to leave behind the familiarity of her old world, she moves to the small town of Lakehurst to live with her estranged father, the coach of the local boys' hockey team, the Lakehurst Sirens. Once a promising figure skater, Calliope has sworn off the ice-until a chance encounter with Grayson Maverick, the Sirens' star player and school heartthrob, ignites something she thought she'd lost. As Calliope finds herself drawn back to the rink, she's thrust into the chaotic, competitive world of hockey. Navigating budding friendships, lingering grief, and her growing feelings for Grayson, Calliope discovers that sometimes the only way to move forward is to embrace what makes you whole-on and off the ice. But as she steps into a role no one expected, Calliope must prove she has what it takes to be more than a fragile figurine-and face the pressures of skating with, and against, the boys who dominate the game. #1 icehockey (19th May 2025) #1 hockey (13th April 2025) #1 figureskating (20th April 2025) #1 coachesdaughter (20th April 2025) #2 greif (20th April 2025)

Book 1 of the Painted Lies duet lost /lɒst/ adjective; unable to find one's way or not knowing one's whereabouts Liliana and her twin - Isabella - were both kidnapped from their family ( the Italian mafia ) at 3 years old by the Russian mafia as revenge and put into foster care in Spain. Their family never found them and eventually gave up looking. Liliana and her twin couldn't be more different. Liliana is cold, distant. everyone and everything knows not to mess with her, her one weakness? Her twin sister Isabella is the most vulnerable, bubbly person you could imagine and the only one that Liliana would drop anything and everything for although isabella doesn't know it. They were put into foster care at 3 years old and had been lucky enough to have been kept together in the system. But one day Liliana disappeared for 2years when she was 12 and came back completely different. Cold. Ruthless. Dangerous. And the most feared assassin in the underworld, but 'diabla' identity is kept secret from everyone except for her allies in other mafias and her best friends. But no secret can last forever can it? Not unless you take it to the grave.

𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡 ⚜⚜⚜ The minute she turns around, my eyes lock onto her. Her striking features catch my attention, and I notice the exhaustion in her amber eyes. Then it hits me. She's the girl who tried to escape earlier outside. I've seen her before. Where have I seen her before? I've seen her where-suddenly, realization strikes me. She was the one who served us at the club. "Y-You," my son stares at her in disbelief. "Yeah, I know I'm hot as fuck," she smirks. ⚜⚜⚜ Valentina isn't just a teenager- she's Medusa, a ruthless assassin and the Donna of the American Mafia. Beneath her normal life lies a world of danger, secrets, and a painful past filled with heartbreak and abuse. After her cruel stepfather dies in a fire, the police uncover a link to her father and brother she never knew about. As Valentina moves in with her family, deadly threats and the truth about her mother emerge, forcing her to question everything. Can she trust her family with her secrets? Will they accept her for who she truly is? And what is her mother hiding?

Leila always believed that she was cursed to be born as one of the Lambordi. Her brothers were scary and they hated her. Thus, she always tried to stay out of their way in fear they would hurt her. Two years! For two years she managed to escape from them but all in vain, she was again dragged back to the hell, her home. But this time something is beginning to change and Leila suspects that this is bound to hurt her even more.

After a tragic accident, Camilo Montenegro discovers a shocking truth: he has two daughters-daughters he believed were long dead. When the girls move in with him and his six sons, buried secrets begin to surface, and it quickly becomes clear that not everything is as it seems. The past is catching up, and the Montenegro household will never be the same. 1# LOST DAUGHTER 7-8-2025

Book one of the Costello series "He held me underwater and every time I was beginning to drown he'd briefly let me up for air, and then he'd suffocate me all over again." ... Its all well and good having motivation and dedication, but without a backstory? The dedication means shit. I've had a life straight from a horror story. Mix in 10 brothers, a loving set of parents, cousins, grandparents, best friends, a 7'0ft Mexican god and the reign of the underworld and let's see where I end up. ... Can you keep up?

Kalina never knew much about her family, only that she had brothers, a mother and a father who never wanted her. After the abuse her mother put her through, Kalina was broke beyond repair. With the help from a motorcycle gang she built herself back up. One day, she gets taken out of her cell in juvie, to find out her mother had died. Being seventeen, her father has come to take her home. Where she learns he was unaware of her existence. Kalina must learn to depend on others and adapt to a life of safety and security all children should have. And her family must learn to hide their mafia from a girl who means the world to them. Kalina, however, is not as innocent as they think. Her past is dark and catching up to her fairly quick. What happens when she meets a certain man, who will change the course of her life forever. (This book is full of uncomfortable and triggering content, please be careful while reading)

Alyssa Gray Smith Intimidating. Mysterious. Ruthless. And lastly Scarily Calm. With a name that sends chills down any grown man's spine. Alyssa Gray Smith (Russo) a 17 year old who has been through hell and back. But you know how this works. Kidnapped by her own mother out of jealousy and abused ever since, she was down to make a name for herself. She's now a cold, stubborn and deadly calm teen. Getting a call about a now dead foster dad, wasn't the idea. she has to go live with her 5 brothers and a father she never knew about. A lot is destin happened. oh you want to know what happens? Read the book.

NEW VERSION UP ON MY PAGE NOW! Celine Monet has lived alone with her mother ever since she was five, when her parents got a divorce and only one won custody over her. But finally, eight years later, her father wins shared custody. After moving across the country and settling into a new home, Celine visits the family she hasn't seen in almost a decade. But they're shocked to find out that the years of - unknown to them - abuse have weighed down on her, morphing her into a completely new person. But they find a whisper of the little happy girl she used to be, and they're determined to cling onto it.