"So, uh, I'm sorry again. I would really like it if we could start over." Nayeli blinked a few times in silence, as if her mind was racing to catch up with his words. When she didn't respond, Steve tried to clarify for her apparent confusion. "Uh...friends?" Her mouth formed an o shape, seeming to understand. Nayeli was the most confusing person Steve had ever met, she was obviously smart with her high status in shield. But, she had no smarts when it came to social interaction. "Okay, sure" Nayeli eventually said, "I won't hold it against you, people tend to avoid the unknown and scary. You did it, the government does it, that guy on the fourth floor with the receding hairline does it. Just don't act too patriotic around me and we'll get along, 'kay?" And with that, Nayeli slammed her apartment door shut, leaving Steve staring at her star sticker. If you asked Steve what he was more scared of, teenagers or another alien invasion he would reply another alien invasion. Before Natasha would chime in that it was most definitely teenagers. So when eighteen year old Nayeli Dovebar joins SHIELD as a technical analyst, he goes to great lengths in avoiding the terrifying glitter obsessed fashionista. But, she catches on to his little predicament. So when fear turns into friendship, Steve Natasha and Nayeli are in for the ride of their lives. I do not own any of the marvel characters nor their plot I only own Nayeli and her plot <3 Pre-Winter Soldier ✓ Winter Soldier ✓ Pre-Age of Ultron ✓ Age of Ultron ✓ Pre-Civil War ✓ Civil War ✓ Pre-Infinity War ✓ Infinity War ✓ End Game ✓ Pietro Maximoff x f!oc GOING THROUGH EDITING!!!

"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 ............. Valentina has never had a normal life. Surviving countless tragedies. She lost hope on ever finding happiness. Working day and night, rebuilding the American Syndicate into something powerful after taking over. Until, her step-father dies. That was just the start of the chain of events. All of which reveal a link to a family she never knew of. Deadly threats and the truth about her mother arise. Forcing her to question everything. Can she trust her new found family? And what was her dead 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.