|| Book 1 of the Syndicate Series || [Standalone] When young Diovanna is framed for something she didn't do and is sent off to a "boarding school" she feels abandoned and betrayed. But one thing was for sure, this boarding school was no ordinary school. One day when police roll in and search the place effectively shutting down the school, she is forced to go to the family that sent her away. The ones who abandoned her in her own personal hell. One thing is for sure, she is no longer happy and bubbly, she is silent and dangerous. ~~~ Ok yall idk abt the description but please give this book a chance!

Thalia Anagnos-Loukanis A 14-year-old girl who has not only struggled to fit in at school but with the people that should have loved her; her family. She was the one that brought two families together. People wouldn't say the families hated one another, they would say that they chose to have nothing to do with one another. But Thalia, she was supposed to bring them together, to unite them. But rather, when she was born, it seemed to change the two families. Instead of them aweing and cooing at her, they would have banished her if they got the chance. Growing up, it became 16 against 1. Older sisters are supposed to share their clothes with their younger sisters and prepare them for what was awaiting for them. Older brothers were supposed to protect the younger ones and tease them from time to time. Not tie their baby sister to a chair and force her to eat her dinner that was just mush or make her sleep out on a cold winter's night so that her body would harden. She looked up to her eldest brothers and sisters, hoping that one day she would be loved by them like parents. But nothing changed from the cold glares and door slams in the face. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "All I wanted was to be looked at like their little sister who they loved" "Just another ordinary day of the silent treatment. I don't think they have ever spoken an endearment to my face" "The ratty hair, the ratty clothes. I probably look like I have just woken out of a trash can not a thousand dollar bed" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *TW: some themes and words may be distressing to some* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Started: 3.10.22 Finished: - Rankings: -

Every young girl dreams of becoming a princess someday, right? Wrong! That wasn't my dream- far from it! I dreamt of a day where, upon reaching my eighteenth birthday, I could finally escape my neglectful "parents" who only acknowledged me when it suited them. But all that changed when I learned my 'parents' had been arrested on drug charges, and an unknown side of my 'family' had been looking for me since before I had even been born. Enter Mr. Castellucci and his seven sons, and I quickly understood why Maria had never mentioned a previous marriage or her other 'children.' These men were not the dashing princes riding white horses; they were dark, imposing, and intimidating figures. And Mr. Castellucci was determined to take me back with him to his lavish home somewhere in Italy -so far from my comparatively uncomplicated life in New Haven, Connecticut - and begin building my new life there with them. Although wary that these men had a more nefarious and sinister reason for taking a sudden interest in me than being a 'long-lost family member', they were doing an excellent job of easing me into a false sense of security by treating me like their long-awaited 'Principessa'. Desperate for their love and approval, while struggling with my inadequacies and haunted past, I was naïvely unaware of their ruthless nature and sheer power. I did not realise the scope of their 'charm' until it was too late. Far too late. Until I was precisely where they wanted me: under their thumb and control, with no prospects of ever escaping them as Maria had done before me, I was nothing more than a bird locked in a gilded cage, that they had deviously led me to believe was the price of love and safety. Let it be said once and for all: The Italian mafia did not ask; they took what they deemed as theirs to take. And I was THEIRS. _______________ This is my dark, twisted take on the popular Mafia, Older Brothers/Younger Sister, and Lost/Found Daughter/Sister tropes.

Alexander, James and Skye were triplets. They were stolen from their family at the age of 4. The family searched for them day and night never giving up, years past and they knew they had to face reality. The triplets weren't coming back. Alexander, James and Skye were stolen in daylight, they had wandered off from one of their friends birthday parties and they had been taken. of course it hadn't been random, they had been targeted. Now 10 years later they are no longer the happy care free children, they have scars both litteral and metaphorical. Alexander being the oldest always tried to protect his younger siblings but that didn't matter to them. They found a way to hurt the triplets whenever they could. Until one day when everything changed. A police raid and the kids were taken to the station. They were finally free from the cruel grasp of their abusers. Only to be reunited with their family. What really caused them to be abducted?

Aurora Rose Romano a 16 year old girl kidnapped from her own mother at the young age of 5. Since then she only knows pain, pain that she receives from her own mother that mother that should love her but doesn't. After some years the mother started abuse her with her stepfather. What happens when her mother and stepfather dies and she comes to know about her father and her 8 brothers. Will they lover her or treat her like her mother and stepfather did? Will she ever trust them? If you want to know then read my story.

Kendall Rossi isn't your average thirteen-year-old girl. At the young age of five her brothers dropped her off at an old orphanage which they claimed would be way safer and more practical than living with them and their Italian mafia problems. That wasn't the case. For years Kendall was switching from foster family to foster family. Some were sweet, some just needed the cash, and some had awful intentions. Like Gaston Tremblay, her current foster father. A couple years after the Rossi brothers left Kendall, they realized how much they craved and needed the little girl's bubbly and joyful personality in their life. They spent three full years trying to find Kendall but there was no trace of her. They eventually gave up and adopted a little girl around the age of eleven who would have been two years older than Kendall at the time. May, the little girl did help tie the broken family together, but it still wasn't the same, but they learned to cope and almost fully erased Kendall out of their lives. Until Alessandro Rossi the eldest of the brothers received a shocking phone call that would soon change their lives.

14 years ago two year old Violet King was kidnapped from her family sending them spiralling as they search the world for her. Present day Violet "Sinclair" is the daughter of two drug addicts. She is abused everyday by the people who should "love" and "protect" her. She is utterly clueless to the family that has spent years searching for her.Instead she accepts that she will forever be alone and unloved.. Forced to work when she isn't in school to supply her parents addiction all the while trying to not succumb to her injuries caused by them.She is struggling to survive until one fateful day; an accident occurs which means Violet is orphaned until she comes to learn not only were her "parents" not her parents but she has 5 brothers whom have never given up searching for her. Violet is determined to hide the dark secrets of her past and the deep scars/bruises it left behind but what happens when they start to see past her mask? and what happens when she realises she isn't the only one with secrets... Can she survive in such a dangerous world? or will the traces of her past come back to haunt her? #1 in Twins #5 in Secrets #1 in onlysister #2 in bigbrothers #1 in bruises #1 in scars #5 in love TW:,SA,SH, ABUSE TOPICS, VIOLENCE NOT MY PHOTOS

Celestine was worried that after 10 years of living in misery in the end there really was no one to save her . At age 15 she was starting to give up . After being kidnapped from her 4 brothers and parents she was abused and broken beyond repair . After running away at age 13 from her abusive uncle for 2 years , she was captured again and was locked up and isolated . . . . . . . They have been looking for her for 10 years . The lost mafia Princess . The one who can control the whole world in the palm of her hands . Will they finally find her . Their little Celestine . . . . . He hasn't felt what peace felt like ever since he lost her . Will the queen to his castle return or will the castle crumble to dust . ⚠️Trigger warning ⚠️ Rape, self harm , abuse , drugs , death and many other dark things (really dark)

Moon, 20 years old, living with her abusive uncle for as long as she can remember. Physical abuse is something she for once can deal with but mental abuse and pain is unbearable for her. One day she gets the new of her uncle's death accompanied by the news of her brothers. Five to be precise. Maccini brothers lost their sister when their mother ran away with her when she was just 6. A few years later their father died. Leaving the brothers to grieve for their lost sister, runaway mother and a dead father. But one day when they the news that their sister has been found. They immediately agreed to take her custody. Nothing could have made them more happy. But Moon is not very keen about the whole brother thing nor about the whole 'life thing'. Struggling with unhealthy habits like self-harm, suicidal thoughts, anxiety which is accompanied by a weird sense of numbness. She is not ready to bring her guard down and her brothers are reluctant to see through her walls. ---- This story contains themes like self-harm, suicide attempts, abuse. Please don't read if it makes you uncomfortable.