Zoe Adam was a master at pretending. At eighteen, she'd perfected the art of silence, smiling when expected, nodding at the right moments, keeping her secrets tucked away in her heart. It was safer that way. With three siblings, a chaotic dysfunctional Latin household, and parents who wore kindness like a mask, Zoe learned early that love could sting just as easily as it could soothe. Her mother could call her mi vida in one breath, then leave bruises seen and unseen in the next. Her father? He floated in and out, too wrapped in his own storms to notice the ones he left behind. None knew anything. her sisters who witnessed everything but didn't say anything, had their own shields. Not her brother, who tried to be the hero but never saw what needed saving. Zoe kept everything locked inside her feelings, her loneliness, her hunger, her ache, her need until even she forgot what it felt like to be full. Then came Hayden Reid. Nineteen, half-Italian and Puerto Rican, . He moved to London that summer, taking the flat right next door. To most, he was just the new guy with the sharp jaw, quiet hazel eyes, and that permanent don't-get-too-close look. But to Zoe, he was more than that. He was her brother's best friend. The boy who used to tease her when they were kids visiting Italy. The one who disappeared after his parents split and reappeared years later with more muscle, and a haunted look she couldn't stop staring at. Hayden had his own shadows. His past was littered with broken things promises, people, places he no longer called home. Coming back to London was supposed to be a reset, not a reunion. But fate had other plans for him. Now, he lives just a few steps from Zoe's window. Too close to ignore, too far to touch. And despite the years, the distance, and the damage they see each other in a way no one else does. Two hearts with locked doors. Two people who never meant to collide again.

Elaine Williams, a bubbly, kind girl, is moved to a boarding school after her step brother is arrested. Moving into this school is a very big change for Elaine, and there are lots of bumps in the road. Due to circumstances, she ends up having to stay in a dorm with 6 guys. How will Elaine adapt to these new changes, while she is struggling with lots of things herself? Will she fall in love? Will she get heartbroken? Will anyone figure out her secrets? Best rankings🥇 #1 lovers 09/28/25 #1 ed 09/28/25

Heyy I'm back with a new mafia story but this time it's gonna be different. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Isabella has been abused, sold to men and raped for as long as she can remember. She is no more the bubble girl now she is hurt broken,used and can never be the same again She has been in and out of jail like a million times. What is keeping her sane is fighting, shooting, graffiti, smoking, drinking and cutting and her three friends. Her wannabe foster parents always told her that her parents never loved her and that's why she is here. She is informed that her 'mother' was laying dead with a bullet hole in her head and the fact that her ' father ' is out on the loose scares her. So is she all alone or does she have family. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " oh honey we are so-" " Don't call me that if you want to keep talking" "I-i'm sorry I-isabella" " just shut up and tell me if I'm going to another foster care home" " N-no your brothers are willing t-to take you back" " Then let's get this fucking over with, when am I leaving" "In the next three hour,the flight is for New York City" " Whatever....I'm coming back brothers and I'm not the same Isabella you knew I'm like the devil in disguise "

My name's Aurora. Aurora Russo. And for a long time, I thought pain was normal. That love came with bruises. Then they happened- strangers who are my brothers. Loud. Cold. Angry. Yet somehow... they saved me. Not all at once. Not perfectly. But piece by piece, they pulled me out of the dark. This is the story of before them, and after. Of everything I lost. And everything I'm still trying to find. ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ❀ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ Nikita Gill once said, "The saddest word in the whole wide world is the word almost." Almost-the word that's followed Aurora like a shadow her whole life. She almost felt safe. She almost had a real family. She almost escaped the pain. She almost gave up. After years of silent suffering at the hands of those meant to protect her, she's finally free. She's shipped off to live with the only blood she has left: 7 older brothers she doesn't remember-hardened by violence, secrets, and a name feared in the underworld. What she doesn't know? They're part of the mafia. What they don't know? How to love her. Will they ever accept her as their sister? Or will she be just another casualty in their broken world? ∧,,,∧ ~ ┏━━━━━━━━┓ ( ̳• · • ̳) ~ ♡Best Rankings Had♡ / づ ~ ┗━━━━━━━━┛ #1 almost #1 abusive content #1 sisters and brothers #1 underage drug use #1 drugs #1 older brothers #1 ptsd awareness #1 hated #1 alcoholism #1 russo #1 weapon #1 bullying awarness #3 mafia princess #4 ptsd #5 mafia #5 family #5 mafia brothers #9 aurora #12 love

Sienna Lawson, a weary literature student, is entering her final year at Ashbourne University. All she wants is to keep her head down, survive the year, and finally graduate. But the past she's tried to bury refuses to stay silent. It lingers-sharp, relentless-creeping back in ways she can't outrun. Then comes Juliana Blake. Cold. Commanding. Unapologetically intense. The new lecturer for Sienna's favourite subject-and a woman who carries authority like a second skin. Every glance is deliberate, every word precise, every presence impossible to ignore. They are opposites: ocean and earth. But when they collide... nothing stays untouched. Not even their past. //slow burn//age difference//ice skating// profxstudent//

Meet Janessa Raines.. A 17 Year Old Assassin, Business Owner And Mom.. She was kidnapped at 1 by her families rival and she endured pain all the way up to 12. She was trained to kill, be smart, be amune to drugs, build, cook and pretty much everything. She became the worlds greatest assassin in the underworld, even mafia's want to work with her but she wouldn't. --- Meet The Raines Family.. The Italian mafia.. They were the most powerful in private and public. They might've looked like the picture perfect family but behind closed doors it definitely wasn't that. They hadn't been a family in 16 years.. All since the youngest child was kidnapped. What happens when they get a call that she's alive? Will they take her in? How will they react? How will she react? Read to find out.. ------ 1.8.22 ( #1 in Mafia ) 1.8.22 ( #2 in mafiaprincess ) 1.8.22 ( #3 in assassin ) 1.8.22 ( #1 in teenmother ) 1.8.22 ( #7 in lostdaughter ) 1.30.22 ( #8 in abuse ) Book Started: Sometime In The Middle Of December Book ended:

Celeste Loyona. She is a shadow. Not there, yet there. She runs the entire room, and nobody realises. She's just seventeen. She shouldn't have to face hardship. But that's all she's known. When her guardian Jason is killed, Celeste, doesn't know how to feel. S̶h̶e̶'̶s̶ ̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶F̶o̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶e̶.̶ She is going to live with her brothers. The brothers who never showed up for her when she needed them. When Celeste comes back, her brothers expect her to be a normal girl. A normal girl who has had a fairly comfortable life. No trauma. No criminal record. No need for a job. Basically, they expect her to come back as the princess in their imagination. The princess she used to be. But that was when she was 2. So now... She's not princess anymore. She's a queen. #1 in Mafiaprincess out of 8.79k #1 in Italianmafia out of 1.1k #1 in independentwomen out of 300 #1 in mafiaqueen out of 1.05k #2 in Italy out of 9.86k #3 in strongwoman out of 1.08k #4 in family out of 227k #5 in the witw contest out of 2.19k #6 in mafia out of 82.8k

Twenty-four-year-old Clementine Bailey has spent her whole life working sunup to sundown on the Bailey farm. Feeding animals, fixing fences, harvesting crops, doing the work everyone expects her to. The dependable farmer's daughter with dirt on her boots, a soft smile, and a secret she's carried since she was sixteen. She's been in love with FinLeigh Drayton, pastor's daughter, town sweetheart, and her best friend, for eight long years. FinLeigh has spent her entire life trying to be perfect. The perfect Christian, the perfect daughter, the perfect fiancée. Courting Everett Bishop, the golden boy from one of the founding families should feel right. Everyone says it is. But every kiss leaves her cold, every touch makes her flinch, and every whispered prayer begging God to make her "normal" goes unanswered. Because the only time she's ever felt anything real- was with Clementine.

Tropes: Arranged Marriage, Marriage of Convenience, Forced Proximity, He falls first and Harder, Tragic Past, Mafia Romance, Dark Fairytale 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘼𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 https://pin.it/56uSExE 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 Gilded Lily - Cults Love Story - Indila Family Line - Conan Gray The other side - Ruelle Love in the Dark - Adele Diamonds - Rhianna My Blood - Ellie Goulding Lovely - Billie Eilish and Khalid Dynasty - Miia Somewhere Only We Know - Keane Cardigan - Taylor Swift Another Love - Tom Odell 𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑫𝒆 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒂 Though she was infamous for being the most ruthless assassin in the underworld, she was seen as replaceable, insignificant and an eyesore from her parents. She thought she was unloveable, and undeserving of love. Until she met him 𝑳𝒖𝒌𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒓 He was the next leader of the American Mafia. He had power, authority and tremendous amount of wealth. Being brought up by a loving family, he found great importance in protecting and loving his family but when he is thrown into an arranged marriage for convenience, he imagined it to be loveless. But he was so very wrong.

Eight-year-old Annelise doesn't remember her real name - or what it means to be safe. Taken from her family and trapped in a nightmare for six long years, she's finally rescued and returned to the people who have been waiting for her all along. The Beaumont brothers each carry their own scars from a past filled with loss and secrets. Together, they embark on a slow, tender journey of healing, trust, and rediscovery-where every unlocked door holds the chance for Annelise to reclaim what's been stolen from her.