Aletheia - a Greek word (ἀλήθεια) that means "truth" or "unconcealedness." ★★★ Angelina Marina Nyx Cattivo thought she was stuck in a never-ending nightmare, surviving a dark past while believing her parents were gone. But one night, everything changes when she fights back-and discovers an earth-shattering secret: her father is alive, and he's the ruthless leader of a powerful mafia. Oh, and she has five brothers she never even knew existed! Suddenly, Angelina is swept into a world of luxury, danger, and fierce protection. Her brothers-tough as nails and loyal to the core-swear to protect her at all costs. And her father, once cold and distant, is ready to make up for lost time. But her return has riled up some deadly enemies, and her new family will do whatever it takes to keep her safe-even if it means going to war. For the first time, Angelina isn't alone. She has a family that would burn the world to protect her-and they just might have to. Will she rise from her past...or be consumed by it? ★★★ "You... came? But you're... supposed to hate me," I rasped, barely able to speak. He smiled a sad, broken smile as his hands moved to the chains, fingers trembling but quick. "I don't," he whispered. I wanted to laugh. Or cry. Or scream. Maybe all of them. "Well... I hate you," I said, my voice cracking. He paused for only a second, then leaned in slowly, pressing his forehead to mine. "No you don't." Then he kissed me. ★★★ - Mafia - Long Lost Sister - Slow Burn - Romance Started: 26/1/24 Finished: 29/4/25

A wlw mafia romance! Masc4Fem A well renowned female mafia boss has a strange encounter with a nurse and kidnaps her. Follow the story to find out where their strange encounter takes them.

Emery Montgomery is no stranger to the spotlight, after all when you're the heir to the English throne, privacy isn't something you're used to. So when she's sent to New York City to attend university and in attempt to better her family's public image, she hopes the change of pace will give her the freedom she so desperately craves. The last thing she expects when moving into her dorm, is that she's not alone, a roommate mix-up leads to Greyson Collins, son of a wealthy CEO and so-called "family man" getting the shock of a lifetime when he learns that the girl in his dorm isn't just the annoyingly hot girl that bumped into him in the hallway, She's a Princess. While they attempt to stay stubborn in their claims that they hate each other, rooftops and parking lots will teach them just how much they have in common and maybe just how much they truly need each other. Emery will learn what she's willing to sacrifice when it comes to the choice between love and duty. ••••• "Even in the sea of gold that filled the room she shined the brightest," •*•*•*•*• *This book was previously named, It Started With The Crown, and is the first book in the illicit series!! ✨Highest ranking✨ #1 in collegeromance 11/24/23 #1 in royal blood 1/5/24 #1 in roommates 4/2/24 #1 in girlxboy 4/5/24 #1 in cliche 4/7/24 #1 in royalfamily 4/11/24 #1 in forcedproximity 4/22/24 #1 in rich 5/2/24 #1 in nyu 5/25/24 #1 in fighter 8/13/24 #1 in arrangemarriage 12/30/24 #2 in love story #2 in Princess 11/21/23 #7 in grumpy12/31/22

"𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈?" "𝑾𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒖𝒔, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆." ..... 𝐉𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐍 has one goal, her next high. She needs the euphoric feeling of adrenaline that her life style gives her. If she doesn't get that, she'll crash and burn, feel all the things she's shoved down for years. 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐄 despite the awful things he's been through he manages to be the "life of the party". Always smiling and laughing, making everyone feel welcomed. He needs to be crowded, he needs to be surrounded, he can't be alone or the past will come crashing back.

"𝑰 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆." ..... 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐒 My whole life all I've seen is her. I want nothing more than to have her again, like I did that night. But everything has changed since then. My hands are now tainted and I've destroyed the one good thing I've ever known. Her. With my hands now tainted in red, I can't touch her without my sins being put on display by the white fabric of her dress. We all know what color red stains the worse, white. And everything about Aurelia Verrati is white and pure. 𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈 The girl who got frozen. In my mind I'm still 16 and in his arms as he promises me everything I've ever wanted. My brain begs my heart to move on but my heart pleads to stay in delusion. Something about him changed in between his graduation party and now. He doesn't want to let me in, he doesn't want me to know what happened but if there's anything my mother has taught me is to never give up. And I plan to never give up on Nicolas Savas.

"Lie to me," he whispered. His face was so close and I couldn't breathe. "Lie to me and tell me you don't want me as much as I want you. Lie to me and tell me you don't want to press those pretty lips of yours to mine right now. Lie to me and tell me you want to be my fucking friend." Oxygen left my lungs. "Lie to me, Alaska Cassidy," he mumbled. - an actor rivals to lovers story - Alaska Cassidy. Famous actress. Rowen Hendrix. Famous actor. Two rivals, whose only goals are to make the other's life miserable. What happens when both star in a romance movie? Three, two, one... Action. - stand-alone - rankings: #1 in "actor" #1 in "movie" #1 in "lie" #1 in "acting" #1 in "rival" #1 in "liar" #1 in "slowburn" #1 in "act" #1 in "rivalstolovers" #1 in "competition" #1 in "compete" #1 in "lying" #1 in "pretending"

Romero, struggling to push through the day to day life of his world: court bills, money, family, money, the past, money, his own mind, and more money. Carmen has been pushing to become a lawyer her whole life; wanting to be taken seriously in a field dominated by men is not easy though, and if putting up a front to be taken seriously is what it takes, then so be it. A certain struggle comes with feeling as though you have to act a certain way versus who you really are. Except a sensitive heart of gold can't be hidden behind a brick wall forever. Two people, walking across the same tight trope on opposite ends, trying not to fall. One going against the law and one trying to be the law. One born with a silver spoon and one suffering from the abrasions of life. Both trying to survive in worlds not made for them. Except everything in this world overlaps; bridges connecting different lives and stories. It's just a matter of realizing you're not too different from the person on the other side of that bridge. Highest ranks: #1 in poorboy #1 in latino #1 in feminism #1 in rich girl #1 in law #1 in fictional characters #2 in girlxboy #3 in teen romance #1 in first love #10 in cute #10 in academia #7 in Top 10 in U.S. ('24)

Mariah Jade Grey is 21 years old, freshly graduated, and trying to figure out what comes next. She's stylish, sarcastic, and guarded- always has been. After losing more than she ever talks about, she's learned not to get too close. Love doesn't stay. People don't stay. So she keeps herself safe: with ambition, independence, and the quiet ache of something missing. Kyra Reyes is 30 years old, the kind of woman with a camera in one hand and someone new on her arm- easy, unattached, free. Nothing ever sticks: not the girls she leaves tangled in her sheets, not the art that never quite feels finished, not the whispers about her being a player. But when it comes to Mariah, everything sticks. Every glance. Every laugh. Every moment that isn't supposed to mean anything, but somehow means everything. As their best friends build new lives and the city around them quiets down, Mariah and Kyra find themselves circling each other, drawn together by late nights, unspoken truths, and the weight of everything they won't say out loud. It's there in the way Kyra looks at her. It's there in the way Mariah never quite lets her go. And when the silence finally breaks, it changes everything. What they have isn't just friendship. But it isn't love. Not yet. Maybe not ever. Almost. But is almost ever enough?

Hailey Summers. I knew she was gonna be a problem for me the second my eyes fell on her in the school hall way that day. I didn't know anything about her, I didn't even know she existed, but I knew that I had to get to know her, which was a big problem for me. I'm about to turn eighteen in a week, and coming from an Italian family, a mafia family, that's a big deal. It meant that i was finally old enough to take over the family business, over my father's kingdom. It came with great power and responsibilities, there was absolutely no room for weaknesses. Little did I know was that Hailey would be my down fall. I fell in love with her when I shouldn't have. She was so pure and innocent, a person like me would only destruct her. I was a monster. I couldn't drag her into this life, but I also couldn't let her go. I wish things could be different, I wish that I could be different, but this is my life, this is what I was born to do, and I will do anything for her. She is my weakness. ---------- Isaac Matteo and Hailey Summers come from two opposite different worlds, up until they cross each other's paths one day at school. Never in her wildest dreams does Hailey ever think that she would fall for the bad boy himself. He turns her world completely upside down, going from quiet, calm, and even boring as she would like to say, to adventurous and thrilling. Isaac shows her a whole new different world, bringing all sorts of new changes into her life, new problems even, his problems.. But can Hailey really handle Isaac's world? Highest ranking in Drama #1 August 17th, 2019. Started May of 2017. Completed Dec 6th, 2018.

||completed|| "If loving her is a weakness, I am only a weak man." - Massimo Giordani Massimo Giordani. Even thinking about him sends shivers down your spine. A cold blooded killer and leader of the notorious Ace Mafia. He stops at nothing to get what he wants and that's exactly what happens when he meets her. Isabella Martínez. The innocent girl who just wanted someone to love her the way that no one did. But, when she meets him, she gets more than she bargained for. It's not as easy as you think, having people try to end their catastrophic love. Will their feelings for each other overcome it all? Or will the pressure and harm done, physically and mentally, chip away at the remaining cracks forming between them, until it's too late. This is their story. *** Highest Ranking: #1 in amore #1 in mob #1 in boss #1 in stripper #1 in italian #1 in don #1 in gangs #2 in maid #7 in mafia #8 in mature [unedited]