Happiness is a warm gun / there was a man that lingered in the shadows, often sighted alone with dark hair and dark eyes, but a smile which never came - she had seen his face amongst the crowds for months now and was certain that he was just a ghost, or a spirit like the ones her Aunt Polly spoke of.... but he wasn't a ghost, nor was he a spirit - he was the man they whispered of, the one that Tommy Shelby hoped would come knocking on his door one day. at only sixteen, Maeve weaved her way through the mess that the war had left behind, the men it had broken and left behind, and the women who had no money to feed their children whilst refusing to believe that their husbands were dead - she had seen it all, she thought - she was often sighted in her father's office, helping him with the count, or with her few friends who were never up to any good but there was no such thing as being up to any good if your name was Shelby. © gracessecretshelby / 2026 REWRITING AS OF 09/2026

Aurelia Cruz is a well respected club owner and madame in London, but she has things she holds very sacred and sacred things that hold her. Thomas Shelby is a Birmingham gangster making his way up in the business world, and is trying to expand business to the London party scene. {The events in the story will take place differently than the show, some events were never things that happened in the show. } 'The devil's knocking at your door Caught in the eye of a dead man's lie ' - Heaven Knows by The Pretty Reckless

TROUBLE ━━━━━━━ (shelby sister!oc x peaky blinders) Peaky Blinders, season one - six ━━━━━━━ IN WHICH, Clara Shelby must come to terms with the fact that life is changing for her and her ragtag family. ( extended summary inside ) ━━━━━━━ cover by me

The story of a girl with a troubled family and a disastrous life. What will happen with an arranged marriage to form a truce between two families? Isabella struggled to deal with the feelings of loving or being loved. When she meets the Shelby family she had never felt so comfortable with anyone. She felt like she belonged. But with major trouble along the way, it's a shock how her and Finn kept it together for so long.

"Who even are you?" That was a great question.

A story about the life of Madison Shelby. A war-heroine, and sister of the infamous gang the peaky blinders. WLW If you're against the lgbtqia+ community, don't read the book.

They never saw it coming. "If I can't have you, I don't want to be me."

"Marianna is that you" but looking into her eyes he knew it wasn't the girl he once knew, "it's Maria, I don't know a Marianna" #peakyblinders #isaiahjesus

The only person feared more than the Peaky Blinders is Iviana Thorne - Tommy Shelby left for France hopeful and in love, he returned empty only to find his love was gone. Their reunion proves how much the war changed them both but can they find a way to fall in love all over again? - Tommy Shelby x OC Written Nov '18 - Dec '20 Edited Feb '21