𝐆𝐈𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐎, a young girl who's never known stability. Raised by a reckless, unstable mother, she spent her childhood caught between drug runs and police raids, ruining her right for a normal childhood. One night when her mother goes missing, Giulia's whole life changes... again. Will being under the guardianship of her new older brothers give her a chance at normalcy in her life or will they cause even more mess than before? Healing isn't easy and trust doesn't come free. ☆ ☆ ☆ As I lied there in the hospital bed with a pounding headache, practically suffocating me while barely conscious, I heard that familiar, raspy, deep, sleep deprived voice that I've recently come to find comfort in. "Nessuno oserà toccarti di nuovo senza perdere le mani, amore," they whispered. (No one will dare touch you again without losing their hands, love.) I felt two hands hold my face with a soft kiss on my forehead. Their rough and large hands a contrast to their gentleness. The comforter over me shuffled as the familiar person brought them up to my chin and tucked me in. "Riposati ora sei al sicuro, bambina," they murmured, stroking my hair. Before I knew it, simply the presence of them reassured me as I felt myself drift off again into a deep sleep. (Rest now, you're safe, baby). ☆ ☆ ☆ 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄 (noun): a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.

After years of surviving abuse and abandonment, 17-year-old Serafina Miller and her 10-year-old brother Leo-a rising ice hockey talent-are suddenly placed in the custody of the five older brothers who left them behind to protect them from the mafia world. But now that they're back in the Amoretti family's orbit, nothing is safe-not their hearts, their dreams, or the fragile trust they've built with each other. They left to protect her. Now they're back-and so is everything she tried to forget.

Four years ago, Valentina Coppola was erased from the life she used to know. Accused of pushing her twin sister down the stairs of their home, she was sent to a boarding school for ill mannered ladies in Stockholm. An academy shaped like a prison. Years after the fall, she is brought back to Italy so that amends can be made. Older. Sharper. And still helplessly hurt by what happened years ago, Valentina must learn to navigate life with the brothers that didn't believe her, a father who shipped her away, and a twin sister who hides behind a fabricated lie. This time, Valentina has secrets of her own.

In the aftermath of a devastating event, a once-close family is torn apart by the burden of an ancient feud between their ancestors. The father, along with his sons, seeks refuge in the depths of South America, while the mother takes to the road across the United States, hiding with their only daughter. Five years later, a single phone call summons the brothers back to the U.S., urgently needed to help their sister. But when they arrive, they discover she isn't the only one in need of their assistance. There's someone else-someone they knew existed but had never met: their youngest sister, Estella. She was the child their mother was pregnant with when she fled their family home in Connecticut so many years ago. Now, Estella's world has been turned upside down, and the family is thrust into a heart-wrenching reunion. Told through the innocent eyes of a five-year-old girl, this is a story of a broken family struggling to protect one another from the cruel forces that have torn them apart. Will the innocence of a child be enough to heal the wounds of the past, or has time already sealed their fate forever?

Having finally broken out of the social care system, Lucia is struggling to make ends meet in her quest to fulfil her dreams of studying architecture. With the sudden appearance of a strange man at her part-time job, Lucia finally gets a shot at having a real family. She ends up being whisked off to Italy to live with her four estranged stepbrothers, and is pulled down into their dark world of rich people schemes, weaponry obsessions, anonymous warnings, and way, WAY too many secrets.

When Amalie and Evelyn move in with the fiercely protective Castellani brothers, they find themselves in a home full of strangers and secrets. Rebuilding trust after years apart won't be easy, especially when not everything in the Castellani house is what it seems. As the twins begin to learn the difference between survival and safety, they discover that some shadows are harder to outrun than others.

[Sequel to "Oblivion"] The Marinis are thrilled to spending the summer in Italy for the baptism of Amando Marini's newborn, a significant event that will bring the entire Marini family together. However, as they prepare for the festivities, the siblings remain unaware of the dangerous tensions brewing in the background.

'I wish I could, but I know I can't.' ▪︎ 15-year-old Josephine Parker just wanted to seek shelter in the old warehouse. Instead, she unwillingly overheard something she shouldn't have and therefore crosses the path of the Marini family. A family known for making people 'gone' and whose brothers are willing to do anything to protect their family, even if it means a homeless girl becomes their sister. But Josephine's past is something that can't be made gone.

Athena Moretti was never meant to disappear. The first daughter born into the Italian Moretti dynasty in generations vanished at three years old, taken in the aftermath of a violent divorce and erased from a world that still whispers her name. Seven brothers grew up mourning a sister they were never allowed to search for. Eighteen years later, Athena Moretti does exist but just not as the girl they lost. She is a doctor now. Distant. Brilliant. Untouchable. Guarded by people no one dares question, for reasons no one is allowed to ask. Her past is sealed tight, spoken of only in silences and scars. When a failed alliance leaves the Moretti family bleeding on foreign ground, the only person trusted to save them is a woman with blonde hair and mismatched eyes. The moment the Don sees her, recognition hits like a gunshot. She is his daughter. But blood does not grant access and before Athena learns who she truly is, the Morettis must uncover what happened during the eighteen years they lost... and decide whether the princess they remember is someone who still wants to be found

Athena Marchetti has survived the silence, the secrets, and the steel walls of her family's legacy. Now seventeen, she's stepping into a world that's both familiar and new - a prestigious private academy where the weight of her name follows her like a shadow. By her side are Lulu and Jules, her fierce and loyal best friends, sisters in all but blood. Together, they navigate the highs and lows of teenage life, carving out space for laughter, dreams, and unbreakable bonds. But when Matteo Ricci, the brooding and notorious heir of a rival family, crosses her path, Athena's carefully guarded world begins to shift. Surrounded by her fiercely protective brothers and caught between loyalty and desire, Athena must learn what it means to stand tall, trust in love, and bloom in the harshest steel. Book 2