BOOK #1 IN THE DEVALDI SERIES For ten years, Evan and Ellie were gone. Taken when they were small children, they became the faces on missing-person posters, the names whispered at family gatherings, and the heartbreak their brothers never stopped carrying. Everyone assumed the worst. Then they came home. Sixteen-year-old Evan and twelve-year-old Ellie are finally rescued and returned to the family that never gave up searching for them. Their older brothers welcome them back with open arms, determined to help them rebuild the life that was stolen from them. But coming home isn't as simple as everyone hoped. Ellie hasn't spoken in years. No one knows why. She communicates through glances, notes, and the protective hand she keeps wrapped around Evan's sleeve whenever fear creeps too close. Evan insists they're fine. They're safe now. Everything is okay. Except it isn't. Behind closed doors, the siblings hide the truth about the decade they spent missing. The nightmares, the panic, the strange rules they still follow, and the scars no one is supposed to see. Evan is determined to protect Ellie from any more pain, even if it means carrying their secrets alone. Ellie, unable to speak, struggles to find a way to tell the people who love them what really happened. As their brothers work to reconnect with the children they lost, cracks begin to form in the carefully built walls Evan and Ellie have created around themselves. The harder they try to pretend everything is normal, the more impossible it becomes to hide the damage left behind. Because being rescued was only the beginning. Coming home means learning to trust again. And sometimes the hardest part of surviving is letting yourself be saved. What the Darkness Couldn't Take is an emotional story about family, resilience, and the unbreakable bond between siblings who refuse to leave each other behind-even after ten years lost in the dark.

One girl. Raven Wilson. Two Boys. Ryder Denmark. Ryan Denmark. She loves peace. They loves parties. She is innocent. They are bullies. Yet, she is strong. Yet, they are weak. In her dream University, Cameron University, she find something she didn't expect. Her long lost twins, her brothers. And she is determined to find each and every thing about them and save them from their predators. But is this feeling mutual from both sides ?? Will her twins, her brothers save her from her own demon, from her past ?? Or leave her with her dark past ?? But for her, these bullies are her brothers for whom she could do anything. After all they are HER TWINNIES. Read MY TWINNIES to know.... 😈 Most impressive Rankings ❤️❤️ #1 in Bully out of 935 stories [1/11/2022] #1 in Determined out of 703 stories [26/11/2022] #1 in twinsister out of 3.53K stories [29/07/2023] #1 in triplets out of 4.57K stories [4/6/23] #10 in Twinbrothers out of 899 stories [1/11/2022] #1 in Boybestfriends out of 923 stories [29/07/2023] #1 in familylove out of 1.15K stories [24/01/2023] #1 in Onlysister out of 43 stories [24/01/2023] #2 in Longlostbrothers out of 143 stories [24/01/2023] #9 in familyproblems out of 17.3K stories [29/07/2023] #10 in Longlostsiblings out of 244 stories [24/01/2023]

Hadley Jamison doesn't know what to think when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, committed suicide. She didn't exactly know him, but that doesn't stop her from feeling like there was something she could have done to help him. So to Hadley's surprise, on the very night of Archer's funeral, she has a run in with Death himself and is offered the chance to go back in time to stop Archer from ending his life. The catch? She only has twenty-seven days to do it. And if Hadley doesn't succeed? Well, she doesn't want to think about that.

After damaging property belonging to one of the most feared Spanish mafia families in the city, seventeen-year-old Nyla Brooks expects to be killed on the spot. Instead, she's taken in by the powerful De León family, who become strangely protective over the orphaned girl. But as secrets about Nyla's past begin to surface, it becomes clear her disappearance years ago was no accident-and someone is willing to kill to keep the truth buried.

‼️THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION, MAFIAS IN REAL LIFE ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS NO MATTER HOW CUTE AND FUNNY THIS TROPE MAY BE, REAL LIFE MAFIAS ARE NOT SOMETHING TO JOKE ABOUT‼️ *Trigger Warning: There will be violence and swearing* BJ wants a normal teenage life, but it's kinda annoying when she doesn't have friends and it's not because of her Irish name. Irish like her dad, who she hasn't seen in over ten years. She has a step dad now, an American one, and a half brother in preschool. Her mom understands the most, but she doesn't talk much about her ex-husband and only about BJ's older brothers in passing. But normal has a way of changing at the drop of a hat, and suddenly BJ is left with a baby brother and dead parents. Her new normal is several states away with family she knows nothing about. But it's clear they're far from normal, them and their secrets.

Aurora has spent her entire life on a small farm in Montana, helping her grandfather harvest peas, lentils and wheat and learning the value of hard work, perseverance and loyalty. But when her grandfather can no longer care for her, he goes to the extreme and calls her father - a very powerful man who hasn't the slightest idea that he even has a daughter. Now Aurora must move to a city filled with luxury, privilege, and hidden rivalries, where she has to find her place among her new half-brothers she never knew she had. Facing a world so different from the one she's always known, Aurora must navigate intense expectations, complex family dynamics, and her own place in a life she never imagined. How will she handle this new reality, and can she find her own strength along the way?

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳, 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥. Cinder ˈsɪndər -The remains of something that has been burned or destroyed, often with a sense of something lingering or fading. ___ Bullying, Brothers, Dysfunctional Family

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐳 is running away from her abusive husband with her seven-year-old daughter, after leaving New York for eight years she moves back living with her parents. She is set on hoping for a better future for her and her daughter Eliana, but what happens when she gets a job offer to be an assistant for the boss of the Italian and Sicilian Mafia? 𝐗𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨 is the boss of the Italian and Sicilian Mafia, his main focus is to find and kill his big enemy the Colombo's so he can gain the power of the Russian Mafia and soon the Colombian Mafia. But what happens when his eyes land on Petra? What happens when two opposite people meet from different worlds? Will Xavier bring more trouble to Petra's future? Will Xavier get to gain power over the two Mafias?

Valentina grow up with her mom in California. But what happens when Sofia (Val's mom) boyfriend kills Sofia. Will Valentina go to the orphanage or will she find out that her dad was out there and that she has 5 older brothers that she doesn't even know about? Read to go on Valentina Casella's adventure with her family and friends. Their will be bad words and other stuff. So if your not comfortable then don't read. Thank you😊 Started: 15/05/2022 Finished:29/09/2023