Eve White has spent fourteen years with adoptive parents who treat her like a servant, her only comfort a pendant with a photo of her real mother. At sixteen, she escapes through hacking, secretly known as "Crystal," a ghost in the digital world who uncovers secrets for money. But she doesn't know the truth: her godparents, the powerful Marino Mafia Family, have been searching for her, their lost princess-for fourteen years. One night, Eve makes a mistake and hacks into the Marinos' security system. For the first time, her trail is caught, and the Marinos discover that the mysterious hacker invading their empire is the very girl they've been trying to find all along.

Perfect appearances, perfect grades, perfect manners. Anything less for Adelina Torres and her family kicks her to the streets until she can keep up with the family name. She never had a life of her own. Always studying, always going to business dinners with her parents, always seen as a failure to her family. Despite her bubbly personality, she has always struggled to make friends. What happens when she meets Aaron Hendrix, the leader of the most powerful mafia in the country? A moment to thank you beautiful readers for giving me these rankings among thousands/hundreds of thousands/millions of other stories with similar tags :) #1 in mafia #1 in protective #1 in abused #1 in sunshine #1 in grumpy #2 in innocent #2 in cold #2 in goodgirl #3 in cute #9 in badboy #42 in family #54 in love

When Brielle's husband suddenly becomes distant and cold, she decides to put herself and their daughter first and serve Alexander with divorce papers. Will Alexander change and try to save his marriage, or will he let his family slip through his fingers? - Short story from my Tik Tok

Eve is a 23 yr. old Curvy young woman who unfortunately has been practically a Cinderella, all her life to her stepsister, Rosalie, whose boyfriend, Axel, has been part of a MC Biker Club that has recently screwed up badly with one of the most fearful and yet well respected President of the club called 'The Reapers'. He now owes them a debt and while trying to pay back the money, he decides to use Eve as collateral until he can return all the money to Stone, the president of the Reapers. At first, Stone's resistant to the idea, then decides it's better than nothing and they do need a cleaning person to clean up the club. However, he never expected that he was going to fall for a quiet, shy and curvy girl. © Copyright 2018 All Rights Reserved

She was given his name, but not his heart. In the silence of neglect, she found her voice. And when love came knocking again soft, kind, and patient she had already chosen the one who mattered most: Herself.

He broke her heart. Now she's back-with scars, secrets, and no intention of forgiving him. Angel and Samuel were best friends since childhood, bound by loyalty and love. Until one night... one kiss... and one heartbreaking mistake changed everything. Three years later, Angel returns home-no longer the girl he once knew. She's colder. Stronger. Guarded. And the boy who called their love a "mistake"? Now he's the one begging for a second chance. But Angel isn't here to fall again. She's carrying secrets she'll never speak of-and pain she refuses to share. Samuel is ready to fight for her, but how do you fix something that's already broken? Can love truly heal old wounds? Or will the ghosts of their past ruin them... for good? 💔 A slow-burn second chance romance filled with angst, emotional tension, and heart-pounding drama. Perfect for fans of strong female leads, broken boys with soft hearts, and love stories that hurt before they heal. It gets better chapter by chapter, I promise!😌 So, please give my story a chance!🤧🙏 Grazie!!😌 #151 in backstabbing out 12.7k as of 18/12/24 #410 in anxiety as of 18/12/24 #32 in angst as of 19/12/24 Started: September 12, 2024 Finished: July 13, 2025

Sometimes a girl has to decide, a job and future or the jerk and his lies? Lizzie Brennan lives in 'Mystic Dreams Wonderland Trailer Park' in a beach town in So Cal. Though she's stuck in 'Mystical Nightmare' with Ronnie, her mom who'd rather party than mom, she does have Steffi, her best friend, and a modeling job she hates, but pays her bills, or at least some of her bills. Unfortunately she also a huge crush on the Mac, the Oblivion MCs biggest Manwhore. His words say that he wants to man up and claim Lizzie, but his actions show he's out claiming all the girls he can. Lizzies modeling career takes her away from home, and she moves on while Mac watches from the background, taking care of the world he created when he was f*ing around. Now he's working to become the man that will finally claim the girl he's always wanted.

Evelyne's life is going down hill. Penniless, pregnant, alone and to top it off, the man who ruined her life thirteen years ago decides to come back to town and live in the house next door and work in the same hospital she's set her roots in for the past four years. Will the actual truth come out among all the secrets and misunderstandings of the past? Or will everything stay hidden and just out of reach from the truth? ❝𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.❞ ❝𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, '𝙸'𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚎'?❞ A slowburn, childhood rivals, to enemies, to friends, to lovers. Started- 10.08.23 Finished- 05.01.24

Disabled by a dog attack in her childhood, Beatrice Lockwood knows what it is like to become friends with loneliness. After years of hard work to cement herself into the small Yorkshire community of Impling, she has managed to create a meaningful, simple life with people who actually care about her. So when James Bancroft, an outsider, makes his disdain for her clear in front of everyone in town, she knows that keeping her distance is the only option. She cannot afford to lose the crucial support she has garnered. The only problem is that the damned man can't seem to stay away from her now. James Bancroft - stoic, chaste, and looking for nothing but peace - is not trying to make friends in Impling. Still, he had not intended to make enemies, either. After badmouthing a beloved pillar of the community at a dance, he knows he must make amends, and quickly. But the more he tries to make things right with the morbid Miss Lockwood, the more she pulls away. As his passion toward her grows, he finds himself unable to cope with his newfound feelings. After all, he knows quite well what it looks like when a man does not control himself. Vibes: Foggy moors, folklore, small rural community Tropes: *Overheard *Grovel *Cynical hero Trigger Warnings: Scenes of domestic violence, scenes of dog attacks, scenes of animal slaughtering/death *Though this book is set in the same universe as the Gentleman's Proposal series, it is largely unrelated to the other books. Therefore, I have chosen to list it as a standalone.*

Nandini has built a secure, independent life in the bustling city of Bangalore, far from her traditional Kerala roots. Yet, when her parents propose an alliance through a matrimonial site, she agrees, seeking stability and family approval. She is matched with Rohan, a well-established man whose vulnerability about his own heartbreak-a former long-term love who abandoned him-resonates deeply with Nandini's own painful past. Their connection blossoms quickly, bridging the distance with late-night calls and shared secrets. But as their engagement progresses, the fragile bond shatters. The ghost of Rohan's past returns, and Nandini quickly realizes that she is not his priority; she is merely his convenient future. Rohan shields his ex with fierce loyalty, dismissing Nandini's pain and labeling her concerns as "old-fashioned," terrified of spoiling his image more than losing his fiancée. Weeks before the wedding, the illusion completely breaks when Nandini sees the warm, genuine, loving man Rohan can be-a person reserved solely for the one woman he could never truly let go of. Left with a devastating clarity, Nandini makes a final, decisive choice. She cancels the wedding, trades the veil for a plane ticket abroad, and vows to forge a life where she is her own priority. Three years later, a successful and emotionally guarded Nandini encounters Rohan in the beautiful chaos of Paris. Now, she must decide if the past deserves a final, scorching confrontation, or if the woman she fought to become is simply immune to the man who never chose her.