My name is Lia Moretti, but most people in the underworld know me by my more notorious name, Viper. Seventeen years old. Assassin. Street fighter+racer. Mother to a perfect baby girl. I was abandoned as a baby(or so I thought) and tossed into the cruel and unforgiving foster system. Fear taught me how to survive. Pain taught me how to fight. By ten, the only thing good in my life that kept me going was Rose-my best friend, my partner, my now girlfriend-together we built our own family, our home. .... Left shattered after their precious little principessa was kidnapped sixteen years ago from their home by a rival mafia, the Moretti family never stopped searching for the daughter they lost. Their hope had turned cold-until a single phone call changed everything, proving that their little principessa was alive...and closer than they ever imagined. TW- Violence. Mental and physical abuse. Torture. Mentions of rape. Explicit language. PTSD.

Started: 11/6/2020 Completed: 12/26/2020 "I hope you remember what I said, Atlas," he said. He went back to his firm tone of voice now that we were alone. He glanced up at me as he packed three pairs of jeans into the bag. I was too busy trying to figure out how the hell I had three brothers who suddenly wanted custody of me after all these years of me being in foster care that I didn't even remember what Mr. Harris had told me last night, but it clicked. He had told me those things because he knew that I was leaving him today. "You will never be loved by them if they find out what you are, what you've done. And if they do find out, I'm sure they'll send you right back here to me where you belong," he said calmly as he placed the rest of my turtlenecks next to the jeans and lastly put in a coat. He zipped the bag that he had apparently finished packing for me and I looked around the room. "Let's go," he said firmly holding the bag in his hand as he walked out of my room. I didn't know if I should be happy or scared to be leaving Mr. Harris. I never imagined that I would be leaving him. Ever. He had told me last year on my birthday that he was going to marry me when I turned 18 and aged out of the system. *** For Atlas Bishop, moving in with three older brothers she never knew she had meant a chance at freedom she believed she didn't deserve. But there's no rest for the wicked. Every decision she must make in her new life will hide the fact that she was harboring the devil inside, deceiving everyone around her so she doesn't get punished ever again. Ace Innocenti has never been in love before, but he's certain he's in love with an innocent angel, the new girl Atlas Bishop. He's determined to keep his anger issues in check and his illegal activities at bay to keep her that way. But, innocence has a dark side that lies and cheats, and Ace learns his lesson the hard way.

Book 1 of the Painted Lies duet lost /lɒst/ adjective; unable to find one's way or not knowing one's whereabouts Liliana and her twin - Isabella - were both kidnapped from their family ( the Italian mafia ) at 3 years old by the Russian mafia as revenge and put into foster care in Spain. Their family never found them and eventually gave up looking. Liliana and her twin couldn't be more different. Liliana is cold, distant. everyone and everything knows not to mess with her, her one weakness? Her twin sister Isabella is the most vulnerable, bubbly person you could imagine and the only one that Liliana would drop anything and everything for although isabella doesn't know it. They were put into foster care at 3 years old and had been lucky enough to have been kept together in the system. But one day Liliana disappeared for 2years when she was 12 and came back completely different. Cold. Ruthless. Dangerous. And the most feared assassin in the underworld, but 'diabla' identity is kept secret from everyone except for her allies in other mafias and her best friends. But no secret can last forever can it? Not unless you take it to the grave.

(COMPLETED) (EDITED) Aurora Gordon (also known as Rory) is a beautiful girl who just graduated high-school. She's sweet, kind, and hyper. But no one knows about her home life or her about her big secret she keeps. Antonio Crane, a grumpy but handsome guy. He keeps to himself, rarely shows emotion to anyone. He has a traumatic past that no one knows about except his best friend Dante. What happens when these two meet when Rory goes out in the middle of the night. Started 08/20/23 Finished 12/11/23 Top #1 in ed (out of 1000) 09/13/23 #3 in trauma (out of 1000) 01/06/24 #5 in cute (out of 1000) 01/21/24 #10 in grumpyxsunshine (out of 1000) 01/21/24

She's sweet like summertime. Daisy is full of energy, she loves talking and blabs to everyone. She's the sunshine on a rainy day. He's salty like salsa. Elijah is bitter and angry. He barely talks to anyone, he never gets along with people, everyone really dislikes him. He's the thunder that booms across on sunny summer days. How will their story unfold? Will he break her heart? Or will they fix each-others wounds? Read to find out ❤️ THANKS FOR THE LOVE MAMAS

Genesis has grown up with a neglective, abusive father all throughout her sixteen years of life. Despite all the pain and trauma she goes through, she's still standing. Fighting back against her pathetic excuse of a father, not letting him see her weak and scared. The way she copes with all the pain isn't the healthiest but she stopped caring a long time ago. But when her father dies unexpectedly, she feels like all her prayers have been answered. Until she finds out she has brothers, five of them and she's forced to move in with them. Her very cold, secretive distant brothers. They have dark secrets but so does Genesis.

Ceres wasn't even born when she was taken away from her family who she now has no knowledge of. Her life with her mother was far from perfect, in between all the drugs and alcohol, it was only a matter of time before she completely spiraled down and once when she finally hit rock bottom, she made sure that Ceres would never forget it. After the suicide of her mother, she is told that she is going to be moving in with her family and that they are going to take real good care of her but she wasn't sure as she didn't even know who 'they' were. She is in for the surprise of her life when she finds out about her father and six older brothers. [I've noticed this a lot so I just want to make it clear that this book has no mafia/gang related activity]

Gray is a 15-year-old boy who has been chosen last his whole life, neglected by his biological mom, social workers, and the juvenile detention system. What happens when life begins to turn around when a new family takes a chance on him after his time in Juvie? Will Gray be accepted? Will Gray impact their lives in the same way they might move his? Read to find out. #1 foster family - 10/14 #1 epilepsy - 10/20 #2 adoption- 10/29

Will Ariana cope with new changes or will she completely break? *** 16 year old Ariana has never had an easy life. Coping with depression at a young age when she didn't even know what it meant was definitely not on her bucket list. So when her mother announces that she is getting remarried, Ariana has to learn to accept her new father and six brothers, who have their own dark secrets, whilst carrying her own. Follow Ariana as she copes with unknown emotions that she hasn't felt in years. Will she accept... Her new life?