Six years ago, Teodora stepped into the cockpit of a Spadaro jet and flew one of Sicily's most dangerous families home. Her Italian was flawless, her credentials immaculate and her purpose carefully hidden. The flight should have been the first and last time Sebastiano Spadaro, the family's silent underboss, saw her. It wasn't. When a crisis aboard a Spadaro aircraft draws Teodora back into the family's world, Sebastiano takes control of the investigation into who breached their aviation network. Teodora may be the reason his father survived, but she also knows far more about the aircraft and his family than any ordinary captain should. Sebastiano has never trusted easily. He notices the pauses in her answers, the life she refuses to discuss and the way she watches every exit before taking a seat. He should expose her. Instead, he keeps her close. Teodora came to Italy searching for the truth about the flight that destroyed her father. Every clue led her towards the Spadaros. Yet the deeper she enters their world, the less certain she becomes that they are the enemy. It also becomes harder to remember that Sebastiano was only ever meant to be part of her mission. He is falling for the woman she allows him to see. She is falling for the man she may have been sent to betray. When the past finally reaches Sicily, Sebastiano will learn that meeting Teodora was never an accident. And some lies are too intimate to forgive.

Aubrey Hayes knows three things for certain. One: Sebastian Sloane is trouble wrapped in a hockey jersey. Two: fake dating him is a terrible idea. And three: her stubborn streak isn't going anywhere. After Sebastian's carefully crafted image starts cracking under the pressure of expectations, family reputation, and one girl who can't seem to take no for an answer, he needs a solution fast. Something believable. Temporary. Safe. Enter Aubrey. His sister's best friend. The one girl sharp enough to see through every charming smile and practiced illusion he throws her way. The deal is simple. She pretends to be his girlfriend until things smooth over. And together, they survive semester three without spiralling under the weight of everyone else's expectations. No feelings. No complications. No crossing lines that were never meant to blur. Easy enough. Except fake kisses start feeling real. Late-night games turn into stolen touches. And the reckless boy everyone thinks has everything begins unraveling in ways only Aubrey notices. Because Sebastian Sloane isn't careless. He isn't untouchable. And beneath every practiced grin is a version of himself he doesn't quite know how to be. The more Aubrey sees through the illusion, the harder it becomes to remember this was only ever supposed to be pretend. And the most dangerous thing about falling for Sebastian Sloane? It's that Aubrey might be the first person who's ever truly seen him at all.

[18+] When a broke, no-nonsense New Yorker, Georgia Whittaker, catches the attention of a golden-boy billionaire, Aiden Ashford, she's forced to choose between keeping her distance or risking everything for a man from a world that was never meant to let a girl like her in. There are a billion reasons why it shouldn't work but sometimes, all it takes is one.

𝐍𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 /ˈnɒk.tɜːrn/ noun A musical composition inspired by the night-soft, melancholic, and haunting. A reminder that even the darkest hours carry a melody of their own. Where she mistook the Nocturne for the end, never knowing it was leading her home. -> Brothers/Family/Crimes

An alternate universe of The Moretti Heiress. (Can be read as a standalone) Everyone assumed Serena Moretti had it all. The powerful father. The four brothers. The mansion. The name that made people step aside when she walked into a room. What they didn't see was the girl who ate alone. Who stopped asking for things at six years old because the answer was always nothing. Who learned to patch up her own wounds because no one was coming to check. The Morettis didn't lose their daughter. They just never looked at her long enough to find her. Some things are worse than being abandoned. Being forgotten is one of them. #1 out of 1.18k : onlygirl #1 out of 8.71k : forgotten #1 out of 19.3k : rivalry #1 out of 23.4k : familyproblems #1 out of 94.4k : emotional

I died. Came back. Now I'm living in a soap opera-and no, I don't get a script. Transmigrated as the older twin in a wildly rich, wildly dramatic family, I'm surrounded by love triangles, overprotective parents, and the kind of chaos that would give reality TV execs a stroke. My sister's perfect. I'm... not. And while she collects admirers, I collect emotional damage-and maybe one terrifyingly attractive, possibly robotic boyfriend who understands me a little too well. There are secret pasts. Public scandals. Too much glitter. This isn't a romance. It's survival. And I'm done playing the sidekick.

~ 2021 WATTY'S SHORTLIST ~ "I-well, I..." I hesitated with my response. I wanted to let go. To not worry about what would happen in the future. I'd always loved staring into fires. It hypnotized me with its beauty and danger. It was so tantalizing to look at, but one little touch could destroy. I knew the heat between Tyler and I was similar. It started off small but it had only grown in the weeks he'd been here. We'd fed it unintentionally, and it had gone from an ember to a crackling flame. Every nerve in my body wanted to reach out and touch it, even though I knew I'd get burned. *************************************************** Pia Callahan always lived a carefree life with no worries. Her only responsibilities were to attend her college classes (sometimes) and keep herself fed (on ramen). When tragedy strikes, Pia is all of the sudden thrown into a whirlwind of change. She has to grow up and take on more responsibility than she could ever imagine: the custody of her best friend's son. Pia may not believe she is the best person for the job, but she is determined to do it. She'll trade in frat parties for PTA meetings and beer-bongs for apple juice. But what happens when the ruggedly hot motocross athlete Tyler Westwood shows up in her small town? Tyler lives on the fast track, never caring too much about consequences. You can't when your job is to do backflips through the air. Sometimes, you just have to send it and hope for the best. From the second Tyler meets Pia, he knows he wants her. But she is determined to ignore their bubbling chemistry. She has priorities now and a summer fling isn't one of them. Will Pia be able to stay away from Tyler? Or will she decide to hit the throttle? ***************************************************

She's With Me is now published as a Wattpad Book! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Original Edition and Books Edition upon purchase. Amelia Collins is in witness protection, starting at a new school in a small town. But when she becomes involved with the most infamous guy at school, she's reminded that she can never truly escape her tragic past. ***** When Amelia Collins moves to a new town with a new identity, she plans to keep her head down and finish her senior year. But this changes when she runs - literally - into the school's hottest badass, the mysterious and brooding Aiden Parker. Soon, Aiden's friend group is calling Amelia one of their own, and she finds herself balancing her new life while trying to recover from a tragic past. During a school year full of new friends and old rivalries, Amelia finds herself falling for Aiden, who has skeletons of his own. But she has to fight those feelings - after all, all Amelia ever does is run. Can she ever truly escape what she's been running from? Or has she finally found a reason to stop? Book One of the With Me series. | ranked #1 | 08.27.2015| | completed | 08.25.2016| | winner of a Talk of the Town WATTY 2016 | | Winner of The 2016 Fiction Awards "Best Teen Fiction"

{FIRST BOOK IN 'THE GIRL IN THE HOODIE' SERIES} {2014-2018} A girl moved to California two years ago. No one knows what she looks like. All they know is that she wears a hoodie. *~*~*~* "HOLY SHIT, NOAH! WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU LET THE TROLLEY GO?! COME BACK! OH MY FUCKING LIFE, FIZZY DRINKS UP AHEAD--" BANG FIZZ POP "...am I dead?" I'm suddenly grabbed by the back of my hoodie and pulled up from the ground and out of the mess of the opened bottles of fizzy which had exploded when the trolley and I crashed into them. My hands instantly go to my hood and I sigh in relief to find that it hadn't fallen off through all of that. I turn my head and look the the employee who's holding me, his face completely red and the vein in his neck throbbing. "Wassup, dude?" I smile sheepishly. *~* {HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 in Funny #1 in Sad And #1 in Cancer apparently }

Life doesn't abide by the rules of a child. Sixteen-year-old Ramona knows this. She's seen it throughout her entire life, from the way she was treated by her birth parents to the way she was thrown around the foster system with nothing but her little brother, Mason, to hold onto. Every bruised cheek and broken bone has slowly shattered Ramona's trust in the system and any foster parent she's ever met. In the end, it's only Mason she can trust. Her life is dedicated to making his better, and focused solely on sheltering him from the pain of feeling as lonely as she is. That is, until Ramona gets news one day that may just uproot everything she's ever believed about her and Mason's situation. Everything is about change for Mason, all because of a man named Owen Parker. He wants to take the only thing that Ramona has ever truly loved. He wants to adopt her brother, and there is nothing she can do to stop him. Though after years of running and years of pain, Ramona knows just how badly Mason needs a home. It's a breath of fresh air for him, a family filled with love, and everything that Mason has never had. But then, what about Ramona? She's brotherless, parentless, and alone in a city that has never cared about her. She has to find a way to cope, and she has to find a way to forgive the man who took her little boy from her. But she can't cope, she can't forgive, and she can only bend so many times before she breaks. - - Warning: This story deals with mature content that may be difficult for some to read, such as self-harm, suicide, drug use, abuse, depression, anxiety, and sexual harassment. - - Highest Ranks: |#1| - adopted |#1| - fosterkid |#1| - fostercare |#1| - foster |#1| - suicideawareness |#1| - recovery |#1| - comingofage |#1| - mentalillness |#1| - strength |#2| - adoption