Anna Rafferty left New York two years ago to find herself. Not because she was running. Not because she was afraid. But because somewhere between the violence, the secrets, and the trauma that changed her life, she'd lost herself. For two years, she built a life on her own terms. She traveled. She healed. She learned to preserve things most people considered beyond repair, restoring rare books and forgotten stories while trying not to think about her own. Because some trauma isn't dealt with. It's buried. Returning to New York was supposed to be simple. Be closer to her family. Purchase the rare bookstore she'd fallen in love with years ago. Continue building the future she'd fought so hard for. The only complication... Julian Mercer. The powerful, devastatingly handsome and infuriating Don of New York, a man she should stay far away from. A man her sister can't stand. A man she hasn't seen since the night she left the city. Unfortunately for her, Julian Mercer has never forgotten a debt or Anna. What starts as a favor quickly becomes stolen moments, lingering glances, and a connection neither of them seem capable of walking away from. The problem? Julian is a man built from secrets and Anna has spent the last two years burying her own. When a string of brutal murders rocks the city-random, violent, and seemingly unconnected-every road somehow leads back to one person. Anna. As detectives begin circling, asking questions she can't answer and digging for secrets she can't share, Anna finds herself caught between the life she's carefully built and a past determined to drag her back. And the closer the danger gets, the harder it becomes to ignore the man she's spent two years trying to forget. Because Julian Mercer has always been dangerous. The difference is that now Anna has something to lose. Not her safety. Not her freedom. But her heart.

Valerie is the daughter of Inni Linnet, the most dangerous female criminal in the entire USA, a notorious mafia leader. Valerie, being the exact opposite of her criminal mother; with her sweet and shy personality, gets abandoned by Inni and left to fend on her own for years. But after three years of what could be called peaceful, four men with guns burst into her apartment and take her away wanting to kill her for her mother's sins. Ares Serez; leader of one of the most powerful and dangerous USA mafia's. The meaning of his name is perfect to describe the arrogant, dominant and violent man he is. When Inni stole half a million from him and disappeared without a trace, he decides that her debt, falls to her closest relative, which just happens to be Valerie. Somehow managing to avoid being killed by him, Valerie ends up working in his house, as a nanny for his niece. No matter how hard Ares tries to hate her, Valerie keeps pulling him towards her with her innocence and shy demeanour and he simply cannot stay away. ~~~ a few things to keep in mind: • they first interact in chapter 4 • this is light ddlg • this book is action packed • the first three chapters are in 3rd person pov, the rest are 1st person, switching between the two main characters

Living on campus with six of her friends, Dove has truly lived up to her college experience. Parties, classes, her small job at the local cat cafe, oh- and discovering she has claustrophobia and haphephobia. Not having many friends in highschool has forced Dove to do things she never thought she'd do in hopes of bringing these new companions closer. Things like staying in an abandoned cabin in the middle of the woods. But what she didn't realize was just cause they look abandoned, doesn't mean they truly are. Any animal or person could be lurking in the woods, hidden, dangerous, and carrying all different sorts of armory. A knife? An axe? A gun? Maybe even a bow and arrow? It just so happens that the knife is a certain someone's favorite toy, and they would love to use it on a young blonde with pretty skin. ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ to every girl who's ever made a bad decision because of love. ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ Ongoing!

In which they're in love with the same girl or In which Devin, JJ and Rafe somehow work

Remington knows very little of the world, kept within a basement for years by a father who claimed to love him deeply, despite his innocence being left to the mercy of a disturbed man. But when a series of events result in him entering the new modern world, he's thrown in the secrets and betrayals of the family that abandoned him. Too innocent and naïve for the world, Remi must navigate a Web of lies and understand the woman that abandoned him. Forced to navigate two new brothers, a step father that he doesn't understand and a mother who wants to ignore everything around her. Contending with friendships, modern life and a world that he had never truly seen before, the wave of anxiety is building and the looming threats from the shadows. But Remi knew three things in his life: Love is pain Hatred was inevitable Everything was his fault. ** I will not place trigger warning on the chapters, so please read the tags before reading this book as it touches on some heavy topics. Including, Abuse (all kinds), Abandonment, Suicide, Swearing, Chains, Gore, Blood, Drugs/Alcohol, Stockholm Syndrome, Sexual Assault/Rape. Etc. Please be kind in your comments, but I welcome comments. I'm sorry I'm not very good at descriptions, but please give this story a chance and adore Remi as I have adored writing him. I am hoping this will become part of a series.**

𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦

❝ Get on your knees, Red. ❞ Forks, Washington is the kind of place where nothing is supposed to happen. Which is probably why Brooklyn sticks out so much. Bella Swan's cousin-sharp-tongued, sarcastic, always a little too honest for her own good. The kind of person people in Forks are used to seeing but never really figuring out. She's known, she's noticed, she's just... never fully understood. Especially not by the Cullens. Until Bella comes back to town and everything starts to tilt. Because Brooklyn has opinions. Loud ones. Especially about Edward Cullen, who she decides she doesn't like from the very first second-and somehow makes that everyone's problem. Then there's Jasper Hale. He notices her the second she walks into the room. Something about the way she moves, the way she laughs, the way she looks like trouble waiting to happen, it pulls at him. She notices him too. And in three hours, it's not just a look, not just a conversation. She sleeps with him. Because when Brooklyn wants something, she doesn't ask for permission. And Jasper, who's spent decades learning to control everything, suddenly can't control a single thing.

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Valerie was stolen from the grasps of her family, kidnapped at the age of 13. With no connection to the outside world, her bothers, parents. Valerie is thrown into a world of training and torture for 2 years. Forced to be with a man with a sick fascination towards her. Only he slipped up. One mission gone wrong. and now, for a mind as sharp as 15 year old Valerie's . This was one new chance for freedom. A chance she grabbed onto and used to her advantage. Now, reunited with her family, but she's not out of the woods. not yet at least... #1 in Badass- 30/06/2026 #1 in lost- 02/07/2026 #1 in scars- 01/08/2026 #4 in Bigbrothers 28/06/2026 #5 in lostsister 01/07/2026 #17 in onlygirl 01/07/2026