1 month ago, the Valentin's lost everything. Tragedy struck their family. In the wake of a surprise yet fatal attack, their youngest Eloise was taken. They were left with nothing- no clues, no leads, no suspects- nothing. For 1 month, the Valentin's searched in misery, fury, and unravelling emotions. They felt destroyed- they were destroyed. Their empire was crumbling, everything they've built- everything they've dedicated their lives to: weakened. Broken. Frail. Families like theirs don't lose. Families like theirs don't fail and yet, they did. They failed. Hope was thin, hope seemed impossible. Hope was impossible. Until she returned. When Eloise is unexpectedly found by her cousins- the family should feel relief, and of course they do, but.. It's different. Her return- it feels like a warning. A threat. Something is coming, something they've never faced before. The answers don't add up. Eloise is traumatized, and whoever dared to touch and take from the Valentin clan is still out there, watching. Waiting, or are they? Will the Valentin's discover the truth- unlock an array of haunting secrets? Will they heal? Or, will the succumb to defeat? Will they accept a broken fate? There's only one way to find out. Random updates <3!

Eli has spent fifteen years being fine. No father, no history, no last name that means anything-just a foster placement in Kansas, a job he wasn't supposed to have, and a very specific list of foods he can eat without his body staging a protest. Fine. Manageable. His. But somehow, hitting a wine bottle at a customer leads him to a family and a home he doesn't recognize. Aleksandr Volkov has spent twelve years looking for his youngest son. He was not prepared for what fifteen years of fine looks like up close. ➜ cover by @sugararmy07

Nearly eighteen years have passed since Willow was allowed to simply exist. Raised in locked rooms and silence, she learned rules without ever being told they were wrong-so she steps into freedom bright-eyed and reckless, all summer dresses and soft wonder, finding joy in everything the world kept from her. Willow is sunshine with sharp edges: independent, curious, too kind for her own safety... and still unaware that what she survived was abuse until someone shows her what choice actually feels like. Byron Ferrari isn't that someone because he's gentle. He's twenty-four, a billionaire built from old money, grief and discipline, running a ruthless security empire and a stricter life. Control is how he breathes. Anxiety is how he loves. He doesn't want to cage Willow-he wants to keep her close because losing people is the only thing he's ever been good at. Byron is forced to learn the difference between protection and possession all while unintentionally turning her into a spoiled brat who craves his attention and affection. Willow walked into his immaculate kitchen, barefoot, carrying a fistful of wildflowers like contraband. Byron stared at the mud. Then at her. "Absolutely not." She smiled, radiant. 'Absolutely yes.' She signed. Ten minutes later, Byron was on his knees, gently cleaning the soles of her feet while she hummed. Tropes: Sunshine x Grumpy • Morally Grey Protector • He Falls First • Found Family • Touch-Consent • Fast paced • Lake House / Summer Vibes • Chosen Autonomy • spoiled MFC #1 sunshine #1 soft #1 old money #1 spoiled

After her mother's unexpected passing, Gemma is sent to live with a group of strange men who don't seem overly fond of her being there. Their secrets, their strange rules and behaviour make Gemma want to run; to hide, to go back in time to when everything felt safe again. But life doesn't always play the way's expected, and Gemma's life of before can only stay as that: in the past. Top Rankings: 6/11/2025: #1 in grief 7/1/2026: #1 in friendship 9/1/2026: #2 in siblings 13/1/2026: #1 in mystery 1/2/2026: #2 in selectivemutism 7/4/2026: #2 in brothers 8/4/2026: #1 in anxiety

Four years in a basement. One mother who wasn't his. Five brothers who are- men built from shadows and secrets, running an organization the world fears. As the police rescue Noah, he learns the truth-- the woman who raised him was not his beloved mother but a 'monster' in sheep clothing, While the monsters he was taught to fear... are his family. Now freedom feels colder than the dark and love sounds like another painful lie. (Once a week update)

Book Four Where Love Leads Us Lucas Hart has always known two things: crime and survival. Raised in the shadow of his brother's reputation, he learned early how to run, how to lie, and how to stay one step ahead of trouble. A year ago, he walked away from town without looking back. Now he's back. But he isn't the same broken kid who once followed in his brother's footsteps. When Lucas is caught running from the police, he's sent to a group home-one he never expected to see again, and one that now holds someone from his past: his ex, who has clearly moved on without him. There are questions everywhere about what really happened during the kidnapping. About who was involved. About what Lucas knows. But Lucas isn't ready to answer any of them. Not yet. As days turn into weeks, life in the group home forces him into something unfamiliar: stillness. Connection. Routine. Slowly, he starts to open up, trying to claw his way out of the life he was born into and never asked for. But escaping a criminal legacy isn't simple. Enemies don't vanish just because you want them to. And the past has a way of finding you, no matter how far you run. Soon, Lucas realizes his old life isn't done with him. It's just waiting for the right moment to come knocking again. And when it does... everything he's trying to rebuild might come crashing down.

Genevieve Anderson, the girl that had been left behind and forgotten. In a town where everybody knows everybody, meaning that no one goes unnoticed. Nobody just grabs a bag and leaves in the middle of the night, without someone seeing something. Nobody changes identity over night, and is suddenly left with the care of their father in her hands. Forgotten over night, Genevieve changes the person that everyone thought they knew. Gone was the girl that would smile and wave to everyone, was replaced by a girl that had a need for stealing and getting by every day. She had been left with the responsibility of an old ranch that was no longer in operation and the care of her father, who had been to war, and was suffering from additions like there was no tomorrow. Gone was the girl that depended on her big brothers to open the gate, replaced with a girl that worked long hours at the ranch, before she was sneaking out after midnight, to drive whatever cars her brothers had left behind. Except, one day, something happens and everything takes a turn for the worse. "I left you here, for 20 minuets, and you have already let him relapse?! I trusted you, for a second, and you backstabbed me?! I can't believe any of you anymore, because you are made of lies!" Holding on by a string, Genevieve isn't sure how much more she can take, especially when people appear from the past she thought she left behind, when she was 5 years old. Time moves on for a reason, doesn't it? "I told you to forget about it. It's in the past, and nobody has ever asked me to do what you are asking me to do. You are asking me to put away my boots and hat, and stand in front of people in heels and a puffy dress. That's not who I am, if you had stuck around to find out who I really am. " ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Started: 21.11.24 Finished: -

Matteo and Giulia learned early what it meant to be left behind when their older brother walked out on them ten years ago. People say time heals old wounds... but what happens when the past tears them open again? Now, ten years later, he's back. But they're not the same children he left behind. 'The Valeri Legacy' Book 1: Found

Blaire. Kai. Jude. The world didn't exist outside of the three of them. Bound by blood, fear and the hope of leaving together. What happens when the trio decide to leave their foster home, find a home for themselves elsewhere? What happens when they stumble upon familiar men? What happens when these men hunt them down? Not to kill. To bring them home. Will Blaire learn to trust anyone other than the twins? Will the twins learn to give over control, allow themselves to live? Or will secrets turn it all upside down? Started: 4/12/25 Ended: 7/02/26

At sixteen, Alex Alexander Hawthorne left England dressed in pressed shirts and expectations he never agreed to carry. At twenty, he comes back smelling of smoke and petrol, riding a motorbike his parents would hate, with scars no one asks about. The Hawthornes are polished, controlled, old money British to the core. Alex is everything they're not-loud, reckless, impulsive. To them, he's trouble. What they don't see is the truth. Four years abroad hardened Alex in ways no one prepared him for. The drinking, the racing, the chaos-it's survival, not rebellion. And while his family watches him like he's a ticking bomb, Alex keeps his real lifeline hidden: a tight-knit group of friends who became his family when he had none. Coming home means facing the people he ran from-and deciding whether he's brave enough to let them see the damage beneath the wild grin.