𝐈𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐑 Escaping reality is all she wanted. But running from the past is never easy, especially when the past stands right in front of you ready to ruin you. Ivory knows betrayal. She's done giving second chances. And she won't believe in something her parents portrayed so awfully. But when a certain person starts breaking down your walls, It gets ten times harder to hide the truth. 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐎𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐗 There's only one goal: Winning No distractions. No feelings and certainly no mistakes. But when a girl like Ivory catches his eye everything crashes down. All the disciples and all the rules get thrown out the window. He finds himself spiralling. She's dangerous. Off-limits . But impossible to ignore. Now it all comes down to choosing his best friends or the girl he'd do anything for. Secrets unfold. Lines blur. And in a game where no one's innocent- someone's bound to lose.

Nine-year-old Addison has known only darkness - locked away in a basement, her world has been one of silence, fear, and isolation. But when Addison moves in with the Harrington brothers - the family she never knew she had - she faces the daunting task of learning to trust, speak, and heal. Surrounded by love but haunted by her past, will Addison find the light she's been searching for - or will the shadows of her trauma keep her trapped?

Her parents divorce was a messy, loud thing but she was too little to really get it. All she knew was her world got sliced in half. Mom took her, Dad took her brothers. Life became two separate tracks her mom's house on one side, her dad's on the other, with an invisible wall keeping them apart. For twelve years, she made it work. Her mom's place was cozy enough, with a stepdad who did his best, even if it wasn't always perfect. Her brothers faded into blurry memories, just faces from old photos. She got used to the split, the two different worlds. Then an accident flipped everything upside down. Her mom was gone, her stepdad was stuck in a hospital bed, and suddenly, she had to pack up and move in with her dad. But it wasn't the dad she remembered. He'd remarried, and his house was a whirlwind of four step siblings and her brothers, who weren't kids anymore. She wasn't that same little girl either. She figured it'd be about adjusting to a crowded house, maybe learning to get along with new people. But it turned out to be so much more unanswered questions, secrets everyone seemed to dodge, and the messy, confusing journey of figuring out who she was and who she wanted to be.

Athena Marchetti has survived the silence, the secrets, and the steel walls of her family's legacy. Now seventeen, she's stepping into a world that's both familiar and new - a prestigious private academy where the weight of her name follows her like a shadow. By her side are Lulu and Jules, her fierce and loyal best friends, sisters in all but blood. Together, they navigate the highs and lows of teenage life, carving out space for laughter, dreams, and unbreakable bonds. But when Matteo Ricci, the brooding and notorious heir of a rival family, crosses her path, Athena's carefully guarded world begins to shift. Surrounded by her fiercely protective brothers and caught between loyalty and desire, Athena must learn what it means to stand tall, trust in love, and bloom in the harshest steel. Book 2

Eight-year-old Athena Dimitriou has never known safety. Raised by a mother who loved her but resented her, and a man who hid his violence behind closed doors, she learned early how to stay small, quiet, and invisible. Until the night everything shattered. When her mother is found dead and her stepfather vanishes, DNA results reveal an impossible truth-Athena is the illegitimate daughter of one of America's most powerful Mafia dons. Whisked away to New York, she finds herself in a palace of cold steel and burning loyalty, under the protection of five ruthless brothers who rule a criminal empire. She was born in silence. They raise her in steel. But beneath the violence lies something unexpected-soft hands, warm arms, a family that will kill for her, die for her... and teach her, at last, how to live. Book 1

"𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞." 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. "𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬?"... "𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬." {THE THIRD BOOK IN THE EVERGLADE MANOR SERIES} 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 she was broken, she as destroyed inside and out. However she chose a different path, she chose anger. She lashes out. She has nothing but anger left in her shattered, helpless soul. Having gone through hell and only just making it out alive. She thinks that her life is hopeless, she's 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 not living. Yet one boy, one singular boy seems to bring that life into her. 𝐍𝐨𝐚𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧 the boy with the ocean eyes and the sandy hair. The boy who seems weak yet he has the strongest heart. The boy that lives in a 'hellhole' the boy who tries to live life to the fullest while having yo fight for his life and only just 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 the wrath of his father. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞 and 𝐍𝐨𝐚𝐡 both broken and both just hardly surviving the life that was given to them. Can they give each other the 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 that they both fight to have? 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭... 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

Magnolia's past is a tangled mess of heartbreak and trauma, and moving to a new school should've been her fresh start. But when the popular girls befriend her, she's thrown into a world she avoided in her past. The one person who stands out the most? Callahan, a silent but stunning hockey player who hides behind his quiet demeanor. As sparks fly, Magnolia's heart starts to thaw, but she has to confront the scars left before she can truly open up to love again.

UNHOLY VOWS, SAINTLY GHOSTS, AND SINFUL SECRETS Saints and Sinners, an infamous student tradition at Covington Academy that makes or breaks one's experience at the prestigious academy for the wealthy, exclusive and infamous for scandals and gossip, which tend to spread on the school's social media app, Gemini. Victor St. James - a Saint beloved by all - went missing during an annual charity gala, where Saints would be hunted by Sinners. His town and school had no idea what happened to him, mourning his loss like it was their own. Except five people do. Five people know exactly what happened to Victor St. James. And they aren't the only ones. Someone knows all of their secrets and isn't afraid to expose them to get what they want. As they draw the five into a twisted game, the winner will take it all, and the five students have to decide how far they're willing to go to protect their secrets. BOOK ONE / SAINTS AND SINNERS ATONEMENT SERIES @ROSEDTHORN / STARTED 2025 © @rosedthorn

Saoirse keerwin thrives in loud atmospheres,the quiet is unsettling yet her life seems to be quite.constantly she battles the silence of unspoken words from her father and brothers unspoken thoughts,opinions worries about her condition are left,ingrained into their minds every time the look at her. Loud noises,make her jump with excitement, voices being heated whether it's an argument,fireworks,laughter it fills her with life and makes it easier to remember than the quiet ones. The tune of her violin had to be her favourite it wasn't too loud nor to quiet it ringed in her ears perfectly,smphonicly beautiful. Now she would barely hear one,not up close to her ears perfectly as she'd lean against it,not with her whole body trembling and misplaced twitching fingers. Not with playing the wrong cords as a lack of remembrance. It wasn't loud enough. Huntington's,Huntington's disease. Saoirse's life changed with her diagnosis. The world became quieter. She learned to like the quiet. Yet nothing stays quite for long not with two loud older brother,one with the constant theme tune of jingles and jangles of nickels in his pockets like a wind chime and the other a musician. And a certain junior doctor whoms quietness speaks waves of volume and intrigue during her hospital visits. (BWAM) written by rou.

Coming soon.... "I trusted you!" I shatter,my body crumbles in his cruel embrace one of deceit,although it wouldn't be the first time I'd caught his act,facade of loyalty faulter. It should have been obvious really. His hand caress my cracks smoothing out the jagged edges taking his time to coax's me into falling for him all over again. "Trust is a fragile thing my darling." He states,his other hand grasping my chin roughly tightening his grip causing my body to fragment into tiny pieces reducing me to nothing. "And you my dear, are a fragile thing."