A father and five half brothers she never met. And a past that refuses to let her go. Serena Cruz has spent most of her life in the shadows-abandoned by a system that barely noticed her and loved by a mother whose version of love left scars. When a buried name on a birth certificate leads her to Donato Salviacci, Serena is pulled from foster care and dropped into a world of strangers: five half-brothers and a father too emotionally distant to reach. Now the only girl in a house full of cold shoulders and watchful eyes, Serena has to find her footing among people who share her blood-but not her heart. What starts as survival may just become something more. If she lets it. Content Warning: This story contains themes of anxiety, panic attacks, mental health struggles, psychological abuse, and self-harm. While there is no graphic physical abuse, readers sensitive to these topics should be aware.

When a body turns up in Westmere, Leila Harlow is haunted by fractured memories and a fear she can't name. Her brothers keep their secrets close, and she must uncover the truth on her own.

She's bold. She's sharp. She's definitely trouble. And she won't leave Emory alone. Cassidy Monroe is new at Halston High a photographer with a cocky smile, a smart mouth, and no sense of personal space. She doesn't care about fitting in, following rules, or keeping her head down. And for some reason, she keeps showing up in Emory Price's life like it's on purpose. Emory doesn't flirt. She doesn't get distracted. She's focused, respected, maybe even a little untouchable. So when Cassidy starts teasing her between classes, sitting beside her in every shared period, and making her laugh when she's trying not to smile, Emory tells herself it doesn't matter. It's just noise. A phase. A girl with too much confidence and no filter. But the thing about Cassidy is she's not that easy to shake. And the longer Emory tries to ignore her, the harder it gets to tell whether she's annoyed... or addicted.

! warning G!P ! Alexis Aurora Cruz Gonzales must find a wife, in order to claim her father's empire. Known as only the eldest of a wealthy dynasty, the public is unaware of the dark secrets underpinning their fortune. Without any luck finding a suitable candidate to fill up the position, one of her underlings proposes a deal; his girlfriend's hand, for a hefty payout. Madeline Armani, is tired of her boring life with her abusive boyfriend. One day she is kidnapped from her cafe, and suddenly being forced into a toxic and sex fueled matrimony with the world's most powerful woman. What unfolds when a seemingly 'innocent' woman is bound to a heartless, powerful mafia leader?

Sunday Slater has been running from her past-and doing it well. But now, just as her future begins to take shape, it's starting to collide with everything she thought she left behind.

After her abusive stepfather dies, Anastasia is sent to live with her ten older brothers-strangers bound by blood. Wary and broken, she struggles to trust them. What will happen? Will she survive?? Stay tuned to find out! First few chapters are shit (excuse my language) the rest are better, I will redo them as soon as the book is finished!! Started: 17th of February 2025- when I started planning the story< :) Ended:

Book One || "With all family secrets, there is some destruction." As the DuPont family embarked on their cross-country move, the shadows of their past began to surface, unearthing buried secrets that had long been buried with the dead. With each passing day, as the light fades, Revel began to realize that the life she had been living was nothing more than an intricate web of lies, a façade so flawlessly constructed that it seemed too perfect to be true.

Aurelia and Elara - the youngest twins and the only daughters of the De Santis family - were once the heart of their household. Inseparable, gentle, adored. Where one went, the other followed. Their parents cherished them. Their brothers protected them. But everything shattered the night eight-year-old Elara was found bleeding on the floor... and Aurelia stood over her, a knife in her hand. Blamed for a crime she didn't commit, Aurelia was sent away to a strict boarding school for "troubled children." Her parents believed discipline would straighten her out. What they never imagined was the truth - the cruelty hidden behind the school's walls, the sadistic methods used to "teach," and the horrors Aurelia was forced to endure. Now sixteen, after a devastating incident inside that school, Aurelia is brought back to the De Santis mansion. But it's not a homecoming. It's an obligation. A reminder that she is unwanted, distrusted, and viewed as a threat by the very family she once loved. Follow Aurelia as she relearns how to exist in a home that no longer feels like hers. Uncover the truth of what happened that night, what really happened to her within the school, and whether the De Santis family will ever face the truth of what Aurelia had to endure and do to survive. ─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── "What should I ache for? The childhood that slipped away? The silence that became my companion? Or the pieces of myself that I will never get back? Maybe pain isn't a phase-- it's just who I am." ─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── "How many graves will I need, to bury everything that died inside of me?" ❁Naya Aknis❁

Marble Elsnook ,with a life as clean as slate, hadn't quite recognised what she'd gotten herself into. But now that she was stood face to face with Cole Whittaker, knee deep in the chilling seawater of Oaken Bay, chest heaving, blood sprayed across both their faces, she knew she'd been corrupted. She'd rotted inside and it was snaking its way out to dig its claws into whatever relief could be sourced. The water lapped at her legs as she stared Cole down, teeth bared, breath heavy like a savage animal. The fog over the dark horizon didn't help the chill that ran up Cole's spine and for a brief moment his grip on his camera loosened. Then she lunged. Marble lunged, moving her hands to snatch at Cole's face, a sharp laugh of hilarity and madness leaving her throat as she did. "I'm going to tear the life out of your soul, Whittaker. You're dead to me." And what she got in return to her dark statement was a scream and an immediate sprint, splashes of water spraying behind him until it turned into flailing underwater. God forbid a girl's a little emotional sometimes.

She was smart. 𝘞𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 smart. she was devious. she was cunning. And so much more then what people thought of her. Claire Van Doren was outstandingly smart out of all of Thameswood Academy. With a high GP and top student of her criminology and law studies, she was assigned to solve a case that couldn't be solved. A case that nobody, not even the police, could solve. She had secrets. 𝘏𝘦 could solve them. He had darker secrets. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘥 solve them like a riddle. She hated him. 𝘏𝘦 despised her. But maybe, just maybe, she was all he could think about.