Alessandra Romano is a 16 year old girl who got neglected and abused but also got trained to be a deadly assassin. With her dark, long,brown hair that goes down to her waist, her doe brown eyes that once held so much light now dull and lifeless, and her curvy body. Many people would see her as perfect and gorgeous but to her all she sees is a girl that went through absolute torture as she was growing up. She has loads scars that show what she went through. She has many walls built up around her heart that only a few people could break through. She only has one person that could ever make her smile and laugh and that person is her twin brother. Alessandro Romano is a 16 year old boy who got neglected and abused but also got trained to be a deadly assassin. With his dark brown hair and dull brown eyes, and muscular body his aura screams confidence and cockiness. Many girls want to be with him while many boys want to be him. He has also got many walls built around his heart that hardly anyone can break through except for his twin sister. He is only a couple minutes older but he always protects his little sister. Alessandro has had many hookups but he has never fallen for anyone as he doesn't think anyone could give him the same love that his sister has given him. Their bond is indestructible. They went through hell and back together but have always been there for each other. His face never shows any emotions as over the years he has been taught to not show any weaknesses. The two twins have always yearned for a happy family that will love and care for them but they never thought they would have that. Until fate found them one day and it changed their whole perspective on love and family.

Athena Russo is a strong, brave and independent women, who has been through things that most people can't even imagine. At a very young age she was taken from the arms of her loving family and into a world of pain. Her life gets turned upside down as she finds out about her family. The family that she never knew about. The family she was kidnapped from. Will she accept her new family and tell them about her past? Will they trust her and tell her their secret? Find out by reading... TW: abuse, trauma, fighting, blood, and language.

Aurora life took a major turn, pain and suffering only made her stronger. Growing up with abusive parents, the only way she made it out alive was to become stronger. Working in the underground world she found out life had much more mysteries to it. A turn in events unfold and discovering her life is a lie and she is the missing daughter of the Spanish mafia, kidnapped when she was two. Secrets unfold even more, and a wild life comes with it discovering her found family all share many in common. and even with her new last name, it brings love, happiness and danger into her life. ~~ first book of the - love and war series. #4 in Italian- #12 in mafia princess #15 in badass

The Alderidge Family; Many would say they've always been cold, strange and a little bit psychotic if you know them well enough. To most...yeah they're probably right. But to the ones that have stuck around long enough to really know them...probably still right. Though, they do have their reasons. Twelve years ago, Irene Alderidge, mother to five children, made an impulsive decision. At the ages of four, Genevieve and Easton Alderidge, the youngest of the Alderidge children, were ripped away from their family in the night by their mother. Years of searching, and a lifetime of grief, the remaining Alderidge family receive a phone call. One precious phone call. Genevieve, Easton, and... a baby brother? tw: violence sexual assault rape weapons abuse smut

At five, Clara Artese gets kidnapped from her family. At seventeen, she returns as a weapon. After twelve years in The Foundry, a secret organization that turns children into elite assassins, Clara has learned how to read every heartbeat, use her body to kill and her voice to manipulate. When her family finally finds her, Clara has only one non-negotiable condition: she won't go home without Silas and Vane, the two boys who survived the Foundry by her side. They are the only family she knows and she's ready to kill everyone who tries to separate them. The Arteses will do anything to have her back, even if it means taking two lethal strangers into their family. As a new mafia war looms and their past hunts them, Clara, Silas and Vane will learn that a family's love can be a lot more stubborn than whatever demon is chasing them. IMPORTANT NOTE: The Deadly Trio (Clara, Silas and Vane) share a strictly platonic bond. They are family, not lovers. Each of them will have their own separate love interest as the story progresses.

Indigo knightly is the top assassin in her families mafia After a very traumatic kidnapping at a young age she vowed to learn to protect herself and she did, now shes a deadly weapon with a pretty face who will stop at nothing to get what she wants and what she wants is certainly not to marry Greyson King the heir to the American mafia Greyson King is as cold as they come, he murders without regret and is known for his unmerciful ways. Although he loves his family and would do anything for them. What happens when the two are forced together in an arranged marriage that neither of them want or care for in the slightest. Will the hatred they have for each other blossom into something more or will they remain enemies until death <><><><<><<<><><<><><><><> "I'm in love with you indigo knightly" his voice is so raw with emotion and his beautiful grey eyes are swirling with truth but i can't bring myself to believe him. I'm willing myself so desperately to say it back, because I really am in love with him too but it's like I'm frozen. "Prove it" the words are out my mouth before I can think about what I'm saying He looks taken back for a second but then in front of our families, our enemies, our friends, he lowers himself to the ground infront of me and kneels at my feet

Framed by her jealous twin at six years old, Aria Moretti was abandoned by her mafia family and sent to a school that turned out to be a brutal assassin training facility. She survived. She escaped. For six years, Aria lived hidden from the world, homeschooled and protected. No mafia knew she existed- especially not her biological family.When a police fight leads to a DNA match, Aria is forced back to the Moretti family. Her parents want her back. Her brothers are desperate to make up for the past. Her twin still hates her..And no one knew she was secretly in love with Dante Alvarez, the Spanish heir. They don't know she's an assassin They don't know she's part of the Alvarez family. They don't know she's Dante's. Not yet.

After 12 years of being kept captive, Amelia is saved from a deadly car accident. She is thrusted back into her old life surrounded by her family who loves her. When she starts to feel safe again, her nightmares comes back to haunt her every night. The only time she's ever able to get a full nights sleep is when she's in the arms of Nico Russo, the next don to the Italian mafia, her brothers best friend. This is my first time writing, and this is more for myself than anything lol, please be nice 🫡 Tropes: strangers to lovers, brothers best friend, mafia romance Trigger Warning: involves kidnapping, physical abuse, and violence. No cheating, no ow/om drama, will have a HEA.

"The devil and I get along just fine" ------------------- Growing up with an abusive parent figure Valentina Bianchi knew the only way to make it out was to become stronger.

"I will always protect you even if that means I will get hurt" ---------------------------- Aurora and Alliana are twins. They were kidnapped at the age of 3 by the German mafia and placed in foster care. Ever since they where adopted they had the same foster "parents" Aurora is abused, raped and tortured. She is protective over Alliana. When she was 7 she disappeared and came back a whole different person. What happened to her? Alliana is happy and nice. She doesn't know what happens at home. She was devastated when Aurora was gone. What will happen when they found out that their foster parents are dead. And they found out they have family. ---------------------------- ⚠️English is not my first language⚠️